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Why I Spent My Summer in Afghanistan and Not the Maldives
Afghans - A Colorful People, Deeply Misunderstood AK-47s, Tank Wrecks, Blue Shuttlecock Burqas, A Series of Lethal Earthquakes and A Shut Down of the Internet... ...Afghanistan has always been associated with warfare rather than with welfare, with coercion rather than with cooperation, with terrorism rather than with hospitality. No wonder the first question I received after coming back from my summer trip was, "Why did you go there ?"– initially, this question evoked inexpre
Marie Thum
Oct 264 min read


Debate as Travelling
“To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, to draw closer, to find each other, and to feel. That is the purpose...
GU-Q Debate Union
Oct 122 min read


Atty. Ruben Carranza on Transitional Justice and its Global Implications
“The most important part of transitional justice work is to help those affected by human rights violations articulate how they see...
Lovie Francia
Oct 123 min read


October 9, 2025. Day 733
266 days ago, I sat in this exact headspace . It was day 467 of the genocide. The number felt crazy at the time. Today, it is day 733 of...
Sama Al-Issa
Oct 92 min read


October 7: From Siege to Genocide
I write this on October 6, 2025, and I can only think: what if the clock were to turn back two years, to October 6, 2023? A day before...
Sama Al-Issa
Oct 73 min read


on hope(lesness)
I. the pain of the world has left scars on us all, which grow deeper and more painful each day. its welts have turned black and...
Daphne Soriano
Oct 52 min read
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