Archive - Rana Ayyub's Newsletter

The charade of Democracy

Everything about this election season in India is predictable, built around the cult of Narendra Modi

20 hrs ago •

Postcard from Mecca

It was a tough decision whether or not to write this piece. It was personal and political. Some reflections on finding hope through persecution and…

Apr 10 •

February 2024

To counter majoritarianism, progressive spaces in India must course-correct

We cannot effectively challenge individual acts of institutional, cultural or physical violence against the Muslim community without challenging the…

Feb 21 •

January 2024

Interview with Hind Khoudary

Hind Khoudary has been sending dispatches from Gaza to the world, she speaks to me about bearing witness to the mass killings of her people

Jan 10 •

27:59

The irrelevance of Mahatma Gandhi in Modi's India

Gandhi, also called the Father of the Nation was the first casualty of Hindu nationalism in India. Today he is the subject of mockery and disdain for a…

Jan 10 •

December 2023

Interview with Meena Kotwal of Mooknayak.

Kotwal started Mooknayak, a publication focused on telling stories of the Dalit and marginalised in India in response to the censorship by mainstream…

Dec 20, 2023 •

31:10

Interview with Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad

Plestia Alaqad has become one of the most popular names from Gaza, sending the world live feed, stories of the ongoing Israel Palestine War at great…

Dec 11, 2023 •

28:11

Palestinian journalists have been left to die, and we are complicit.

Journalists in Gaza are documenting their own end as western journalism world displays brazen double standards. Where is our outrage?

Dec 7, 2023 •

13:15

November 2023

Interview with Dalia Hatuqa, independent journalist specializing in Palestinian-Israeli affairs

I spoke to Dalia Hatuqa who is based in Ramallah about the killing of journalists and the visible double standards on human rights and the attack on…

Nov 14, 2023 •

34:55

The War on Palestine has exposed Western double standards and a spineless Arab world

By : Arif Ayyub

Nov 1, 2023

October 2023

Reading recommendations on the Israel-Palestine Conflict

I have tried to bring you, my readers, a diverse collection of news reports, analysis that might aid your understanding

Oct 21, 2023 •

Why are right wing nationalists in India cheering for Israel

The subtext of the pro-Israel solidarity, is a playbook that runs parallel in both the countries

Oct 21, 2023 •

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