syria

Wallis Bird erupts on her new album Woman. Her sixth record, socially conscious and emotionally charged, guides the listener through an almost conceptual thirty-seven minutes, as she executes eleven tracks of raw, effervescent excellence.…

Pre-conflict Syria was a beautiful country with a vibrant and inclusive culture. Unfortunately, the atrocities of the last few years have completely overshadowed this. The global perception of Syria has shifted to one of war, hardship, and…

There's a whole world out there that you might just miss if you don't stop and read the papers. So with this in mind, let's take a look back at some of the week's biggest global stories. Hope for humanity It’s often hard to think that as…

I was 15-years-old the first time I saw a Holocaust survivor speak; she said that “we must never allow this to happen again.” Soon after, I went to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. These were experiences of…

Who Will Water the Olive Trees? Every day we are inundated with breaking news about the refugee crisis around the world, and closer to home, of the tragedy surrounding the Tuam Babies case. For many, it can be difficult to know where to…

Last November, Aleppo’s only orphanage was bombed. The 50 or so children inside the building at the time experienced the terror and devastation of the blast first hand, as their entire food supply was destroyed and the orphanage's car was…

Treading the fine line between past and present, This Week, in History is a round-up of the latest historical events and findings which continue to impact the world today. Whether unearthing documents with continued relevance, illuminating…

To Syrian Children You all are culpable— for wending your way to schools for going to hospitals, for playing in open spaces and for keeping at your dreams within a country in rags. Yes, you never knew that you would be going down with…

It's that time of year again. The end of it. The time when Christmas has already been going on for about four months and we're just waiting for it to finally be over. When we're all trying to convince ourselves that 2016 might just be our…

This week, the UK voted in favour of airstrikes in Syria, Hilary Benn made a speech, Kylie Jenner used a wheelchair as a fashion accessory, and lots of people marched to save the climate. Mark Zuckerberg also had a baby, and pledged to give…