Children of the Arab Spring Mai Rosner Apr 9, 2015 Last week the image of a four year- old Syrian girl, holding her hands up in surrender to a reporter’s camera,…
Destroying the Memory of a people: ISIS’ Cultural Genocide on Religious Minorities Emma Noradounkian Apr 8, 2015 The Mosul Public Library and Museum, home to statues and artefacts dating back to the ancient Assyrian and Akkadian…
Weekly Round-Up: One Last Look Sarah Khan Mar 22, 2015 This week, MIR online traveled from Algeria, to Russia, to Venezuela, and various places in between. We covered…
ISIS Superstar: The New Media Jihad May White-Vilmouth Mar 20, 2015 The infamous ISIS is currently one of the world’s greatest concerns. The Jihadist group and self-proclaimed…
Hungry for Power: Boko Haram’s Strategic Alliance with ISIS Alix Vadot Mar 17, 2015 The last update on the international terrorist radar? A supposed allegiance between two of the most powerful…
Bolstering Human Rights: A Brick in the Road D'Arcy White Mar 12, 2015 Last month, Amnesty International released their annual 2014/15 report on the state of the world’s human rights.…
Perdu en Translation Iris Boisseau Mar 1, 2015 Qui ne connaît pas la fameuse formule de JFK « ich bin ein berliner » ? Me croiriez-vous si je vous disais que sa…
Lost in Translation Iris Boisseau Mar 1, 2015 Who isn’t familiar with JFK’s famous words “Ich Bin Ein Berliner”? Would you believe me If I told you the correct…
The Fallacy of Ideological Warfare: How Overemphasis on Religion Perpetuates… Benjamin Aloi Feb 2, 2015 The world is in the midst of an ideological war…at least this is what mainstream media organisations and…
The Journalist’s Dilemma: Game Theorizing Terror Journalism (Part 2 of 2) Bella Shraiman Dec 18, 2014 This article is the continuation of a two part collaborative series on the journalism of terror. Part One by Margot…