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City of lights: More than 30 000 LED lights lit the streets of London in celebration of Ramadan. Photo: Aziz Foundation

Eid Mubarak in a world on fire, at war

This year’s Eid is not naïve. It does not pretend the world is at peace. It does not ignore the children buried under rubble, the families displaced, the cities reduced to ash

  • Eyaaz
7 min read
South Africa’s department of international relations and cooperation announced its ascension to the African Union Peace and Security Council for a two-year term beginning in April 2026. (GCIS)

Peace in the ruins: South Africa, the African Union and the end of diplomatic illusion

Wars unfold in full view of the world with little consequence for the powerful and overwhelming punishment for the weak. To describe this order as functional requires a suspension of reality. The system is not reforming. It is decomposing

  • Eyaaz
10 min read
Chidimma Adetshina. (Official_misssa/Instagram)

The high cost of sacrificing nuance in a sea of misinformation

Recent events highlight how bigots cherry-pick information to suit their own purposes

  • Eyaaz
2 min read
Grayson Beare appeared in the Durban magistrate’s court on Tuesday. Photo by Lyse Comins

Estranged son of SA Holocaust and Genocide Foundation chairperson in court for alleged Islamophobic murder

The Beare family has distanced itself from Grayson Beare, who has previously been treated for psychological problems and substance abuse, saying they stand with Halima Hoosen-Preston’s family

  • Des Erasmus
4 min read
South Africa’s Jewish and Muslim communities have condemned the killing of Halima Hoosen-Preston and the knife assault on her family at their home in Durban, in what appears to be an Islamophobic attack. (Cornel van Heerden/Gallo)

Durban woman murdered in alleged Islamophobic attack

Halima Hoosen-Preston was killed in her home apparently after an altercation with a local man whose relatives were killed in Israel

  • Eyaaz
5 min read