Erika Brady recently spoke with Edward Watts, documentary filmmaker, on his experience making the award-winning documentary Escape From ISIS for Channel 4. Aired in July 2015, Escape from ISIS has won numerous awards including the Amnesty International Award for Best Human Rights Documentary 2015 and has been nominated for a BAFTA award for the Best Current Affairs Film…
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For the Refugees: “England good, Norway good, Canada good, America good”
By Tom Mcelholm Correspondent, History Undergraduate Student I stood monitoring the line for clothes distribution in Calais’ Refugee Camp during the emergency week in mid-January. The CRS had announced the impending demolition of a portion of the Kurdish section of the camp. Days after journalists left they would enter the camp in APCs, teargas it…
The Syrian Conflict: Religion Conflict & Terrorism
By Erika Brady Columnist, PhD Student at the Handa Center of Terrorism and Political Violence It is difficult to know where to look in assessing the biggest threat to stability in the Middle East these days. Certainly, Syria has become the primary focus, and the tragedy unfolding there is rarely far from our minds. But as has…
Shaping Safety: How Architects Can Build a Stronger Peace
By Kate Cyr Correspondent, Master Student in Peace & Conflict Studies I take my home for granted. There, I said it. Chances are you do, too, if your conception of home – like mine – does not include worrying about the daily dangers of a civil war playing out on your doorstep; the mortar shelling that has…
Syria: The Global Conflict
By Ruaraidh Maciver Middle East/Africa Editor, History Undergraduate Student The Islamic State has existed as an independent group for almost two years now, and is currently fighting several different factions within Syria and Iraq. These include the Iraqi army and its’ associated militias, the Kurdish nationalists YPG, the Syrian rebels, the Syrian army, and is…
We are Better than Blaming Refugees
A solution to this crisis will not be easy and results will not be obvious but blaming refugees from the Middle East will gain us nothing.
The St Andrews Economist 