Tag: MAHIR ALI articles
Apocalypse then – Mahir Ali
IT may be an exaggeration to say the world lost its innocence on July 16, 1945. On the other hand, it would probably be...
American nightmare – Mahir Ali
PORTLAND in Oregon was among the several American cities where the spontaneous protests sparked by the police murder of George Floyd just over two...
A different world – Mahir Ali
WHEN foreign delegates to the second congress of the Communist International reached Petrograd 100 years ago this month, the atmosphere was somewhat different from...
Beyond the disease – Mahir Ali
STOP the world — I want to get off’ was a mildly amusing meme some decades ago. In recent weeks, the world has indeed...
When China sneezes – Mahir Ali
BEYOND the inevitably immediate concerns about the steadily rising death toll from the Wuhan coronavirus infection and the prospects of a worldwide pandemic, crucial...
Never again? – Mahir Ali
IT will be 75 years ago next Monday that soldiers from the Red Army entered Poland’s Auschwitz-Birkenau, the most infamous of the extermination camps...
After the wall – Mahir Ali
THE fall of the Berlin Wall 30 years ago this week provided cause for celebration, and not just in Europe. The structure was the...