Ayesha Malik

Engaging with the Taliban on what is required by the international community for them to be formally recognised is perhaps the only way forward. Published 11 Feb, 2025 11:01am

The Grand Canyon-sized crater in Faisal Devji’s argument is one that anyone with any basic reading of South Asian history could point out to you — we were already here. Updated 10 Sep, 2024 11:45am

For the first time, an international criminal tribunal is likely to charge a head of state supported by the West. Published 21 May, 2024 11:42am

The Palestinian struggle for self-determination is now overshadowed by their need to simply survive. They are being starved to death by the only liberal democracy in the Middle East. Updated 09 Apr, 2024 02:51am

While the 'world of light' has collectively agreed to forget the oppression it wrought on our lands, our 'world of darkness' has vowed to always remember. Updated 20 Mar, 2024 06:10pm

The ICJ’s order is a step in the right direction but the drums must continue to be beaten for a ceasefire as the court has ignored that cry. Published 27 Jan, 2024 09:43am

There could be no better applicant for these proceedings than this former apartheid and colonised state and one against whom Israeli accusations of libel and anti-Semitism are less likely to stick. Published 15 Jan, 2024 10:44am

The conifers that now dominate the landscape are a symbolic stand-in for diaspora Jews around the world whom Israel claims as its own. Published 18 Dec, 2023 10:44am

The Palestinians have the right to resist an Israeli occupation, especially one that forcibly denies them their right to self-determination. Updated 16 Oct, 2023 01:24pm