Assal Rad on how the mainstream press has failed in its coverage of Gaza.

Just can't stop listening to Noor Jahan’s beautiful ghazals…

On days when Brussels feels especially airless, I find myself going back to the songs and inspiring story of the mesmerising legendary Pakistani singer Noor Jehan who has stirred my soul since birth.

Honestly, European politics, politicians and policies these days are so emotionally exhausting. Maybe the problem is that so much of it seems so personal.

After 9/11 everyone became an expert on Islam. I became used to friends, acquaintances and strangers offering unsolicited and often offensive advice and opinions on my faith. It has become worse.

Perhaps it was because I was finally quiet enough to listen and in this stillness, memories could come unobstructed to help inhabit my aloneness.

After Karachi, I crisscrossed Europe, my head spinning with thoughts of home and belonging. Everywhere I went, the conversation was about who is and isn’t “truly European”.

"Of course, this isn’t against all Muslims," the EPP says reassuringly, only against those who practice "political Islam as an ideology." And of course it is not intended to be a "discriminatory enter...

My mother has left me her love of a Pakistani poet whose poems of love, longing and the belief in a more humane world gave her comfort in difficult times and give me solace and hope today.

For those dying in wars from Gaza to Sudan, there is no shroud, no grave, no funeral, says Shada Islam, a Brussels-based commentator on EU affairs

Europe's standing will not be restored by shifting responsibilities from one building to another, moving competences between commissioners and directorates-general, or publishing yet another security ...

After my mother’s death, I began thinking about those who are denied even the dignity of mourning. Grief is universal. The chance to mourn is not.

As ICE-style deportation rules come into force, the unsavoury circle the EU wants migrant deals with includes the Afghan regime. This is a nadir, says Shada Islam, a Brussels-based commentator on EU a...

Families fled burning homes as violence flared in the city.

The response reveals white supremacy still dictates whose suffering matters and the perils of individualising responsibility for systemic injustice.

We commonly hear EU leaders talk about the need to ‘defend democracy’. Yet, as Omran Shroufi shows, their discourse is often more about identifying and naming geopolitical threats than it is about tac...

Once a political system becomes comfortable with the dehumanisation of one people, the logic does not remain neatly contained. It travels, mutates and returns home.

Kaja Kallas’ increasingly bewildering interventions on world affairs are rapidly turning into a geopolitical liability for a European Union struggling to convince the world of its relevance.

South Asians have emerged as a convenient target for the political right, most notably supporters of the far-right nationalist Chega party, which is targeting education fairs and Muslim festivals and ...

Europe’s answer to the 'Who speaks for Europe?' question - allegedly posed by Henry Kissinger - should be that Europe’s diversity of voices and actions are its strategic strength. In a world of fluid...

Helena Dalli reflects on the shameful reaction to Omar Rababah contesting the upcoming election

Germany, Greece, Romania, the Czechs, and Finland also licensed millions of euros of Israel arms exports in 2024, according to the latest EU data.

EU leaders have normalised once fringe racist narratives in their migration, border control and even foreign policies says Shada Islam, commentator on EU affairs

The EU’s bet is on the Global Gateway, a development model focused on generating 'win-wins', aimed at fostering economic growth and private sector investments in partner countries, while also bringing...

It must cancel the EU-Israel Association Agreement immediately over Israeli violations of the human rights clause.

Sign up. Make your voice heard. Stop Europe from being a passive and often complicit bystander in Israel's relentless crimes against humanity.

Despite the media narrative that Netanyahu “lost” an ally in Europe, Péter Magyar’s decisive win in Hungary will not shift EU policy on Israel, because it is not being set by neofascists like Viktor O...

Most of the Gaza Strip – cities, refugee camps, schools, universities, mosques, the health infrastructure, agriculture...

Despite years of evidence and verified reports by a senior official within the EU's border agency Frontex, the European Commission still won't acknowledge that Greece pushes back migrants, which is il...

Both Germany and Italy have the power to sway the decision.

The Spanish prime minister still has to prove that his more humble, more open and cooperative posture can work in a transactional, zero-sum game world. But kudos for trying.

Legal experts say attacking Iran’s infrastructure would constitute a war crime – but would military officers be held responsible?

Bally Bagayoko, who was targeted by racist abuse after winning Saint-Denis mayorship, vows to tackle inequality to stem deepening divisions

The US-Israeli war will have a lifelong impact on millions of children across the Middle East

International law experts ‘seriously concerned’ about ‘strikes on schools, health centres and homes’ in contravention of Geneva conventions