Hajj during a pandemic
"The restricted Hajj has led to the devastation of many Muslims globally, as the chance to embark on the pilgrimage is hard to come by."
Oxford’s weapons research revealed
In 2017, with the Saudi-led blockade and bombing of Yemen at its height, a Pembroke Professor travelled to the UAE.
He was there to advise the country's military leaders and Prime Minister, a dictator accused of war crimes by the UN, on military strategy.
Saudi Arabia’s sporting mission
Do our sports stars have a duty to speak out? To positively mould their sphere of influence? Surely, we too, as fans, ticket-holders, tweeters, commenters, have a duty to question, to resist, to inform.
“A maelstrom of violence and destruction”
John Mainland discusses the past, present, and future of the complicated conflict in the war for Syria