The hardly noticed disappearance of the state of Nagorno-Karabakh
By Hannan van Rooij – In 2022, with a group of friends I was planning to participate in the Mongol Rally. This is a contest where people drive…
Tag: Oorlog & Vrede
Myanmar’s civil society in turbulent times: outside-in and inside-out
Ten years ago I published an article on my research with civil society actors from Myanmar, in which I described the sudden changes in ideological and physical positioning…
Discussing Yemen, Transnationalism and Peacebuilding in the Netherlands
By Ewa Strzelecka and Marina de Regt. This June will be remembered as a month of celebrating Yemeni studies and dialogue in the Netherlands. The so-called forgotten war…
Two years after Myanmar’s military coup survivors of Rohingya genocide and victims of post-coup atrocities file joint complaint
By Maaike Matelski On 8 December 2022, Nickey Diamond visited the VU for two lectures. Nickey is an activist from Myanmar who recently started a PhD in Anthropology…
A Happy New Year? Yes, a Happy New Year!
By Marina de Regt. “So this is Xmas, and what have you done, another year over and a new one just began”, John Lennon and Yoko Ono sang…
Mourning for Aicha, Mourning for Yemen
By Marina de Regt. “Marina, if I die, will you then forgive me for all the trouble that I caused you?” my Yemeni friend Aicha wrote me ten…
In the meantime on the other side of the world…
By Marina de Regt While we were all busy watching the US elections in the first week of November, an armed conflict broke out on the other side…
COVID-19 in a war zone
“Marina, how are you? I am worried about you, how is the situation with Corona?” a Yemeni friend asked me last week via Whatsapp. It was not the…
ANZAC Parade in Adelaide: a tough nationalist monument with soft edges
BY FREEK COLOMBIJN More than two decades ago I published an article on the urban symbolism of Canberra, the national capital of Australia (Colombijn 1998). When Australian states…
Vrouw in Jemen
Door Marina de Regt In het Volkskrant magazine van afgelopen zaterdag 26 januari j.l. doet journaliste Ana van Es verslag van haar bezoek…
Hodeidah is being attacked, but the Western media is silent
By Marina de Regt. “Hodeidah is empty, Marina, there is no one there anymore”, says Noura to me this morning, in a short telephone conversation that is repeatedly…
Engaged Anthropology in and about Yemen
By Marina de Regt. The aim of my Talma Lecture, which I gave on 12 January at VU University Amsterdam, was to discuss the implications of the war…
Every Image Has A Story
By Aniek Santema Around 2 million Syrian refugees who fled the war have been stranded in Lebanon and many of them live in harsh…
Ramadan Kareem, my beloved Yemen
Dark clouds over Yemen By Marina de Regt. Last Saturday the holy Muslim month of Ramadan started. Ramadan, a month of fasting and feasting, a month of contemplation,…
No space for grief
In the shelter, a girl on her way to work in the fields by Aniek Santema The floor in Ouzai where Mariam lives becomes a familiar place, I…
Auschwitz: Bijna onvoorstelbaar
We were told we would take a nice shower and we would see each other soon again. When I smelled the dead people I knew we would see…
Terugblik op de Bijeenkomst: ‘Jemen, een Vergeten Oorlog – #WatKanIkDoen?’
Graffiti in Jemen Door Handenur Taspinar Maandagavond 14 november is er in samenwerking met het Grote Midden-Oosten Platform en de afdeling Sociale en Culturele Antropologie…
Over de doden niets dan goeds: historici over het Nederlandse geweld in de vrijheidsoorlog van Indonesië
Balinezen geven zich over aan Nederlandse militairen, 1906. © Museum Bronbeek, via creative commons Door Freek Colombijn De afgelopen maand is er in verschillende media…
“I was nowhere”
By Marie Linne Dalal contaced me during my fieldwork among refugees who aspire to study in the Netherlands. She agreed to meet with me for an interview, to…
Waarheid leidt niet automatisch tot gerechtigheid
People carry a picture of late Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero in San Salvador. Romero was assasinated after denouncing violations of human rights in El Salvador. REUTERS/Jessica Orellana Door…
Antropologisch portret van de Egyptische Revolutie
Filmposter ‘Ik ben het volk’ Door Ellen van de Bovenkamp Egypte 2011: net als documentairemaakster Anna Roussillon terug is in Frankrijk breekt de revolutie uit. Ze baalt verschrikkelijk…
Yemen’s broken youth
#SupportYemen March 2011 By Marina de Regt “Aunt, if you know any way to migrate to Europe plz just tell me, I wanna run away from this…
“Responsibility to Protect-lobbyisten hebben hun geloof in mensenrechten zo goed als opgegeven”
Foto: UN Multimedia Door Annette Jansen Genocide en etnische zuivering komen al sinds het begin van de 19e eeuw voor, maar pas eind jaren 90 – na…