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US-Iran war: How does it affect international students?

US-Iran war: How does it affect international students?

How does the war in the Middle East affect international students in Manchester?
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The conflict in the Middle East: What is happening and how is it impacting Manchester students?

The conflict in the Middle East: What is happening and how is it impacting Manchester students?

A US-Israeli strike that killed Iran’s Supreme Leader has plunged the Middle East into a volatile crises, sending shockwaves through global markets and directly impacting daily life for students in Manchester.
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Peace in the Middle East?

Peace in the Middle East?

How the ceasefire in Gaza may affect the West Bank and the possibility of a Palestinian state
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Shubbak Festival comes to The Lowry for two Arabian Nights

Shubbak Festival comes to The Lowry for two Arabian Nights

Shubbak Festival, the UK’s largest celebration of contemporary Arab arts and cultures, expands beyond London with two touring shows visiting The Lowry
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International Cinema: Africa and the Middle East

International Cinema: Africa and the Middle East

Our contributors picked their favourite films from Africa and the Middle East in the fourth instalment of the International Cinema series
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Review: Suri

“Perhaps we’ll head back for our graduation meals”
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In this global war Africa must not be forgotten

With an ever-increasing focus on the Middle East, we must not forget the related conflicts that rage across Africa
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Be wary of the march to war

With MPs soon due to vote on extending British airstrikes to Syria, Tristan Parsons looks at and debunks some of the myths surrounding the debate
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Controlling the climate will help control conflict

Tristan Parsons on how environmental changes are engendering conflict, and if uncontrolled will continue to do so
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The Pomegranate Soirée

Food Editor Elena Gibbs cooks up a vegetarian Ottolenghi-inspired middle eastern feast
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Manchester to provide free education to over a million in warzones

Free education is to be provided to more than one million young people in conflict zones across the globe by the university
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Religion and faith: Two entirely different ideas

The importance of religion to your culture has a significant effect on whether it becomes a duty or a liberty, and with that knowledge, we can really understand the link between religion and extremism
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Unveiling the veil: Oppression or liberation?

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Amiel Cohen considers from a Western perspective the role and representation of the veil in both Western and Muslim countries and cultures
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Women Beyond the Western World

Marina Iskander analyses feminism outside of the western world, and how feminism can be plugged into non-Western cultures.
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The Levant Winter – Syria’s march to freedom

Hisham Omara leads our coverage of UMSU’s Middle East and North Africa Week with a deeply personal account of the ongoing uprising in Syria
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Israel-Palestine: ‘The time for false mediation is over’

For all of President Obama’s idealistic rhetoric, it falls to our European leaders to take action over the Middle East peace process
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