Deep dive

What are the ethical implications when artificial intelligence plays a role in documenting human experiences?

The development and training of AI systems depend on hundreds of millions of data workers. Many of them are situated or displaced from the Global majority, and are generally kept in the dark on how the data they produce will be used.

On Yemen’s Socotra island, poverty and political disruption hinder efforts to give its prized dragon’s blood tree a future.

The Gospel, the latest AI gadget deployed by the IDF in Gaza, paves the way to a new mode of warfare that can further encourage the dehumanization of human beings behind a narrative of technological progress, efficiency, and accuracy.

Our ancestors, who were often perceived as “ignorant” or “uncivilized” by colonists and western powers remain a model example of living in harmony with nature.

These forests are not just repositories of biodiversity; they are cultural treasures, economic lifelines, and ecological cornerstones

Aijaz Ahmad’s story may not be known to many outside a few selective international leftist circles, but it is one of exile, colonialism, and resistance that resonates in many parts of the Global South today.

A response to the call of physicians Ghassan Abu Sitta and Rupa Marya to rehumanize Palestinians by reimagining healing, life, and liberation of both bodies and minds.

The increasing repression of Palestinian solidarity since 7 October in Germany is not new. It is part of a historical erasure, diminishing and eradicating the collective existence and identity of Palestinians

Mainstream Western politics and media's approach to the war on Gaza raises three important puzzles. Exploring them suggests that Western and Middle Eastern governments are unwilling to address the root causes of the Palestine/Israel question.

Some aspects of societal and institutional adaptation have emerged in Syria one year after the 6th of February 2023 earthquake. Lessons were learned from the natural disaster, and it contributed enhancing the resilience of local Syrian communities to natural risks in a world of climate change that signals more risks.

How popular music and songs are contributing to the normalization of hate and genocidal language in Israel

An expert in international law explains the ICJ case and its implications for the future of the international order

A new generation of content creators is dedicated to tell what's happening in Palestine, fueled by both a desire to be part of a community, and by a genuine interest in fighting propaganda and disinformation.

A relentless campaign of incitement, political persecution, and a severe crackdown on freedom of speech is targeting Palestinians citizens of Israel. 

Sweida, with its various towns and villages, has been witnessing widespread protests, demonstrations, strikes, and sharp statements opposing the ruling regime for over four months. This article, first published on Syria Untold in October, investigates these protests’ origin, and what has been happening in this province since 2011.

Israel has increasingly consolidated its weaponization of women’s and LGBTQ rights in its genocidal war on Gaza through a massive campaign of disinformation and propaganda.

On the morning of April 15th, 2023, when Sudanese people awoke to the sounds of gunfire, they certainly did not imagine that their lives would be changed forever. Six months later, it is still difficult to fathom that the country that recently witnessed an incredible revolution that inspired the entire world is now a battlefield embroiled in a violent power...

Users, activists and journalists have denounced the censorship, particularly by Facebook and Instagram, of posts reporting on what is happening in Gaza and of messages of solidarity with its inhabitants

In the hours following the attack of Palestinian fighters in the south of Israel, Western observers, bewildered, speculated about why Hamas and the young Palestinians of Gaza, born and bred under siege and bombs, have launched an attack of this magnitude, and right now. Others expressed their surprise at the surprise. 

How migrants and asylum seekers, victims of Europe’s violations of human rights, are used as test subjects for tech experimentation

Violence and social exclusion are rooted in the history of the old colonial power's banlieues, and police repression of urban revolts is a prime example. 

A personal account of what it feels to live in contemporary Ecuador, where violence is part of everyday life, a "death world" where governments leave people to die.

A year after a massive earthquake claimed the lives of tens of thousands of Syrians and Turks, leaving hundreds of thousands homeless or traumatised, Untold Stories relaunches its ‘Earthquake' dossier published in collaboration with Orient XXI

Syrian Artists turned towards creativity in the face of the February 6th earthquake catastrophe. The different ranges of themes they addressed show particularly the reality of the Syrian people prior to the natural disaster and their permanent struggle for survival.

From the war of independence to the 2019 popular movement, the intersectional feminist Amal Hadjadj reflects on the history of feminism in her country, Algeria. New and older generations’ different orientations and priorities, in search for a common ground.

An interview with Jiyan Group about the revolutionary uprising in Iran.

Reflections inspired by Paulo Freire’s pedagogy of indignation.

The failing of Twitter’s Blue Tick policy.

An Interview with Lina Isma’il.