Welcome to the first lecture in 2017! In April 2014 Boko Haram, the Islamic extremist group based in North-Eastern Nigeria, kidnapped 276 school girls from the town of Chibok in Northern Nigeria. The crimes have drawn the world's attention on the brutal IS-linked group and the...
[caption id="attachment_4001" align="alignright" width="500"] A Mongol prince studying the Koran.[/caption] By Matteo Schleicher In 1998, Osama Bin Ladin and several other Islamist leaders issued a fatwa declaring that “to kill the Americans and their allies, civilians and military, is an individual duty for every Muslim who can...
After the eventful day in Hebron, most of us were left with a lot of questions. Fortunately for us, Tuesday meant three different meetings who we hoped could provide us with answers. [caption id="attachment_3962" align="alignnone" width="978"] Andrea and Karin.[/caption] The first meeting of the day was at...
On Monday the group travelled to Hebron, the largest city in the West Bank. Given it’s history of conflict, it is often said that the city serves as a thermometer for the state of Israeli-Palestinian relations as a whole - “If it’s calm in Hebron,...
Utrikespolitiska föreningen i Uppsala in collaboration with IFMSA Uppsala as part of the Uppsala Sustainability Festival Dr. Sujit Kumar Brahmochary, founder of the organization Institute for Indian Mother & Child (IIMC), will talk about rural development in India, child- and maternal health and his life lasting...
On Sunday morning we packed our things and headed for Jerusalem. It quickly became apparent, that even though we had only travelled for 40 minutes, the atmosphere between the two cities was vastly different. We were now in a city that was fundamentally diverse, more...
[caption id="attachment_3920" align="alignnone" width="800"] Den tillträdande presidenten Donald Trump. Foto: Gage Skidmor (Se Flickr)[/caption] By Niklas Ylander Den kommande amerikanske presidenten Donald Trumps sätt att uttrycka sig har kritiserats på många sätt för att vara rasistiskt, sexistiskt och för att dra ner det politiska samtalet till en...
After finally getting a whole night's sleep we woke up well-rested and excited, ready to get to know Tel Aviv. We took a walk to the neighborhood of Jaffa, which used to be it's own city but in the 40s it became a part of...
Welcome to join UF for free film screening: "Before the Flood" is a 2016 documentary film about climate change directed by Fisher Stevens. The film was produced in a collaboration between Stevens, Leonardo DiCaprio, James Packer, Brett Ratner, Trevor Davidoski, and Jennifer Davisson Killoran. At the European...