The persistent nature of Blood Diamonds: Permitting slavery in the Modern Diamond Pipeline
As the old saying goes, some would claim that Diamonds are forever. Yet, does that include the accompanying exploitative characteristics...
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Teresa Costa & Carmen Critelli
May 3, 2021
‘Forced loneliness’: new challenges for the WHO Mental Health Plan in light of the pandemic
‘Imagine yourself closed for months in a cage. You can only communicate with others through the cage’s bars and you are not able to free...
Max Welford
May 2, 2021
MASEL TOV COCKTAIL: A Short film about Jewish stereotypes…Or just an angry Jew
Clip 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15az-XaW6Ms&ab_channel=KINO%21GermanyNow%21 A scene from Masel Tov Cocktail (Vimeo) “You got...
Natasha Simpson
May 2, 2021
Bring back the Bronzes
The scramble for Africa’s lands, minerals and labour by European nations seeking wealth and glory forever changed the ways in which many...
Peter Pelzer
Apr 30, 2021
Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act: a pragmatic step toward principled wilderness
In November 2020, almost unnoticed between a second wave of Covid infections and the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court...
Marence Jurgens
Apr 28, 2021
Pan-European, pragmatic, and progressive – Volt Maastricht
A while ago I had the privilege to meet with Konrad von Klitzing (City Lead Volt Maastricht). He shared with me his views on politics, wh...
Alara Ersoy
Apr 17, 2021
The Chair Crisis
Last week, Europe and Turkey faced “The Chair Crisis” when the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, met with the President of the...
Paula Cepeda Gallo
Apr 13, 2021
The Backbone of the United Students of Maastricht: In Dialogue with the Party’s Founder.
As Maastricht University boasts a reputation as the most international university in the Netherlands, it is interesting to note that...
Head Editor
Apr 11, 2021
A changing of the guard.
It is with great solemnity that the Maastricht Diplomat marks the passing of Prince Philip, husband to Queen Elizabeth II, at the age of...
Ela Jade Unal
Apr 9, 2021
Getting Away with Murder: Entitlement and Accountability in Turkish Femicide
The decade has seen a massive rise in Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Femicide in Turkey.Between 2008 and 2019, at least 3,185 women...
Natasha Simpson
Apr 7, 2021
Better Days Ahead.
Trigger warning: Eating disorders, anxiety, depression. Sometimes it is difficult to express what it is like to feel like the world is...
Natasha Simpson
Apr 7, 2021
Masturbation Magic.
Studies show that having frequent consensual sex and or orgasms reduces stress levels, lowers blood pressure, and may even get us more...
Suzon Mazataud
Apr 4, 2021
Coups, corona, and tax hikes.
Starting with some fresh news: Jordan's former crown prince, Hamza Bin Hussein, has been placed under house arrest over an alleged coup....
Head Editor
Apr 4, 2021
A spring clean.
There is a glimmer of sunshine. The worst of winter is behind us and the promise of a vaccinated summer lies ahead. Although covid...
Jan Haverman
Mar 28, 2021
DOPE: Large, Pragmatic and Dutch
Maastricht's biggest student party demands the best possible education, even in Covid times. When Rozemarijn Kahle (second year student...
Dan Edwards
Mar 25, 2021
Why Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is one of the greatest films of all time.
Star Wars has been, and will continue to be, one of the most important film franchises in cinema. The majority of children, teenagers and...
Céline Zahno
Mar 25, 2021
India’s Farmers rise up and the world is not watching
In the closing months of 2020, over a quarter billion people have taken to the streets of India to protest the new farming bills that...
Teresa Costa
Mar 21, 2021
Record-breaking happiness and sunny days ahead
Local News This week has been very important for Dutch politics. General national elections were held from 15 to 17 of March. Mark...
Guest Writer
Mar 13, 2021
Arabia’s Temple of Dreams and the World’s Horrifying Nightmares.
“Hey, you, the unfair tyrants… You the lovers of the darkness… You the enemies of life… You’ve made fun of innocent people’s wounds, and...
Jan Haverman
Mar 12, 2021
What a Day - a review.
After 6 years of beautiful but dark and bluesy songs, Ben Howard has released a track which makes us nostalgic about days yet to come....
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