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“No sympathy for people like us”

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“No sympathy for people like us”

Coming out of dormancy to post this bit of exceptional writing by Xiena Saeed in the Maldives Independent. Xiena charts the course of murder convict Humam’s life against the backdrop of social and political upheavals in Maldives. Great journalism. “In 2003, Humaam was ten, Kinaanath was nineteen. Evan Naseem, a young heroin addict, also 19 […]

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Maldives in South Asia: Let’s talk about Saudis

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Maldives in South Asia: Let’s talk about Saudis

Azra Naseem has a great essay on the Saudi funded upheaval of Maldivian society in which she also recounts a startling encounter with the Dean of Maldives National University. Below is an excerpt. Read the full essay at on DhivehiSitee. _ I showed pictures of Aminiya students in the 1980s, and at present, pictures I took in […]

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5 sociological concepts that every Maldivian should know

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5 sociological concepts that every Maldivian should know

By Hani Amir The legacy of Maumoon’s dictatorship is clear in the insistence by most Maldivians that the Maldives is “100% Muslim”. This is maintained by the Maldivian constitution (the structure) and how it restricts the freedom of consciousness (in other words the agency) of Maldivians by stating that all citizens are required to be Muslims . […]

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The Madness of Maldives

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The Madness of Maldives

By Azra Naseem There is a small island of about two square kilometres, called Male’, in the Indian Ocean. It  is capital of the Maldives, a 1200 island archipelago inhabited by about 300,000 people known as Maldivians. If there was a psychiatric facility on this earth that could section a generalised population, Maldivians would be among the first to be locked away […]

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