Can the the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions adapt fast enough to safeguard cultural diversity in the digital age?
Around the world, we are witnessing how financial power is being used not just to support culture, but to shape it — to silence dissent, erase histories, and reward ideological alignment.
Lawyers defending human rights defenders are facing growing threats, yet their struggles remain invisible. As they stand on the frontlines of justice, they’re increasingly vulnerable to the same attacks aimed at silencing the journalists and activists they protect.
By exploring 4 gems of recent Palestinian cinema, journalist Sarina Soleymani explores how the particularities of film and storytelling are a crucial means of overcoming divisive rhetoric and false dichotomies in world politics. Sarina shows that in regions undergoing harrowing conflict and politicisation, even simple depictions of daily life can become an act of defiance.
