July 2019

Priyamvada Gopal
Insurgent Empire: Anticolonial Resistance and British Dissent
July 24, 2019
Excerpted from the book with permission from the publisher. On 4 August 1857, some three months after the commencement of the insurgency in...
Mohamedou Ould Slahi
Open Letter to the President of Mauritania
July 12, 2019
Dear Mr. President, Peace and blessings of Allah be unto you! I congratulate you for winning the elections and pray to Allah to help you...
Mohamedou Ould Slahi
Guantanamo Diary Author Protests Internet Shutdown in Mauritania
July 12, 2019
In my country’s first peaceful transition of power since independence from France in 1960, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani - a retired general and...