Three prominent Muslim students from Thandwe town earned distinction in Myanmar’s early university history: Note: This account is excerpted from…
Category: Anti-Racism
Rohingyaphobia and the Language of Dehumanization
Photo credit A Rohingya Refugee’s Search for Safety, Freedom, and Justice | Human Rights Watch By Ngein Chan Aye in…
Myanmar’s Revolution Trapped Between Burman Nationalism and the Unresolved Muslim Question
A recent Burmese article titled “The Revolution Is Trapped Between Majoritarian Nationalism” raises uncomfortable but necessary questions about Myanmar’s armed…
The Karen-Burman Conflict: Origins of the World’s Longest Civil War
Historical Background & Modern Geopolitical Implications PART ONE: HISTORICAL ORIGINS The Seeds of Mistrust — World War II (1942) The…
Between Diaspora Politics and Armed Nationalism: The Rohingya Trapped Between Performance and Power
The Rohingya crisis is no longer merely a humanitarian issue. It has become: Recent remarks by Tun Myat Naing have…
Myitsone Dam: Development or Disaster?
Kachin Civil Society Warns of Irreversible Consequences By MMNN Editorial Desk Yangon, May 5 — Nearly 50 Kachin civil society…
မောင်မောင်(ရွှေကရိက်) Maung Maung Shwe Keraweik’s Reflection from Mandalay (2013): Islamophobia, Misunderstandings, and Responsibility
By Maung Maung Shwe Keraweik (Edited & Condensed) On 21 February 2013, I attended a discussion at Edu Zone in…
A Presidency Without Change: Myanmar Under Min Aung Hlaing
Dwarf is always a dwarf, not only in height but myopic with infantile selfish thoughts Four weeks into Myanmar’s so-called…
On the 1982 Citizenship Law and the Muslims of Myanmar including Rohingya
On the 1982 Citizenship Law and the Rohingya Question By Ko Tharr Gyi Everyone knows that the 1982 Citizenship Law…
Sinophobia and Islamophobia: Repeatedly Weaponized by Ma Ba Tha and the Military
Myanmar’s military and nationalist networks are intensifying campaigns of ethnic and religious hostility, echoing past waves of Islamophobia against Rohingya…