6 Minutes To ReadMd. Salman Rahman and Fatema Tuz Zohra Nowreen argue that religious misinterpretation traps Rohingya women in suffering.
Tags: Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), gender, human rights, Islam, Muslim, polygamy, refugees, Rohingya, United Nations (UN), violence
August 28, 2024
6 Minutes To ReadJoshua Bowes and Md. Salman Rahman argue that violence seems to be inescapable for women Rohingya refugees. Credit: AK Rockefeller The Rohingya refugee crisis is one of the most volatile […]
Tags: buddhism, Cox’s Bazar, ethnic minorities, gender, gender inequality, gender violence, human trafficking, Islam, Rakhine State, refugees, Rohingya, sexual violence, Tatmadaw, United Nations (UN)
July 2, 2024
8 Minutes To ReadCielo (pseudonym) argues that targeting Christians and the re-emergence of Pyu Saw Htee triggered the military’s motivation to commit atrocities.
Tags: bamar, buddhism, Chin State, Christianity, ethnic armed organisations, human rights, Islam, Karen National Union (KNU), karenni, Rohingya, Sagaing
May 15, 2023
8 Minutes To ReadChristian Gilberti reviews a recent book on Persian travellers in Southeast Asia.
Tags: Arakan, Burma, colonialism, history, India, Islam, Konbaung, Mrauk U, Persia, Southeast Asia
November 25, 2021
12 Minutes To ReadFrances O’Morchoe details the lesser-known history of the Myanmar-China railway in nineteenth-century Burma.
Tags: borders, China, colonial burma, history, Islam, Panthay, railways, Shan State, Yunnan
March 2, 2020
7 Minutes To ReadChu May Paing reviews a new book on narratives of siege and fear in three cities of Myanmar.
Tags: Arakan, Book Review, Islam, Mandalay, Rakhine, Rohingya, Yangon
January 9, 2020
7 Minutes To ReadAndrew Thomson argues that the imposition of economic sanctions on Myanmar will not help resolve the Rohingya crisis.
Tags: citizenship, economy, Islam, Rakhine State, Rohingya
June 26, 2018
5 Minutes To ReadIshrat Hossain reviews Francis Wade’s timely analysis of anti-Muslim sentiments in Myanmar.
Tags: buddhism, conflict, Islam, nationalism, Rakhine State, Rohingya
January 11, 2018
8 Minutes To Read Kim Jolliffe continues looking at impacts of the Rakhine State crisis on Myanmar’s international relations.
Tags: diplomacy, foreign relations, Islam, Rakhine State, Rohingya
November 2, 2017
6 Minutes To ReadKim Jolliffe highlights impacts of the Rakhine State conflict on Myanmar’s international relations in a two-part post.
Tags: diplomacy, foreign relations, Islam, Rakhine State, Rohingya
November 1, 2017
6 Minutes To ReadAye Thein argues that the international influences on “Buddhist extremism” have been overlooked.
Tags: buddhism, Islam, nationalism, religious conflict, Rohingya
September 1, 2017
6 Minutes To ReadReshmi Banerjee reviews Melissa Crouch’s edited volume on Muslims in Myanmar.
Tags: Book Review, buddhism, Islam, religion
July 3, 2017
4 Minutes To ReadThe Myanmar Media and Society team previews its current oral history project.
Tags: history, Islam, peace, religion, religious conflict
April 21, 2017
4 Minutes To ReadNyi Nyi Kyaw examines the politics of the Muslim vote.
Tags: election, Islam, Rohingya, voting, Yangon
November 10, 2015