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Mark Sijtsma
Oct 20, 2024
Sunday Summary - 20th October 2024: Silver Linings amidst The Chaos
The world is reeling from a wave of appalling events. In a speech, Donald Trump amplified the conspiracy theory that the Capitol attack...


A.G Thor
Oct 13, 2024
Sunday Summary - 13th October 2024: Ongoing Crises
The 7th of October marked the one-year anniversary since the beginning of Israel’s war on Gaza. Gaza’s Ministry of Health announced on...


One Year of Grief and Resistance: Maastricht’s Response
It has been a year since the Hamas attack on Israel, following one of the deadliest operations by the IDF the world has seen. At least...

Jules Boelens
Oct 7, 2024
Sunday Summary - Erasing History: Gaza's Cultural Heritage in the Crossfire
The destruction of Gaza’s cultural heritage has become a deeply troubling and tragic aspect of the ongoing conflict in the region. Since...

Vanille Villez
Oct 3, 2024
U.S. Elections - Understanding Harris: a dive into Kamala Harris’ political strategy.
Kamala Harris’ sudden campaign start for the US presidential elections has not been easy. Since the 27th of June, with the debacle of the...

Elena Bovée
Sep 25, 2024
U.S. Elections - Inside the Democratic National Convention and the future of the United States.
In the United States, every four years right before the presidential election, the two major political parties hold a four-day convention...

Charlotte Pennings
Sep 16, 2024
U.S. Elections - 2024 Presidential Debate Bingo: Takeaways from Tuesday Night’s Comedy
On the evening of September 10th, 2024, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump went head-to-head for 90 minutes in their first-ever in-person...
Ana Navarro Bullo
Aug 28, 2024
A chat with Wilson Fache: how war reporting is navigating a new wave of civilian journalism
“Journalism was not a child's dream”, says Wilson Fache, winner of the Albert Londres Prize and independent war reporter born in...

Sofia van Trooijen
Jul 11, 2024
The Cultural Tapestry of Hong Kong: Understanding how different cultures find identity
The day is humid as heat blankets the pedestrians walking through the streets of Hong Kong. The sound of lapping water from the harbour...

Sofia van Trooijen
Jul 11, 2024
(Over)Consumption in the Narrative for Sustainability
On a simple Saturday afternoon, with the sun’s full glare masked behind a few stray clouds, I just returned home after completing a...


Carolina Scheuch
Jun 29, 2024
Talking human rights and police brutality
In the last few months, the right to protest has become a salient theme for many people across Europe. Especially us students have...


Maya Müller-Perron
Jun 10, 2024
Daunting Elections and Global Chaos
Last week has been tumultuous - to say the least. While a flood of majoritarily daunting news may already overflow your social media...
Matthijs Lenaerts
Jun 8, 2024
02.06.2024: Elections bonanza
Sunday Summary 02-06-2024: Last week saw the conclusion of three more elections in the veritable voting bonanza that is 2024 and all...

Raquel Ureña
Jun 7, 2024
Read this before volunteering abroad this summer
As the cold city becomes slightly warmer, thoughts of the up-and-coming summer fill our minds. What are you going to do? Visit family? Go...


Becci Niederhoff
Jun 6, 2024
Transcending Walls: The Power of Art in Times of Crisis
There are walls. Grey walls, towering ominously into the sky. Some of them have ropes or ladders to climb them, some are naked. Some are...
Raquel Ureña
May 30, 2024
Sunday Summary 26.05 — Celebrating those who inspire us
As many of us face the stress of quickly approaching deadlines, thesis submissions and the weight of feeling powerless in the eye of a...


Claire Anderson
May 25, 2024
All Eyes on Rafah Protest March (23.05) & UM Statement (24.05)
A pro-Palestine march, put together by local organizations began at 7:00 p.m. directly in front of Maastricht Centraal Station on...

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Claire Anderson
May 23, 2024
Maastricht Encampment Update: The different narratives surrounding its [fall / undoing]
Wednesday, May 22, brought about multiple developments in regards to the Pro-Palestine solidarity encampment established by Maastricht...

Claire Anderson
May 19, 2024
Sunday Summary: Commemorating Nakba Day and a breakdown of UM’s ties with Israeli or Israeli-based institutions
This past week included the anniversary and remembrance of Nakba Day halfway through the establishment of Rafah’s Garden, also known as...

Claire Anderson and Jan Pöhler
May 15, 2024
‘Rafah’s Garden’: The Maastricht Encampment
UM students enter hunger strike until demands are met by Claire Anderson and Jan Pöhler Six protestors at Maastricht University (UM) will...
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