Ethnicity | Standpoint Magazine

A Gross Violation

Last month the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe declared that male circumcision is a “violation of the physical integrity of children”. This is clear anti-religious prejudice

October 29, 2013

Counterpoints·Ethnicity·EU·Europe·Faith

Norway’s Problem with Anti-Semitism

Soon Jews will have no visible presence in the most prosperous nation on earth. No one is protecting them

November 27, 2012

Dispatches·Ethnicity·Judaism

Colour Me Angry

As a black Conservative parliamentary candidate, my choice of party is often met with either surprise or sneers “You’re so brave!” is the surprised declaration from people when I, a black woman,

October 23, 2009

Counterpoints·Ethnicity·UK Politics·Westminster

Adventures of a Book in Africa

Michela Wrong's exposé of corruption in Kenya was suppressed, then pirated, and finally rescued by an unlikely combination of saviours.

June 24, 2009

Africa·Ethnicity·Features·Literature·Politics

Butterfly Effect

The Butterfly Saturday Reading School gives literacy classes to children from the local Mozart Estate

May 29, 2009

Education·Ethnicity·Immigration·Philanthropy

Denying Israel’s Deniers

The British and Israeli novelists Howard Jacobson and A.B. Yehoshua discuss the new wave of anti-Jewish rhetoric with Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson

April 4, 2009

Dialogue·Ethnicity·Faith·International·Israel·Judaism·Literature·Media·Middle East·Politics·Social Affairs·War on Terror

Beirut: Blood on the Streets

‘Then the beating began. One of the new arrivals punched Christopher hard in the face. Two others grabbed his arm and started dragging him across the street. For the first time the

April 3, 2009

Dispatches·Ethnicity·Islam·Israel·Lebanon·Middle East·Syria·War on Terror

Helping Africa Break Free

Aid to Africa is the problem, not the solution, according to Dambisa Moyo, Zambian-born economist and author of Dead Aid. She discusses the issue with Richard Dowden, executive director of the Royal

February 16, 2009

Africa·China·Developing World·Dialogue·Economy·Ethnicity·Foreign Aid·Global Governance·History·International·Politics·Social Affairs·The West

Blown Up in Bin Laden Country

Is Pakistani intelligence allowing the country’s tribal areas to become a Taliban stronghold? What can the West do about it? The moment the bomb exploded, our Frontier Corps driver slammed on the

January 27, 2009

Afghanistan·Asia·Defence·Developing World·Espionage·Ethnicity·Features·Foreign Aid·Global Governance·History·Human Rights·International·Military·North America·Pakistan·War on Terror

Amoral Equivalence

Beyond Terror and Martyrdom by Gilles KepelThe Case Against Israel’s Enemies by Alan Dershowitz

December 17, 2008

Books·Defence·Ethnicity·Faith·France·Global Governance·International·Islam·Israel·Judaism·Middle East·North America·Politics·US Politics·War on Terror

New York: A Cousin in the White House

US Election Week diary: New Yorkers and their attitudes towards the new president “I don’t want to live in a country that will elect Sarah Palin.” Fragments of a conversation between two

November 26, 2008

Dispatches·Ethnicity·McCain·Media·North America·Obama·Social Affairs·Urbanism·US Politics

The leader of Norway's Progress Party, Siv Jensen, has a good chance of winning next year's election. In an interview with Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson, she explains her views; Bruce Bawer explains

November 25, 2008