All interviews

These journalists fled to Belgium: ‘I will continue to write, document and speak’

On this International Press Freedom Day, we give four refugee journalists the opportunity to speak.

Volunteers at Missing Maps make a difference in humanitarian crises

Missing Maps supports aid organizations by mapping areas for which no digital maps exist.

Professor Berber Bevernage: ‘A culture of remembrance is an attractive target for politicians who want to polarize’

In several countries, history is being rewritten at a rapid pace.

‘Sexual violence remains a weapon of war in Sudan. It must be addressed internationally’

Activist Yosra Akasha talks about sexual violence in her country, Sudan. ‘The perpetrators keep getting away with it.’

‘My people have carried nuclear trauma for generations’

Even without nuclear weapons being effectively used, the military use of nuclear energy causes a great deal of damage.

María Corina Machado: ‘Chavismo has destroyed democratic institutions in Venezuela’

MO* spoke with María Corina Machado about social destruction, state terror and hope in once prosperous Venezuela.

Political scientist Magnus Lundgren: ‘The UN has partly lost its role as a conflict mediator, but maybe that's not so bad’

Traditional conflict mediation is under severe pressure. New players, with different methods, are emerging.

Hammour Ziada: 'Only by accepting the other can a lasting peace be achieved in Sudan'

The horror of sudan and the role of literature

Theatre-maker Zuleikha Chaudhari: 'I don't want to be silenced'

In India, artists have to be careful with their words and representations.

India claims a central position in the new world order

'In India, the government wants complete control over the stories people see, read and hear'

Where does the violence in the Middle East end? ‘This is colonialism that is becoming more extreme’

How should we understand this new chapter in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? When and how will the violence end?

‘Taxing solar panel imports now is a crime against humanity’

Convicted Polish activist: ‘Women’s bodies are the property of society’

‘Belgium in danger of missing the train of truth and reconciliation’

‘The super-rich choose their own place in the world – and pay for it’

"I was a rebel from the very beginning": Libya through the eyes of journalist Taziri al-Omrani

Comic book author Barrack Rima: “Liberation is a path that never ends, we are never completely free”

From tomato picker to contemporary Jesus. ‘We need each other to tackle inequality’

Yasmin Nair: ‘Critique on identity politics should be about power’

Isabel Allende: Fiction is true, fake news is censorship

On the 24th of March Isabel Allende received an honorary doctorate from the University of Ghent.

Muslim women in Sarajevo: ‘Our starting point is a prejudice against us, this makes us stronger’

Srećko Horvat: ‘Without real democracy, everyone will want to leave the EU’

'Beware of entrepreneurs in sectarian identity'