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29
Jan
2018
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16:03
Europe/London
Archaeological evidence from an Egyptian excavation 200 miles east of the Libyan border has helped bust the fearsome reputation of one of the country’s most famous pharaohs.
Dr Nicky Nielsen, from The University of Manchester, says the Egyptians who lived in the late Bronze Age fortress at ...
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13
Dec
2017
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16:18
Europe/London
Bashar al-Assad, with his men. EPA/SANA
By Rahaf Aldoughli, Lecturer in Modern Middle Eastern History
To truly “belong” to Syria, you have to be masculine – especially in a time of war. And throughout the country’s catastrophic six-year conflict, the same mach ...
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15
Nov
2017
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10:38
Europe/London
Stephen Hutchings, University of Manchester and Vera Tolz, University of ManchesterThe decision of former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond to front a weekly political chat show on Russian international channel RT has been widely criticised across the British political and media mainstream. Why w ...
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22
Aug
2017
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12:03
Europe/London
Last week, a van was driven into pedestrians on Las Ramblas in Barcelona, killing 13 and injuring at least 130 people, and the driver then killed a 14th victim in order to steal his car and escape. Later in the same day, five men from the same terrorist cell drove into pedestrians in nearby Cambrils ...
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01
Aug
2017
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15:00
Europe/London
Philipp Casula, University of Manchester
During the early years of the Cold War, the Soviet Union made a great push to reach out to the developing world, and particularly to the Middle East and Asia. It established particularly close ties with Nasser’s Egypt and later with Syria, but didn&r ...
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30
Apr
2017
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10:56
Europe/London
It has now been 100 days since Donald Trump became the President of the United States of America, and to mark this, a panel discussion took place this week where Dr Travis Gosa of Cornell University joined The University of Manchester's Dr Molly Geidel and Dr J. Michelle Coghlan. Here, ...
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30
Jan
2017
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12:00
Europe/London
Orlando von Einsiedel, a former Anthropology student of The University of Manchester, has been nominated for an Oscar in the short documentary category - only two years after he was last shortlisted.
His previous nomination was for documentary Virunga in 2015, which was about the conflicts betwee ...
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19
Dec
2016
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11:50
Europe/London
Two former Manchester students have been presented with awards by the University in recognition of their world-leading leading roles in humanitarian aid and emergency response.Gareth Owen and Karen O’Neill both won Outstanding Alumni awards, which are presented annually to ...
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14
Nov
2016
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14:58
Europe/London
Postgraduate student Fakhri Mansour, who was part of the UN team which designs and coordinates humanitarian convoys in Syria, explains why he believes the international community is failing the people of the war-torn country.
According to the humanitarian actors in Syria there are ...
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01
Nov
2016
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11:38
Europe/London
On 30th November the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) at the University of Manchester will bring together academics, aid workers, policy-makers and activists to reflect on the recent attacks in Syria and debate what can be done next.
Ahead of this event, HCRI Executive Director ...
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