Hana Kapetanovic on The Bubble

Workers’ Day in Lebanon: Spotlight on Migrant Workers

7th May 20177th May 2017 Hana Kapetanovic 0 Comments Beirut, human rights, immigrants, kafala, Lebanon, migrant workers, Workers Day

Hana Kapetanovic reports on Workers’ Day marches in Beirut, Lebanon, a country which is tainted by inequalities and discrimination against its large migrant worker population.

The ghosts of Lebanon’s past, present and yet to come

20th November 201620th November 2016 Hana Kapetanovic 0 Comments Beirut, Election, Lebanon, Michel Aoun, Middle East, Parliament, politics, President, vote

Hana Kapetanovic looks into the troubled Middle Eastern country’s recent and long-overdue presidential election, and why politics in Lebanon is so fraught with disagreement and sectarian conflict.

World Affairs

Karadžić’s Conviction: A Message for Europe

25th March 20165th May 2016 Hana Kapetanovic 0 Comments Bosnia, Muslims, Nationalism, War Crimes

Hana Kapetanovic looks at the recent sentencing of Radovan Karadžić and the implications for the future.

World Affairs

a loss for the Kurds

4th November 20153rd May 2016 Hana Kapetanovic 0 Comments

The Justice and Development Party (AKP) is able to rally much popular support, yet has also been interpreted as practicing the politics of polarisation.Turkey voted to re-elect the Justice and Development Party (AKP) earlier this week, this time with a parliamentary majority. Although the party made strong gains over the June 7th elections, it was not quite enough for the 330 seats required in order for the party to make constitutional changes. President Erdoğan has had to defend his win in the face of media criticism.He said: “Now a party with some 50% [of the vote] in …

Creative

Written Category Runner-Up: Promaha

11th December 20143rd May 2016 Hana Kapetanovic 0 Comments

Hana Kapetanovic is runner-up in the written category of The Bubble 2014 Winter-Themed Creative Competition with this poem.