Home / Alannah Travers

1st September 2021

Sharya Camp, Kurdistan

In Sharya, under the hot August sun of northern Iraq, around 18,000 displaced Yazidis shelter in 4,000 tents. An estimate of the layout of the camp suggests that it is home to approximately 3,000 families, and the stench of rubbish hits you well before you can make out the endless lines of tatty fabric structures. It is a devastating place.

Cornwall, London, Balkans: Sommer

13th April 2021

Berlin: Frühling

(A Fever Dream)

Centennial House, Dornes

Some books that were good for the soul.

30th January 2021

Berlin: Winter

Learning - and (not) returning.

8th November 2020

Berlin: Herbst

Facebook Watch • 28th June 2020

Digital Security Act and Prisoner of Conscience

"Where Is Kajol?" panel discussion broadcast in Bangladesh, with Kajol's son Polok, the South Asia Director of Human Rights Watch & the CEO of the Runnymede Trust, Halima Begum.

Our Bodies, Their Battlefield: What War Does to Women (Review)

"Anyone here been raped and speaks English?"

The economy, stupid...

It's been perversely meta, having time to revisit some excellent recent books on the economy while simultaneously watching it crash and burn across the world. Forget Friedman v. Keynes, the current crisis blows the debates of the previous century out of the water.

Fair Observer • 12th May 2020

Missing Bangladeshi Journalist Has Been “Found” — Now He Must Be Freed

Last week, 53 days after his suspicious disappearance on March 10, Bangladeshi journalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol was “found” by authorities in Benapole, 150 miles from Dhaka where he was last seen.

Lives in the time of Covid

One of the few drawbacks of having such audacious friends is that when respective global lock-downs are imposed, much like music stopping in a game of statues, they end up quarantined all over the world. Australia, Mexico, Palestine, Germany, Canada - and Scotland.

Hallgarth checklist

1. Had direct contact with Ceci over the previous 12 months...

30th April 2020

A year into the Climate Emergency

This time last year, at the peak of the Extinction Rebellion protests in London, the UK Parliament declared a Climate Emergency. I remember cycling over to Parliament Square after work, bumping into friends on the grass and wondering what it might actually mean, or lead to, or change. For me, it probably changed quite a lot. In terms of the environment…

Labourlist • 23rd April 2020

There's an awareness campaign. What now for victims of domestic abuse?

Between March 23rd and April 13th, the Count Dead Women project recorded 16 domestic abuse killings: over twice the ordinary, awful average, which is approximately five deaths a week.

17th April 2020

Supressing the pandemic in Palestine

The irony is not lost in seeking to contain the spread of covid-19 in an already contained community. But in Palestine, the infrastructure of occupation has so far proven comparatively effective in dealing with the unfolding global pandemic.

The i • 8th April 2020

Domestic violence is increasing - Government must mention helplines in the daily coronavirus briefing

In normal times, we are told that the busiest time of the year for police and prosecutors dealing with domestic violence is Christmas. The reason for the Yuletide spike is families, and tensions, confined at home for longer than is the norm. These are not normal times.

Left Foot Forward • 18th December 2019

To Labour’s next leader: listen, learn and change or face another decade in opposition

Despite a monumental effort from Labour members, candidates and activists, the election result is disastrous.

Close ✕