Sri Lanka

The ideas of unity, reconciliation and coexistence must consider a Sri Lankan identity beyond one ethnicity, religion and language. In March 2015, the unexpected newly elected president of Sri Lanka,…

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Islamophobia in Sri Lanka or the Sterilization Obsession

Carmen Aguilera-Carnerero
February 18, 2020

Coined in the Runnymede Trust’s seminal report in 1997, the neologism of “Islamophobia” has been endlessly used to express the irrational hostility towards Muslims and Islam. This antagonism has been…

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In Sri Lanka, Cartoonists Take on the Alt-Right

Carmen Aguilera-Carnerero
October 17, 2019

Cartoonists are modern jesters but, unlike those merrymen of yore, they are no longer safe. It has been traditionally accepted in modern societies that the media play a key role…

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Sinhala, Tamil and the National Identity of Sri Lanka

Islamophobia in Sri Lanka or the Sterilization Obsession

In Sri Lanka, Cartoonists Take on the Alt-Right