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Global politics
The Labour Party’s never-ending crisis

Executive summary: Last year Jeremy Corbyn was leading the Labour Party into a general election in a bid to prompt wholesale change with a sweeping manifesto. Today he no longer represents Labour in his Islington North constituency, is instead standing as an Independent MP after having his whip withdrawn and has launched a new political […]

Hamza Ali Shah Dec 15, 2020 0
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Analysis
Could the presidency be a poisoned chalice for Biden?

Following 47 years of service, Joe Biden has landed the top job and will become the 46th President of the United States. After several agonising days as the ballots were counted, Biden managed to surpass the magical number of 270 electoral college votes. In an election with unprecedented voter turnout, Biden secured the most votes […]

Hamza Ali Shah Nov 16, 2020 0
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Events
Workshop: The current crisis in East Sudan

East Sudan holds the key to open the floodgates for progress in the region Within our Sudan project in the Centre for Arab Progress and the workshops and seminars we are holding with the various stakeholders of the Sudanese scene and influential actors, the Centre recently held a workshop with a number of researchers to […]

Center for Arab Progress English Nov 10, 2020 0
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Analysis
Left for dead? Keir Starmer’s new look Labour Party

The Labour Party today looks a shadow of the party that lost the general election in December 2019. When the former shadow Brexit secretary, Keir Starmer, convincingly won the Labour leadership election in April 2020, he promised to rebuild the nation’s trust in the party. The party’s worst electoral defeat since 1935 prompted Starmer to […]

Hamza Ali Shah Sep 12, 2020 0
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Events
British Muslims and Covid-19 workshop

The Centre held a workshop on British Muslims’ response to Covid19 on 2nd August in general with special focus on Muslim woman in particular. The workshop was moderated by: Dr. Islam Uddin. The contributors represented different Muslim organisations and institutions in the UK. The workshop was divided into two sessions, as follows: 1st session started […]

Center for Arab Progress English Sep 4, 2020 0
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