Janet Biehl
12 published article(s)
CLARISSA, a film by Arie Esiri and Chuko Esiri
Reimagining Virginia Woolf's classic from London to Lagos
COTTON QUEEN, a film by Suzannah Mirghani
Celebrating the strength of spirited, challenging women
BEN’IMANA, a film by Marie-Clementine Dusabejambo
Is it possible to forgive the unforgivable?
DAO, a film by Alain Gomis
An inquiry into diaspora
JAIL TIME RECORDS, a documentary film by Dione Roach and Steve Happi
A recording studio is established in a brutal prison in Douala, Cameroon, giving a creative outlet and a sense of purpose to the inmates.
Maryam Aslany, PEASANTS: MAKERS OF THE MODERN WORLD (Bloomsbury, 2026).
Peasants are a battered but essential social class that requires support in ordert to survive
“If there is gold under the land, it will win.”
In Ghana, illegal gold mining undermines cacao farming
Çağlar Demirel: Arrested for Providing Healthcare to Women
A Kurdish woman politician and activist reflects on activism n Türkiye
The Kurdish Co-Mayor of Diyarbakir
Janet Biehl of Global South Watch interviews Mayor Serra Bucak about trustees, accountability, outreach, and more , in the de facto capital of Turkish Kurdistan (Bakur)
The Turkish-Kurdish peace process
Eren Keskin offers her comments
Kurdish Prisoners in Türkiye
The human rights lawyers Eren Keskin comments
The Pan-African Imperative
Notes on the 9th Pan-African Congress, Lomé, Togo, December 2025