Unrest protests and demonstrations have erupted in Iran as the nation finally faces the revolution brewing for many years. From the streets of Tehran to remote villages,  Iranians are calling for an end to government oppression and a brighter future for their nation.  Their turning point? A 22-year-old woman named Mahsa Amini.  The Death of
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China, one of the world’s most populous nations, is currently going through a shocking demographic crisis, facing a rapidly plummeting birth rate for the first time in decades. For most of our lives, we’ve associated China with its one-child policy, which was implemented in 1979 to help combat problems they were experiencing with overpopulation. Those
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Religion has existed alongside humankind ever since its beginning. Religion was necessary because it provided an explanation for phenomena that most people in society could not comprehend, and because it gave hope and unity to its followers even in the darkest of times. Yet there have always been others who would rather use religion as
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Could Lebanon’s economic collapse be affecting history? Quite an unusual question to ask yourself, I suppose. But, if we look a little deeper into how intertwined politics, economics and history are, we find that the ties are as obvious as ever. We are presented with a modern-day example of how Lebanon’s economic meltdown may put
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