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Author Archives: Zaman Keinath-Esmail

Zaman Keinath-Esmail (she/her) is one of the Editors-in-Chief at The Oxford Blue, having previously been Senior Opinions Editor and Senior Columns Editor. She studies Physics, sits on various society and college committees, and generally advocates for equal rights for everyone. When not in Oxford, she can be found in Washington, DC.

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by Zaman Keinath-Esmail November 20, 2021November 20, 2021
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September Review: Beowulf, translated by Maria Dahvana Headley

by Zaman Keinath-Esmail September 19, 2021September 19, 2021
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Claims of antisemitism against local Green Party politician

by Zaman Keinath-Esmail May 18, 2021July 18, 2021
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‘Free Palestine’ protest draws crowd of hundreds in Bonn Square

by Zaman Keinath-Esmail May 16, 2021July 18, 2021
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Trinity 2021: Meet the columnists!

by Zaman Keinath-Esmail March 24, 2021July 18, 2021
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Have beef? Unfinished drama? Oxfess’s transphobic moderation revealed

by Zaman Keinath-Esmail January 20, 2021August 23, 2021
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Letters to the Editors Vol. 4

by Zaman Keinath-Esmail January 20, 2021July 18, 2021
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New Year, Same Old Problems

by Zaman Keinath-Esmail December 31, 2020December 31, 2020
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Trans Day of Remembrance: remembering the dead and supporting the living

by Zaman Keinath-Esmail November 20, 2020November 20, 2020
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Why I refuse to wear the red remembrance poppy

by Zaman Keinath-Esmail November 9, 2020November 9, 2020

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Zaman Keinath-Esmail Jan 20, 2026 18 min read
Image taken by Merna Elboghdady, used with her consent in the article. Shows the Global Youth Climate Training team at COP30.

Elana Roberts explores the importance, impact and limitations of COP30, which took place in Brazil. She first traces the historic significance of COPs before interviewing…

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The House of Lords by William Morrison Wyllie (1820–1895), Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons My grandmother died in 2020. At the end of her life,…

The Physicist Behind the Turl Street Orchestra: In Conversation with Dr. Felix Tennie

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Dr. Felix Tennie stands outside the Radcliffe Camera after our interview.

“If I had no music, I wouldn’t be as productive of a physicist. Whenever I don’t get to make music for a time, I become…

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Snow

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