Darfur's endless cycle of suffering Column. Jean-Pierre Filiu. Historian and professor at Sciences Po Paris.

Endless or eternal knot It is a design made up of intersecting right-angled lines. Some interpret it as representing the idea of an endless cycle of suffering, birth, death, or rebirth.

How often do you find yourself tired of the same old Groundhog Day routine – not in real life, but in books? That feeling ...

Combined with devastating earthquakes in 2010 and 2021, Haiti has endured a seemingly endless cycle of suffering. It’s a case study in how history refuses to let go. Into the Shadows.