Desire

Ziauddin Sardar embraces the desires of the great Muslim poet Allamah Mohammad Iqbal; Jeremy Henzell- Thomas sees desire as a stick with two ends; Luke Wilkinson examines al-Ghazali’s way of balancing desires; Peter Matthews Wright’s love of reading leads to desire for reforming Islam; Anonymous builds the ISIS Prisons Museum; Mohammad Sahily laments the suppression of desire after the Arab Spring; Boyd Tonkin reveals the true identity of the author of the epic romance Ali and Nino; Rachel Dwyer is wooed by Bollywood desires; Liam Mayo finds desires in concealed spaces; C Scott Jordan untangles complex desires; and our list of ten undesirables.

Also in this issue: Marjorie Allthorpe- Guyton tours Venice Biennale 2024; Maya Van Leemput is astonished by the Postnormal Times MADANI Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur; Abdullah Geelah praises a novel history of Africa; Anna Gunin reveals insights from the Caucasus; Christopher B Jones dissects longtermism; Naomi Foyle reads enchanting new poetry; Hassan Mahamdallie traces his Trinidadian roots; Amandla Thomas-Johnson experiences life after Hurricane Beryl; short stories by Alev Adil and Amenah Ashraf; and poems by Allama Muhammad Iqbal and Kabir.

In this issue

  • Ready or Not
    Futures

    Ready or Not

    ‘Welcome to PostnormalTimes’. The first words inviting visitors into The Postnormal Times MADANI Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur (26 May–10 November 2024)…

    Maya Van Leemput
  • History

    Ten Undesirables

    One of the greatest ironies that has come out of our contemporary existence is how we have managed to make an infinitely interconnected, globalised…

  • M Iqbal The Great Poet
    History

    INTRODUCTION: Orbits of Desire

    Let’s begin with the great man himself.The Grand Sheikh. The illustrious portrayer of desires.The anthology of celebrated poems by Muhyiddin Ibn…

    Ziauddin Sardar
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