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.
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