Fire

C Scott Jordan suggests that fire has become so hypernormal that we are almost numb to it, Salma Khalid takes a philosophical and historic walk through fire, Ebrahim Moosa delves into some classic Arabic texts, Taiwo Adepetun is burned by AI, Anonymous is caught between two blazing worlds, Wietske Merison is overwhelmed by the flames of burning oil, Mikail Eldin dodges bombs and bullets in Grozny, Robin Yassin-Kassab finds himself under fire in Ukraine, Christopher Burr Jones thinks fire is a Faustian bargain, Chandrika Parmar recovers lost memories in Temple fi res, Qalandar Bux Memon discovers his (‘Must, Must’) Qalandari roots, Alev Adil remembers her childhood in coup ridden Northern Cyprus, Naomi Foyle burns some candles, and our list of ten contemporary self-proclaimed arsonists.

In this issue

  • The Fire of AI
    Technology

    The Fire of AI

    When God taught Adam the names of all things, a flame was lit that has never gone out since. That moment of divine instruction, the birth of…

    Taiwo Adepetun
  • Urs Concert
    Culture

    Must Qalandars

    I am a Sindhi. You inherit something as a Sindhi. If you are lucky, you get the Sindhi language and a culture. The Sindhi language, as we know it…

    Qalandar Bux Memon
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