Relics

Samia Rahman is concerned about her personal relics, Boyd Tonkin meanders through Sicily, Aaron Tugendhaft exposes the veneration of certain relics, Rita Sonal Panjatan is unable to shake the scent of old Hyderabad, Andrew Petersen explores what lies beneath ancient Muslim graves, Leyla Jagiella visits Poland's hidden mosques, Hafeez Burhan Khan is enchanted with Jerusalem, Nur Sobers-Khan puzzles through manuscripts, Yovanka Paquete Perdigao performs the pilgrimage to Touba, Tam Hussein embraces his relic self, Aaftab Haider makes footprints across Europe, Sahil Warsi goes back to disappearing Allahabad, Alev Adil uses relics to explore memory and identity, Iftikhar H Malik has dinner at Pompeii, Liam Mayo deconstructs the relics of modernity, and inhabitants of adjacent neighbourhoods in Tunis tell their stories to Iason Athanasiadis and Dalia De Gondi.

In this issue

  • Pakistan
    History

    Lingering Scents of Hyderabad

    They say that scent elicits the strongest memories, can transport you back into times long relegated to a distant past, bring forth fragments of…

    Rita Sonal Panjatan
  • The British Museum
    Art

    Ten Surprising Relics

    Go anywhere in the Muslim world and you will bump into a shrine, tombs, sacred relic, or footprints of the Prophets. No doubt you have witnessed the…

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