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  • Urs Concert
    Issue 57 Fire

    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
  • Rih Es-Sed Still
    Issue 09 The Maghreb

    Revolution in Maghrabi Cinema

    Mainstream narratives of the Arab Spring have been both simplistic and influential. The coverage of the uprisings in the Maghreb and the Middle East…

    Jamal Bahmad
  • Claud Cockburn
    Issue 56 Journalism

    Return to Cockburn

    Claud Cockburn, one of the finest hacks there has ever been, wrote that journalism is very simple: it is a mixture of advertising and entertainment…

    Andrew Brown
  • This is the BBC
    Issue 56 Journalism

    INTRODUCTION: THIS IS THE BBC

    Mrs Robertson lived two doors from my humble abode in north London. She had one daughter who migrated to Australia. In her early seventies, she lived…

    Ziauddin Sardar
  • Capetown Malay Street
    Issue 53 Water

    Endless Shores

    ‘Kinds of water drown us. Kinds of water do not.’I feel that these two lines by Anne Carson, the Canadian poet and essayist, are addressed to me.I…

    Ebrahim Moosa
  • Women in Taliban Afghanistan
    Issue 49 Scotland

    Breaking News

    The morning sun lights up Maryam’s face through the gap in the curtains. She lies there with her eyes closed, enjoying the gentle heat. She knows she…

    Parand
  • Light at the End of the Universe
    Issue 45 Transitions

    Turning Towards the South

    It is hard to imagine that we share the journey with someone coming in the opposite direction. Nevertheless, I think that this strange sharing is…

    Boaventura de Sousa Santos
  • Muslim girl helping her sister with homework
    Issue 43 Ignorance

    Muslim Traditions of Learned Ignorance

    In my work on apophatic mysticism and philosophies of the unsayable, I have often encountered outstanding figures of genius who have made…

    William Franke
  • Pakistani Street
    Issue 41 Bodies

    The Hunter Inside

    Monday. The phone begins to ring in my pocket as soon as I disembark in Karachi. It’s an occupational hazard here – people want to know where you…

    Aamer Hussein
  • sunset over the Atlantic Ocean.
    Issue 35 Muslim Atlantic

    Introduction: What is the Muslim Atlantic?

    As we tell stories about Muslims today, what kinds of worlds do these Muslims inhabit? When we speak or write about contemporary Islam, which…

    Daniel Nilsson DeHanas and Peter Mandaville
  • Pakistan
    Issue 33 Relics

    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
  • Aziz Balouch
    Issue 32 Music

    Aziz Balouch

    The exploration of connections between flamenco, the main musical and dance tradition of Andalusia and the Romani people of Spain, and the music of…

    Stefan Williamson Fa