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  • 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
  • London Bus
    Issue 29 Futures

    Postculture

    The Indian-American sociologist, Arjun Appadurai, argues that we should consider ‘the human preoccupations that shape the future as a cultural fact’…

    Richard Appignanesi
  • Grandfather Telling a Story paining by Albert Anker
    Issue 28 Narratives

    Introduction: Stories We Are Heirs To

    Let me tell you a story…To begin at the beginning. I’ll tell you how it was… In the beginning there was talking. ‘Where did we come from?’ ‘It’s like…

    Merryl Wyn Davies
  • Historic image of a street featuring horse-drawn carriages
    Issue 26 Gastronomy

    Our Kitchen in 1940s Baghdad

    The house of my childhood in Baghdad had two courtyards, haush, Middle Eastern style. The larger one was the centre of the main living area, with…

    Sami Zubaida
  • Baghdadi Sketch 4
    Issue 13 Race

    Hybrid Identity

    Tasnim Baghdadi works in multimedia: graphic design, digital illustration, and photography. She is of Moroccan heritage but was born and raised in…

    Tasnim Baghdadi
  • aerial view of the Medina from the phoenician tombs near body of water during night time
    Issue 09 The Maghreb

    Souk Shopping in Tangier

    It was shopping that first inclined me towards an interest in Islam, though it must be said that the lupine line of hassling touts that in the old…

    Barnaby Rogerson