by Marcus Hibbeln
While ‘inclusive’ to a certain extent, the state-sponsored brand of Islam in Morocco has often been an exclusionary national force that has monopolized the interpretation of Islam and alienated large groups of citizens.
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by Panos Aprahamian
A radical re-envisioning of how anti-capitalist political projects should conceive of time and place.
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by Muheb Esmat,
In a country still living through the effects of a conflict more than four decades old, the rate of obsolescence of architectural styles and modes is as fast if not faster than the denigrating political and economic systems fostering them.
Read Moreby Angela Brussel
The people will sing and dance even when they are being persecuted and beat down. Even when they are enraged by the powers that be.
Read Moreby Samuel Tafreshi
Radical in its content, striking in its aesthetics, and representative of the vast and shifting landscape of revolutionary thought, this was the print culture of Iran at the moment of liberation.
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by Samuel Tafreshi
What is to be done with the body of a king? When all of the meaning and majesty imbued in his person shrivels and fades before the world, what does he become?
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“How do you connect solidarities together in a way that makes it organic, that makes it contextualized, and also makes it true?”
Read Moreby Farrah Fray,
The film—Naziha Arebi’s directorial debut—is the first ever feature length film to come out of Libya by a Libyan, let alone by a woman.
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by Nadeen Shaker,
"In today’s Egypt, as thousands languish in prison, public gatherings of ten people or more can be shut down as illegal protests, and the government is pursuing a stricter security policy, we can indeed recognize the legacies the British have left behind."
Read Moreby Hélé Béji with Jorge Rodriguez and Audri Augenbraum,
Hélé Béji explores the dissociative feeling of Tunisia’s transitions
Read Moreby Hélé Béji,
"After the victory of independence in decolonized countries, we have seen new forms of political alienation appear, which one cannot confuse with that which one calls, schematically, neocolonialism."
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by Hélé Béji,
“The revolution, like decolonization in its entirety, is a dissociated experience, torn from temporality, deprived of an ideal of continuity and unity.”
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by Jorge A. Rodríguez Solórzano and Audri Augenbraum,
Hélé Béji explores the dissociative feeling of Tunisia’s transitions
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by Omar Alhashani & Maya Gebeily,
"We work our butts off to get stories out there that are accurate, understandable, personable, interesting, and fair, so... try to trust us."
Read Moreby Rachel Furlow
New groups are co-opting Yemen's poetic tradition to strengthen their political messaging.
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by Omar Alhashani and Yousif Kalian:
The Hashd a-Shabi brand themselves as united to tap into multiple populisms - local and global.
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