February 2016

Chris Abani
The Face: Cartography of the Void
February 29, 2016
Chris Abani is easily one of most important voices in literature today. He has published over a dozen books and is the recipient of the PEN...
Arwa Damon
Why Reporting on Conflict is Not Enough for Me
February 22, 2016
From the Turkish side of the border I could hear the low rumblings of explosions, the sound rolling across the northern Aleppo countryside...
Inshah Malik
Kashmir and the JNU Student Protests
February 22, 2016
During the 1980s, Mohammad Afzal Guru dropped out of his medical degree program and crossed over the Line of Control into Pakistan-...
Shimrit Lee
Astro Noise: War on Terror as (Virtual) Reality
February 18, 2016
On the eighth floor of the Whitney Museum of American Art, a large projection brings viewers back to the aftermath of the attacks of...
Chandra Frank
Noah Purifoy and Migrating Assemblages
February 15, 2016
A Book Flown These fragmentations only mean that I am fragmented, That as I symbolize what you say and agree Can I then leave you To set...
Kafa Al-Hashli
The Music of the Islamic State
February 10, 2016
On the outskirts of the city of Little Aden in southern Yemen, a 25-year-old young man lives with his mother, sharing the worries, sorrows...
ISIS Anthem
Soulaf Abas
Seen For Syria: In conversation with Soulaf Abas and Alyssa Arney
February 9, 2016
Until 2012, Soulaf Abas painted mostly landscapes and insects. Her work is emotive, warm, impressionistic yet controlled. Her paintings...
Saligrama K. Aithal
Silly You!
February 5, 2016
Author's Preface What is truth? Who can tell what happened and why? These are questions we confront everyday of our lives, particularly in...