An Idol and an Ideal

An Idol and an Ideal

Nov 15, 2024 | Blog, Marchella Ward, 2024

An Idol and an Ideal By Marchella Ward i Blog 99   Image: Mada’in Saleh (source Wiki Commons). On top of a rock in a desert valley about 400km outside of Medina sits a rather curious sculpture. Najma (2020) is cross-legged, her palms placed on her knees facing...
Naming the Erasure: See-ing and Not-seeing a Genocide

Naming the Erasure: See-ing and Not-seeing a Genocide

Sep 14, 2024 | Uzma Jamil, Blog, 2024

Naming the Erasure: See-ing and Not-seeing a Genocide By Uzma Jamil i Blog 97   It seems unbelievable that more than eleven months of the ongoing genocide in Gaza have passed, with thousands of Palestinians killed, injured and displaced. In January 2024, South...
Islamophobia in the UK

Islamophobia in the UK

Aug 26, 2024 | S. Sayyid, Blog, 2024

Islamophobia in the UK * A shorter version of this blog was published by Anadolu Agency on 12 August 2024 (https://www.aa.com.tr/en/analysis/opinion-the-islamophobic-pogrom-in-the-uk-is-a-result-of-decades-of-racist-policies/3300466)  By S. Sayyid i Blog 96   Image...
Sitting in the Room with History

Sitting in the Room with History

Jul 2, 2024 | Blog, Fahad Hashmi, 2024

Sitting in the Room with History By Fahad Hashmi i Blog 94   Is a circumcision, for example, an exterior mark? Is it an archive? Jacques Derrida, Archive Fever   The terrible spectacle of Muslim sites, viz. a home, a shop, a mosque, besieged by a motley crew of...