Apr 15, 2025
Before the Caliphate This blog post is part of the blog series After the Caliphate: Sovereignties and Subjectivities. By Marchella Ward i Blog 108 “A beginning is always left behind.” – Edward Said (1968, 1) In the words of the late, great, Shuhada Sadaqat,...
Nov 15, 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...
Apr 30, 2024
Towards A Historiography of Terrorism By Marchella Ward i Blog 93 Image: Darwin tree – On the Origin of Species – Wikipedia On the 10th April 2024, three children under the age of 10 were killed as they travelled with their families to visit relatives...
Nov 10, 2023
Israeli Occupation & Greek Tragedy By Marchella Ward i Blog 84 Image Credit: https://www.rawpixel.com/image/7652982/photo-image-vintage-art-public-domain (Public Domain, Free CCO 1.0 image) Like most millennials, I rarely stumble across newspaper articles in...
Aug 16, 2023
The Muslim at the End of the World * This blog post is based on a talk given at the 2nd International Conference on Critical Muslim Studies in June 2023. By Marchella Ward i Blog 81 Image Credit: Mark Cartwright. ‘Greek Colonisation’, World History...
