‘Strange’ Ideas: Dostoevsky’s Raskolnikov and the Modern Terrorist
This essay will show that Dostoevsky attempts to give us answers to three questions that relate to terrorism: What kind of idea can drive a
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Q&A: The Making of the 'Bollywood Boys' Podcast
Comedians Shaan Baig and Saagar Shaikh review and reminisce over classic Bollywood films in "Bollywood Boys," a podcast they started a...
Q&A: Behind the Music with Chaand Soorij
Artist Talha Mirza dropped his first album “Wahid” a couple months ago under the name Chaand Soorij. We asked him about the making of the al
remember
It takes some time. It takes some time to come back to this land. After soaring for long enough perhaps my legs don’t recall how to...
Diary from Nepal
In August 2017, I visited Nepal to learn about ginger farmers, who farm in the remote mountainous regions of the country. These smallholder
Finding empowerment and community through art
GAMA sets itself apart from similar groups by tapping into Islam’s own historical relationship with spirituality and art as their modus oper
Elevated consciousness
No celebrity suicide in the recent past has left me more despondent than Chester Bennington’s. I can’t name a Linkin Park song released...
Artist profile: illustrator Annie Idris
Annie Idris is an illustrator and designer based in Toronto, Canada. Coming from an art and architecture background, her art reflects her in
How I view Islam: part 2
What universe, man and Islam have in common.
How I view Islam: part 1
The father of Qawalli and his mode of viewing Islam — the burden of religious-secular binary in a global and interconnected world.
Comics: the power of positive representation
Storytelling is important because it’s how we empower and validate ourselves. What is the effect when the figure of “good” is always a physi
New York’s Little Syria and the long history of race and citizenship in America
In response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent upholding of portions of Donald Trump’s Muslim ban, Minnesota representative Keith Ellison...
The girl next door
In a quiet suburb right outside of Seattle, Washington, there is a modest house on a cul-de-sac with a charming backyard. In this house...
A beginning
“See, this is why you should never be a teacher.” These were the words uttered by my parents every time the local news channel mentioned...
The story of the Rojava Revolution
In contrast to all of the negative things we hear about Syria, I want to present something positive; from the ashes of the nation state,...
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