Where Are You Going? إلى أين ذاهب؟
by Afram
A bilingual experimental comic exploring paranoia, boredom, and surveillance in the streets of Beirut. The inaugural comic of writer and artist Afram.
Not, Not Nation
by Panos Aprahamian
A radical re-envisioning of how anti-capitalist political projects should conceive of time and place.
Fragile Facades: Illusions of Change in Kabul’s Contemporary Architecture
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.
Walls, Censorship and the Illusion of Control: An Interview with Khaled Jarrar
Samuel Tafreshi sat down with Palestinian filmmaker and multimedia artist Khaled Jarrar to discuss border technology, the theatrical nature of nation states, and his films Infiltrators (2012) and Notes on Displacement (2022).
The Commander of Who?
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.
The Liminal Space Between Party & Protest
by 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.
Radical Imprint
by 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.
The Body of a King
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?
The Question of Solidarity: #BlackOutTuesday and Radio Alhara
“How do you connect solidarities together in a way that makes it organic, that makes it contextualized, and also makes it true?”
To Gather Together
Chime for Change’s upcoming issue joins in the fight against child marriages.
The City of Dove Women: An Interview with Arpi Adamyan
In this interview, Arpi Adamyan discusses her new piece The City of Dove Women, her experience with multimedia art, and her involvement in queer activism. Please join us for the opening reception on October 3, between 5pm-12am.
Home and Belonging: An Interview with Hava Toobian
Queer diaspora critical theory—and parkour.
Where Did Kim Kardashian Find Her Latex?
by Monica Zandi,
A group show contextualizing historical memory and nostalgia through the artists’ subcultural values.
Us and Them
by Celia Shaheen,
And all of the sudden, this whole rhetoric of “them versus us” made me question my own identity. Who am I? I’m them and us.