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The revolution will not be branded: Art, symbolism, and the spectacle of resistance
What happens when Kendrick Lamar raps “the revolution will be televised” at the Super Bowl halftime show? Gil Scott-Heron’s original poem, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, was a scathing critique of mass media’s ability to commodify and dilute political struggle, an assert
Beer is Arab, but whiskey is European: Part II
Part I of this essay can be viewed here. In 1954, Cheikha Rimitti released ‘Charrak Gattah,’ meaning ‘tear and sever.’ In a rich Oranois accent, she instructs a virgin girl to lose her virginity, tear her hymen. All performed to the wooden seduction of the Gasba flute, a fleeting soun
Half the population, only half the story: Western tourism’s revival in Afghanistan
“During a trip through Afghanistan, you will see beyond the turbulent current era and experience a beautiful country with a rich cultural history.” Safarat Travel One travel website offers paid tours throughout Afghanistan, promising to take the keen explorer places which will reve
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Cici Zhang
‘Drinking, Drowning: Summer 2024’ Ink and pencil on paper, 17 x 12 inches ‘Drinking, Drowning: Summer 2024’ is a series of graphic art loosely connected by a shared theme of water. Water is the essence of life. It is the material of our bodies, the source of our continuous survi
Beer is Arab, but whiskey is European
Part I July, 1961. In the northern suburb of El Menzah, Tunis, a secretary types as a beleaguered doctor dictates. Tunis – a city described by the Palestinian Poet Mahmoud Darwish as ‘the smell of night musk and salt’ – was a vestige of an eroding cosmopolitan Mediterranean, a city o
The Isis goes to the Presidents’ Summit
Last week, three unpresidential Isis writers visited the Presidents’ Summit, an AI-themed event for presidents of Oxford University societies. They had thoughts, and a lot of free drinks. Only the thoughts are below, entirely human-written. We write for free: you can’t replace us with ChatGPT if
In conversation with: Merve Emre
Merve Emre has a CV to tremble before. She is the author of three award-winning books, is a contributing writer at the New Yorker, regularly travels the world speaking at conferences and universities, interviews authors of the likes of Sally Rooney and Nobel laureate Jon Fosse, is the Shapiro-Silver
Being seen to be seeing someone: Oxford’s privacy problems
When I lived in college, the walk from the big medieval doors to my room when I brought someone home made me feel more naked than any ensuing level of undress could. From the glaring clinical light and audience of paid spectators in the Porters’ lodge to the unlucky coincidence that the moment you