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The Life of Aisha

An introduction to the legendary Kuwaiti singer

The New (EE) Radio

A mix showcasing the updated forms and features of our 24/7 broadcast

The Mud Brick Manual

Hassan Fathy on the construction of vaults and domes

On “Hearth,” “Home,” and “Homeland”

Philologist and polyglot Iskandar Ding unravels the meanings of the most important words

Imaginary National Costume

A photo project by Jenia Kim and Masha Demianova

Announcements

Film Screening of Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil: Portrait of an Architect

Open-Call for Filmmakers: Breaking Walls Dance Films Festival

Sharjah Architecture Triennial Seeks a Social Media Coordinator

Artist Open-Call: Ithra Art Prize

Heritage

The Mud Brick Manual

Hassan Fathy on the construction of vaults and domes

Imaginary National Costume

A photo project by Jenia Kim and Masha Demianova

The Thing with Islam

Alina Kokoschka on Muslim material culture beyond the museum

Music

The Life of Aisha

An introduction to the legendary Kuwaiti singer

The New (EE) Radio

A mix showcasing the updated forms and features of our 24/7 broadcast

Dushan-Bangers: Female Voices of 1980s Tajik Pop

Vlad Ilkevich on a lesser known, late-Soviet musical phenomenon

Places

Following In The Footsteps Of Bruno Taut

Ikuru Kuwajima repeats the journey of the Königsberg architect to the coasts of Japan

Yukiko Kaneko on Arts in Aomori

Contact Zones: a series of interviews with cultural practitioners

内外篇: Inside Outside Chapters

Rory O’Neill on being a foreigner in China—kung fu-style

Film: Tungus

2021, 1 hr 10 min

Wang Tuo explores the entanglements of human mind and history through the eyes of a Ming Dynasty scholar, a group of student protesters in 1919 Beijing, and two Korean deserters trying to flee the besieged Changchun

ABC

How the East became the “Other” of the Western world

Alima Bissenova on a core concept of postcolonial studies

Is “Middle East” Really a Region

Open call finalist Azad Asifovich on the origins of a contested term

How Appropriation Works for Those Who Practice It and Those Who Fight It

Power dynamics and mutability of the status quo

Issue 4: Acсess

Considering what access may mean in today's world, who has it, and, most importantly, why

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Issue 3: (no)borders

Together with our contributors, we are considering borders—both real and imaginary. Featuring Tamiko Thiel, Shua’a Ali Al Muftah, You Mi, James Onley, Wang Tuo, Sergey Abashin, and others

→ Read 28 interviews and essays...

Issue 2: Dream

Researchers and artists from around the world speak about utopias of the past and present. Featuring Morehshin Allahyari, Madina Tlostanova, Walter D. Mignolo and others

→ Read 17 interviews and essays...

Issue 1: Home

Remembering and imagining different places and thinking about people who share them with us. Featuring Arjun Appadurai, Olga Brednikova, Nikita Lin, Ziad Jamaleddine among others

→ Read 22 interviews and essays...