Issue 2

  • The Essay is A Kind of Fieldwork

    Duration is a form of knowledge – it is not an obstacle to progress. Of course I say that, my last essay that I made public was in February of 2024. And 14 months later I am all the better for it. 2024 was a year of questioning. It was a year of answers. It…

  • This collection is part of “The Worlds to Come” – an ongoing multimodal study of Islamic mythology: miracles, dreams, and the supernatural.

  • Miracle-observation-2

    Miracle-observation-2

    These sketches are part of an ongoing visual exploration of Shia social memory, ritualistic thought and identity, through investigating miracles, dreams, and super natural encounters…

  • Lately just wanna fly

    Lately just wanna fly

    Lately just wanna fly. I need to be everywhere and do everything and know everyone. But as soon as I get there and do everything…

  • From oceans of Light

    From oceans of Light

    Among Shia works of the Safavid era, Baqir Majlisi’s writings (his most popular work is the Bihar al Anwar, 10th century collection of Ahadis) on…


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