I remember visiting the Jameel Gallery in London’s Victoria and Albert Museum in 2003 as a 17 year old, soon...
Travelling in our day and age is easier than it has ever been. The increase in low-cost flights, backpacker’s hostels...
“The cannon compels the body, the school bewitches the soul” — Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Ambiguous Adventure The most violent spectacles...
Like many of my friends belonging to the Muslim diaspora in the Wild White West, I cringe, cry and sometimes...
“The camera is a kind of passport that annihilates moral boundaries and social inhibitions, freeing the photographer from any responsibility...
Zara and Zirrar talk to poet Baraka Blue about the life, work and legacy of Jalal al-Din Rumi. Baraka tells us about the era in which he lived and how he came to be the great poet we know him as. Zirrar and Baraka share their somewhat differing views on the controversy surrounding English translations of his work, and the claim that Islam has deliberately been ‘erased’ from his poetry.
A series showcasing photographers who represent their communities through images and #ReClaim the narrative to dispel reductionist stereotypes that have dominated for so long.
A list of photographers and visual artists, all from South Asian countries, all defying the usual Orientalist tropes associated with South Asia. No further commentary, just check them out.
African photographers and visual artists, all defying the usual Orientalist tropes associated with Africa. Part of our #Reclaim the Narrative series.
A series showcasing photographers who represent their communities through images and #ReClaim the narrative to dispel reductionist stereotypes that have dominated for so long.