This Is Worldtown

Critical Take-Back: Critical Muslim

thisisworldtown — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:54:36 +0000

A new quarterly publication hopes to reclaim critical debate about Muslims, latching onto the spaces out of Arab uprisings in the Middle East. Critical Muslim is a response to superficial journalistic tendencies that disservice the very idea of "critical scholarship" in Islamic tradition. A tradition - as Critical Muslim co-editor, Ziauddun Sardar, points out - that is too easily forgotten, most easily by Muslims actively consuming the very media that conveniently disengages them from critically thinking about the world in which they live.

Worldtown Hearsay :: I Am Nobody’s Nig***

thisisworldtown — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:44:34 +0000

In the aftermath of the Stephen Lawrence case verdict, London-based poet Dean Atta saw something that made him very angry. It was not so much an image than an idea that sparked him to pen ...

Picturing Africa: LagosPhoto

thisisworldtown — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:13:26 +0000

Check out Guernica Magazine’s special feature on LagosPhoto - described as “a new annual photography festival aimed at ‘representing African sensibilities’” and showcasing the Africa of “industry and intellect.” As LagosPhoto founder Azu Nwagbogu tells in ...

Worldtown Hearsay :: No One Can Tell I’m a Muslim: All-American Muslim Debuts

thisisworldtown — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 02:10:52 +0000

Here is a response to the debut of TLC’s latest reality series - All-American Muslim. This show is certainly an ocean away from the ethno-stereotyping from reality TV shows such as Jersey Shore. However, does ...

Remembering 9/11: The ‘Other’ Side

thisisworldtown — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 00:23:02 +0000

The calendar has officially set to 9/11/11, making it 10 years since … well September 11th. Amidst the endless coverage these last few weeks of “A Changed World” over the last decade, there are some ...

Call for artists :: Counterpoint Exhibition

thisisworldtown — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 04:24:39 +0000

Counterpoint Exhibitions: Call For Artists The exhibition explores contemporary themes of displacement, exile, migration and related concepts via performance and visual arts. PLATFORMA is seeking artists with works which investigate these concepts. The exhibit is part ...

Worldtown Hearsay :: Kabul Rock City

thisisworldtown — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:52:18 +0000

First it was Heavy Metal in Baghdad, now it’s Kabul Hard Rock. What do societies under military occupation, Rumi and computer-literate music producers have in common? Well, it’s a penchant for Western influenced and locally ...

Interview :: The story behind Kalimat Magazine

thisisworldtown — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 01:51:00 +0000

Danah Abdulla: Creative Director and Editor of Kalimat Magazine We recently caught up with our friends at Kalimat Magazine while they were in London for a whirlwind tour of the city’s Arab arts and culture scene ...

Worldtown Hearsay :: My Life as un Undocumented Migrant

thisisworldtown — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:43:05 +0000

This New York Times story of a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist’s life as an undocumented migrant in America is chilling, not least of all because it represents the story of millions of others across America. We’re not ...

Oriental Desire: The Fabrication of Amina

Sana Malik — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:07:27 +0000

So many wished for this fantasy to be true: an openly Gay woman living in a traditional and conservative Arab country becoming a spokesperson against the oppression of the Syrian regime. Only to discover that ...