Can an Exhibition Memorialize the 1947 Partition of the Indian Subcontinent?
Arundhati Kalyan reviews ‘Proposals for a Memorial to Partition’ at Dubai’s Jameel Arts Centre, probing the question of whether art, curation, and current conceptions of memorialization can do justice to a tragic historical event of this scale
Soliloquies
Swiveling between memories in Sharjah, Dubai and Cairo, Noor Tannir’s vulnerable personal essay grapples with themes of anxiety, grief, and family illness
A 2B is always better.
Oliver Herbert’s stark poetry looks at the divisions and realities of Dubai life through the medium of sketching. With art by Mashael Alsaie
Two Postcards
Two poems by Teresa Cherukara offer tiny, epistolary stories of love and travel in the UAE
Thinking about Thinking
Dubai-based barista Dennis Reynoso uses his camera to create connections between contemplative passersby and himself
Al Satwa
Venezuelan photographer Andrea Salerno Jácome shares a photo essay on the Satwa neighborhood in her current base Dubai, accompanied with both Spanish and English versions of a reflection on being a migrant in this ‘temporary city’
Sitting Down with Dubai Rapper KAFV
An interview with Dubai-based rapper KAFV, talking about the UAE's hip-hop scene, sampling, foreign cinema, and more
En Route
A prose-poem in memory of those on the Dubai-Calicut plane crash from last August 2020
Geography IV
New in invisible cities, Neha John writes a series of observational poems about her hometown Dubai, inspired by The Little Prince and Elizabeth Bishop.
Al Seef in Dubai
Dayin Wijaya observes the Dubai creekside in his new poem.