On Artists and Institutional Stigma
What do artists and institutions truly want from each other? How can this relationship tread the tightrope between exploitation and care? Artist and creative practitioner Mays Albaik opens up the conversation in this essay
What is Leisure? What is Rest?
A photo essay that captures the commas and pauses of workdays across the world.
Labor: A Photo Series
A photo series featuring street photography of the working class in the UAE and elsewhere.
Portraits of Staff at Maru-a-Pula School
Owen Jobson sketches two security guards from Maru-a-Pula School in Gaborone, Botswana, staff at the school compound where he grew up.
Yin Yang Capitalism, and Others
In a new conceptual art series, Turkish artist Erhan Us provides scathing commentary on the effects of capitalism on humanity.
One-Door Convenience Store
A short story set in Bangkok 2020, amid the pandemic, a summer romance, and a 24-hour convenience store.
Hard Job: Three Poems
Three new poems by Garreth Chan, exploring sex work and sexual labor.
Abu Dhabi City Planning
Emily Broad's new poem reflects on a city "built on the backs of movement."
Fighting for Scraps: Class Relations and Murder in 'Parasite'
Kicking off our new film column "b-roll", Toby Le reviews Bong Joon Ho's Parasite through the lens of a pivotal murder sequence.
Domestic Labor
Mia Irani's trio of digital art pieces comment on domestic labor, immigration and the kafala system in the Middle East.
Homemaker
The latest addition to our haiku column by Louise Gerodias.
The Labor Arc
chaimihai's self-reflective new poem unravels the labors of anxiety.
notes on a work placement at an elderly care home 1979
Jane Ayres writes about the inhabitants of a care home in this free verse.
Sign of the Times: A Photo Essay
Street photography scenes of Abu Dhabi, UAE during the COVID-19 pandemic, by Vamika Sinha.
workshop in an abu dhabi library
A curious, observational poem by Samantha Neugebauer.