Winds of Change
A black and white photography series by South African artist Tessa O'Halloran about rooting and rerooting in one's homeland.
The Mountains Are Melting: Climate Change in Nepal
Rastra Raj Bhandari discusses climate change in Nepal in this new essay.
Thrown Out
"Thrown Out" is part of an art series by non-binary artist Apu from northern Germany.
Witness
“God is burning, Bob-from-next-door is burning, old folks in old folks’ homes are burning” – Tzy Jiun Tan explores witnessing the climate apocalypse in real-time in this new poem.
Uncontrollable
Malaysian artist Rooney Ong Jing Ren presents his series "Uncontrollable" about blind suffering and questioning the veils that blind us.
Maya and the Pride
A darkly surreal children’s story set at a zoo, by Zoe Jane Patterson.
(st)ars poetica
An experimental ars poetica in conversation with Teju Cole’s novel, by Vamika Sinha.
A Message to Cisgender Artists
This mural reflects on a common trope for cisgender artists, that is to create work about transgender people, but only address the person for their physical characteristics or medical transition.
Haiku Series: Hearth
Continuing our haiku series with "hearth" a collection of poems about what it means to be home.
Good Love is Hard to Find
New in fiction, by Tzy Jiun Tan.
In the Corners
A wandering poem about traveling through different cities looking for love.
Paula Rego's Delightful Violence
Zoe Patterson explores the pain and wonder of childhood in Paula Rego’s Peter Pan Illustrations.
The End of the World Poem
An apocalyptic prose poem by Scout Satterfield.
Living Between the Haram and A’ayb: Women in Gulf Societies
“To combat the rigidity of labels and their connotations, as Gulf sisters we can all support each other and not put each other down” - new in arts & culture, an essay on the freedoms of women in Gulf societies.
An Obituary That Should Be Written Sooner Rather Than Later to Megaman by edwrdsaeed
An experimental poem by Arthur De Oliveira.
The Historical is the Personal — Reflections on Postcolonial Guilt, Mi Koo Buns, and Writing History
In this incredible essay, Tzy Jiun Tan brings together food, personal history, languages, postcolonialism and myths to talk about human narrative.
Petit Prince
Paris-based artist Sandra Paris shares the surrealist collages that pulled her out of a major creative rut:
absence of the latina intellectual: some abstract theory for your ass
New in milk & vodka, a searing poem about agency, sexuality and discrimination of women, by Kim Morales.
mina port (abu dhabi, uae)
New in milk & vodka, a poem about a woman walking alone through an Abu Dhabi port.
Amma, Acha & Malayalam ft. english
“This new city gentrifies her tongue; / he wonders if he can build “ – Aathma Nirmala Dious’ new poem weaves her parents’ lives and history with their migration to the Gulf from Kerala, India.