topic: death

Deathscapes amplifies horror of deaths in custody
November 30, 2018
Deathscapes: Mapping Race and Violence in Settler States is an ambitious project that brings together research and visual representation to...
Opinion
Refusing the Silence of the British State
April 3, 2017
On May 17, 1974, a series of car bombs exploded without warning on the streets of Dublin and nearby Monaghan, Ireland. The bombs wreaked...
Poetry
A Poem for Aleppo
December 13, 2016
Under Siege by Mahmoud Darwish Autoplay next video Here on the slopes of hills, facing the dusk and the cannon of time Close to the gardens...
Literature
Gash Wondimu
September 18, 2014
The resting place of the dead is respected here. Straight lines, manicured grass, clean concrete and untouched graves. Everything has its...
Poetry
Letter to the Americans
August 11, 2014
You know as well as I do that a people under occupation will be unhappy, that parents will fear for the lives of their precious children,...
Reviews
Life, Death, and War in Post-2003 Iraq
May 28, 2014
“So, we, too, are statues, but we never stop crushing one another in the name of the one who made us. We are statues whose permanent...
Opinion
Chinua Achebe: The man behind the writer
April 17, 2013
OMG NOOOOOOOOOOO I was still hoping to eventually meet Mr. Achebe at some point by constantly bothering you to introduce me to him so I...
Reviews
Like a Straw Bird
March 14, 2013
Ghassan Zaqtan’s paralyzing poetry, translated by Fady Joudah, is laden with ruminations on death. “I’ve been dead for a long time, as you...