Fragments

Notes from the margins

Why Has Culture Become a Commodity in an Arab World that Imitates the West?

In many contemporary Arab contexts, culture is no longer treated as an epistemic practice or...

Poetry and Power: An Abbasid Princess as Poet and Musician

Ulayya bint al-Mahdī was an Abbasid princess born in 160 AH (c. 776–777 CE), the...