Commentary

Commentary, EssaysNovember 1, 2012

With No Homeroom Teacher

By Valery Petrovskiy

Creative non-fiction by Valery Petrovskiy

Commentary, EssaysAugust 27, 2012

In Pursuit of Words

By Wajiha Hyder

(Unsuccessfully) Evading writers’ block by Wajiha Hyder

Commentary, Essays, Featured Articles, On CallAugust 15, 2012

On Call: A Surgical Nightmare

By Thirteen

by Thirteen

Commentary, EssaysAugust 12, 2012

Remembering Neverland

By Shahab Siddiqi

Islamabad in the 90s.

Commentary, EssaysFebruary 14, 2012

The Gender Complex

By TMS Staff

by Wajiha Hyder

Commentary, EssaysOctober 14, 2011

Breaking Bonds

By TMS Staff

By Salman Latif

Commentary, EssaysJuly 30, 2011

The Much That Binds Us

By TMS Staff

By Paul Grant On support for the indie bookshop. â€œMuch Bindingâ€ is a small bookshop on the North Norfolk coastline. Tucked away within the…

Commentary, EssaysJuly 30, 2011

Tombstone Blues

By TMS Staff

Nicholas Sharaf writes about the importance of rising against oppression through the arts.

Commentary, EssaysJune 15, 2011

The Lazy Man’s Manifesto

By TMS Staff

By Adam Fisher Technology has improved at an incredible pace, and yet we still live an industrial nightmare. We sacrifice our youth to make…

Commentary, EssaysFebruary 14, 2011

Daring to Whisper

By TMS Staff

By Sarah Abidi Voices, unheard. â€˜I was gullible. They must have picked up on that. [â€¦] He said, â€œWe all know about you. We…

In the Magazine

A Word from the Editor

Don’t cry like a girl. Be a (wo)man.

Why holding up the women in our lives can help build a nation, in place of tearing it down.

Literature

This House is an African House

"This house is an African house./ This your body is an African womanâ€™s body..." By Kadija Sesay.

Literature

Shoots

"Sapling legs bend smoothly, power foot in place,/ her back, parallel to solid ground,/ makes her torso a table of support..." By Kadija Sesay.

Literature

A Dry Season Doctor in West Africa

"She presses her toes together. I will never marry, she says. Jamais dans cette vie! Where can I find a man like you?" By...

In the Issue

Property of a Sorceress

"She died under mango trees, under kola nut/ and avocado trees, her nose pressed to their roots,/ her hands buried in dead leaves, her...

Literature

What Took Us to War

"What took us to war has again begun,/ and what took us to war/ has opened its wide mouth/ again to confuse us." By...

Literature

Sometimes, I Close My Eyes

"sometimes, this is the way of the world,/ the simple, ordinary world, where things are/ sometimes too ordinary to matter. Sometimes,/ I close my...

Literature

Quarter to War

"The footfalls fading from the streets/ The trees departing from the avenues/ The sweat evaporating from the skin..." By Jumoke Verissimo.

Literature

Transgendered

"Lagos is a chronicle of liquid geographies/ Swimming on every tongue..." By Jumoke Verissimo.

Fiction

Sketches of my Mother

"The mother of my memories was elegant. She would not step out of the house without her trademark red lipstick and perfect hair. She...

Fiction

The Way of Meat

"Every dayâ€”any dayâ€”any one of us could be picked out for any reason, and we would be... Weâ€™d part like hair, pushing into the...

Fiction

Between Two Worlds

"Ursula spotted the three black students immediately. Everyone did. They could not be missed because they kept to themselves and apart from the rest...."...

Essays

Talking Gender

"In fact it is often through the uninformed use of such words that language becomes a tool in perpetuating sexism and violence against women...

Essays

Unmasking Female Circumcision

"Though the origins of the practice are unknown, many medical historians believe that FGM dates back to at least 2,000 years." Gimel Samera looks...

Essays

Not Just A Phase

"...in the workplace, a person can practically be forced out of their job by discrimination, taking numerous days off for fear of their physical...

Essays

The Birth of Bigotry

"The psychology of prejudice demands that we are each our own moral police". Maria Amir on the roots of bigotry and intolerance.

Fiction

The Score

"The person on the floor was unmistakeably dead. It looked like a woman; she couldnâ€™t be sure yet..." By Hawa Jande Golakai.