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The Devil's in the Remote

This Week on TV (July 15 – 22)

By Shazia Ahmad

Suits Holy @#$%^&&()_!@# Suits! What did you just do? That was intense. Harvey displayed real emotions (almost) and Mike Ross’ transforamtion into smug ass-hat…

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The Devil's in the Remote

A Con-Artist, a Lawyer, 4 Liars and a Few Dancers Walk into a Newsroom

By Shazia Ahmad

The Return of White Collar Don’t be fooled people, that healthy glow, that new beard and those filled out abs are not because Neal…

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The Devil's in the Remote

The Newsroom: White Noise

By Shazia Ahmad

The Newsroom has already received a lot of criticism for its portrayal of how the news is actually sourced and broadcast. People who work…

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The Devil's in the Remote

Pretty Little Liars: Sounds Like My Idea of a First date

By Shazia Ahmad

I’ve been dreading writing about the fourth episode for a while now. I had actually been dreading watching it as well. Pretty Little Liars…

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The Devil's in the Remote

Bunheads: Inherit the Wind

By Shazia Ahmad

A rich man asked a Zen master to write something down that could encourage the prosperity of his family for years to come. It…

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The Devil's in the Remote

Baby Daddy

By Shazia Ahmad

Unconventional families have been a stock trope for sitcom writers for a while now; Modern Family, Reba and Raising Hope come to mind at…

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The Devil's in the Remote

Anger Management: You Think I’m Losing?

By Shazia Ahmad

Remember when I said I wasn’t looking forward to watching Charlie Sheen’s Anger Management? Well I’m glad I didn’t oversell my enthusiasm on that….

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The Devil's in the Remote

Suits: Ready to Stick it to the Nurses?

By Shazia Ahmad

While last week Hardman’s presence was only felt, but never seen; this week he goes to considerable lengths to insert himself in Jessica and…

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The Devil's in the Remote

Suits: “Do You Want to Take Down the Firm So You Can Get Laid?”

By Shazia Ahmad

Look don’t get me wrong, Macht and Adams have amazing chemistry as the leads, their relationship is well-defined as well. Harvey is Mike’s mentor…

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The Devil's in the Remote

Suits: Adapting to Changing Circumstances

By Shazia Ahmad

Reviewed by Shazia Ahmad

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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 woman’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 day—any day—any one of us could be picked out for any reason, and we would be... We’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 couldn’t be sure yet..." By Hawa Jande Golakai.

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One last love letter...

April 24, 2021

It has taken us some time and patience to come to this decision. TMS would not have seen the success that it did without our readers and the tireless team that ran the magazine for the better part of eight years.

But… all good things must come to an end, especially when we look at the ever-expanding art and literary landscape in Pakistan, the country of the magazine’s birth.

We are amazed and proud of what the next generation of creators are working with, the themes they are featuring, and their inclusivity in the diversity of voices they are publishing. When TMS began, this was the world we envisioned…

Though the magazine has closed and our submissions shuttered, this website will remain open for the foreseeable future as an archive of the great work we published and the astounding collection of diverse voices we were privileged to feature.

If, however, someone is interested in picking up the baton, please email Maryam Piracha, the editor, at [email protected].

Farewell, fam! It’s been quite a ride.