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 at the brutality of FGM.
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Meet the Editors: Nonfiction and Essays
Our Meet the Editors series gets real with the nonfiction/essays department. Constance A. Dunn is crafty yet ethical, Aaron Grierson has front row seats for the battle between fiction and nonfiction, Lilly Brown thinks we’ll never get over “the self”, Gimel Samera cites Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, Noah Klein talks about martyrdom and his novel, and Momina Mindeel struggles to find her true self.
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Editors’ Films of 2014
The best films of 2014, as selected by our editorial team.
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Art as Protest, Art as Revolution
Can art change the world? Gimel Samera ponders art’s place in socio-political change using the growing civil unrest around the world as the canvas for her argument.
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Dubai Unplugged
In a cosmopolitan metropolis like Dubai, a thriving business and cultural hub, live music is a concept often restricted to massive, multinational events. International artists…
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