TENET: The World in the Service of a Few International Elite
A major theme running through Christopher Nolan’s Tenet is how and why a small group…
Notturno: A Dark Purgatorial World in the Fertile Crescent
The film opens with a series of marching soldiers passing under a majestic sky and…
Slavery and Colonialism Go Deeper than Toppling Statues
The danger is to mistake tokenistic gestures of racial and ethnic equality by the symbolic…
Coronavirus and the Shift Towards a New Cinema
Paradoxically the global lockdown could potentially create a new, more organic interest, and resurgence in…
Faith, Society, Politics: How the Coronavirus is Changing the World
Across the political spectrum, this is a period of the unknown; the neo-liberal or leftist…
Communal India: Past, Present and Future
India matters now because of its potential status as global power and player- and with…
Contemporary Islamic Art and The Jameel Prize 2018
The Jameel Prize is ‘an award for contemporary art and design inspired by Islamic tradition’…
The Jameel Prize in Istanbul
The Jameel Prize is ‘an award for contemporary art and design inspired by Islamic tradition’…
Turkey 2016: Black Dogs and a Vanquished Coup
“Deccani Souls”, “The Battle of Algiers” and “Staging a Revolution” remind us that contemporary Turkey…
30 Words for 30 Days of Ramadan
Ramadan is a spiritual and reflective time for Muslims and one of enormous self-discipline in…
Istanbul and Contemporary Islamic Art
The notion of Contemporary Islamic Art is challenging for many people. For some the very…
