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City of Fear: Everyday experience of insecurity in Lyari (Karachi)

November, 2014 / By Nida Kirmani

I first visited Lyari in August 2012 when I joined Laurent Gayer in conducting a focus group discussion with members […]

November, 2014 / By Atreyee Sen and Rubina Jasani

Brief extract from a forthcoming publication Over the past decades, the rapid rise of Hindu nationalism or Hindutva in

October, 2014 / By Allegra Lab

It’s time for some EVENTS! This is what’s happening in Anthropology (and beyond). Follow the news, join networks, participate in

October, 2014 / By Allegra Lab

By now it should come as surprise to no one that we are working VERY hard to make Allegra everyone’s

At the entrance of a mid-sized, freshly renovated office building stands a security check-up point. Manned with three guards and

October, 2014 / By Carole McGranahan

Toronto, summer 2012, three of us having lunch at an Indian restaurant downtown—me and two young Tibetan friends. We were

October, 2014 / By Allegra Lab

Today we are happy to share with you an interview with Latif Tas who is a socio-legal researcher currently based

October, 2014 / By Ozlem Galip

The lack of a sovereign entity undoubtedly distinguishes the Kurdish diaspora from other state-bound diasporas, and Kurds are certainly to

October, 2014 / By Zeynep Kaya

For many years now there has been a constant stream of distressing news coming from the Middle East: authoritarian regimes

October, 2014 / By Deniz Gökalp

The world has been shocked by the “two monumental crisis”, the “twin plagues of Ebola and ISIS”, UN High Commissioner