Projects and Anti-Projects
Projects are premised on bringing forth something new; they are premised on creation, invention, and improvement.
Shush! How silence is destroying European universities from within
The camera shows a deserted, dilapidated room somewhere in war-torn Ukraine. On an intercepted phone call a Russian soldier argues
Colonizing Kashmir: State-building under Indian Occupation
Hafsa Kanjwal. 2023. Colonizing Kashmir: State-Building Under Indian Occupation. Stanford: Stanford University Press. Decolonization across the so-called Global South led
Recalibrating Political Islam? The Syrian Revolution in Global Narratives
In the shifting political landscape of post-Asad Syria, global narratives surrounding political Islam are undergoing a recalibration, blurring engagement with
Do walls still have ears?
How can communications studies contribute to anthropological inquiry of Syria? This essay reflects on the architecture that governs silence and
Avowing Revolution
Khaldoun al-Mallah, a Palestinian-Syrian medical doctor and writer, journeyed south from exile in Idlib Province two days after the fall
The Dictator’s New Clothes: Syrian Drama’s Prescience
On the morning of December 8, 2024, just hours after the fall of the Al-Asad regime was officially declared, Syrians
Recalibrating Syria: New Openings for Anthropological Engagement
Joyful crowds toppling statues, unsealing torture prisons, defacing regime iconography, ordinary people roaming freely through Al-Asad’s Presidential Palace . .
Soliciting Slaps – Notes from the Margins of Academia
Just as “Der Optimismus ist Pflicht” (optimism is a duty) – as Popper is frequently (though perhaps apocryphally) credited with
Syria in transition: Impressions from Damascus after the toppling of the Assad regime
This post was written in February 2025. In late January 2025, just under two months after the toppling of the