Society & Culture

Glossary As Archive: The Queer Arab Glossary

The Queer Arab Glossary is, first and foremost, an act of presence. In a world that often paints Arab societies with a broad brush of conservatism, this book insists that queerness...

Mbabane: A cow for a king in Eswatini

Each year, emaSwati brace themselves for the ritual known as Tetfulo, a state-sanctioned display of reverence toward King Mswati III, performed under the banner of culture. On the surface, it...

Bamburu Awith (The wasps are here)

The film that still resonates in contemporary Sri Lanka, half a century after it was made Bambaru Awith is making waves again. This piece is an attempt to critically revisit...

The Hunter

Sex, education and the Special Period in Cuba I t was a rainy afternoon in Viñales, and Ernesto had the Italian woman naked on the kitchen counter in her rental house...