by iwamag | Feb 27, 2018 | issue #4 | winter 2018
COVER STORY with the support of Mehnaz M. Afridi Director of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Interfaith Education Center, Manhattan College The representation of the Jew in the Arab-Islamic world from colonialism to World War II: deconstructing antisemitism Speaking...
by iwamag | Jan 26, 2017 | issue #3 | winter 2017
Interview with The Said Mahrouf The Conference of the Birds, also known as The Language of the Birds is certainly the most celebrated work of the twelfth-century Persian poet, Farid al-Din Attar. It tells the story of a flock of birds that set out to seek their king...
by iwamag | Jan 26, 2017 | issue #3 | winter 2017, the bookshelf
The Bookshelf Walls of Freedom is a powerful portrayal of the first three years of the Egyptian revolution that began on January 25, 2011.The story is told through striking images that transformed Egypt’s walls into a visual testimony of bravery and resistance....
by iwamag | Jan 26, 2017 | issue #3 | winter 2017
Arielle Blattner Graphic designer and MA Student of Islamic Art “In Medieval times, discrete attempts to diverge from authoritative ideology were tolerated by the Islamic ruling class for art’s sake, fostering a more liberal and independent society of artists....
by iwamag | Jan 26, 2017 | issue #3 | winter 2017
How to read the (lack of) Arabic graffiti on the Wall Rebecca Gould Assistant professor at Yale-NUS College (Singapore) Photo by Bilal Randeree. By contrast with the proliferation of the insignia of resistance in English and other European languages, only in rare...
