Valley of Saints is a story of two friends searching for an out from the troubled Kashmir Valley amidst violent conflict, but finding true love within.

The film has opened to critical praise at film …

The last time I was here, I didn’t have luxuries like fresh cheese. Wait - I was actually never in Morogoro or Tanzania before this trip, and yes – access to cheese is a reasonable …

In the aftermath of the Kony 2012 -White Saviourism-comes-undone period, this is the most ingenious counter-example that we’ve seen: Ghana Think Tank is purportedly “a worldwide network of think tanks creating strategies to resolve local problems …

I post this article by Teju Cole on the White Saviour Industrial Complex with a heavy heart. This is because while I am broadly engaged in the field of international development that is the target …

Happy International Women’s Day! A day to remember the ultimate agency women around the world reclaim through their own daily practices and efforts. Read about four women shaping the future of Middle Eastern Art, their …

I’m looking forward to Al Jazeera’s new series Africa on the Move showing “positive stories of Africans who have changed their lives and impacted those around them through entrepreneurship and education”. Beats the recycled images …

A new quarterly publication hopes to reclaim critical debate about Muslims, latching onto the spaces out of Arab uprisings in the Middle East. Critical Muslim is a response to superficial journalistic tendencies that disservice the very idea of “critical scholarship” in Islamic tradition. A tradition - as Critical Muslim co-editor, Ziauddun Sardar, points out - that is too easily forgotten, most easily by Muslims actively consuming the very media that conveniently disengages them from critically thinking about the world in which they live.

Check out Guernica Magazine’s special feature on LagosPhoto - described as “a new annual photography festival aimed at ‘representing African sensibilities’” and showcasing the Africa of “industry and intellect.”
As LagosPhoto founder Azu Nwagbogu tells in …

Here is a response to the debut of TLC’s latest reality series - All-American Muslim. This show is certainly an ocean away from the ethno-stereotyping from reality TV shows such as Jersey Shore. However, does …

The calendar has officially set to 9/11/11, making it 10 years since … well September 11th. Amidst the endless coverage these last few weeks of “A Changed World” over the last decade, there are some …