It’s here and the excitement can’t be contained. In case you’ve been buried somewhere… or live in North America, the World Cup is in full swing in South Africa. The first few days may have had …

We will regularly be presenting a featured artist, writer or performer who is exploring questions of identity and personal narrative through their medium of expression.

The map is your representation. No rigid lines, no defined routes. You direct it on your own account.

It’s been nearly one month since Arizona passed law SB1720 into procession, effectively aiding the discrimination of all migrants in the state. The law may purport to stem the flow of “illegal” immigrants across …

We will regularly be presenting a featured artist, writer or performer who is exploring questions of identity and personal narrative through their medium of expression.

The map is your representation. No rigid lines, no defined routes. You direct it on your own account.

Exile, memory, displacement, discovery - all themes you may expect associated to the Palestinian cause and embodied in corresponding creative matter. The films at this year’s London Palestine Film Fest resonate with all of these …

Fashion memories, obvious inspiration, familiar beats and local celebrity meet hardwork, talent and tremendous heart at the 60th showcase for Toronto’s Ryerson University, School of Fashion, featuring the work of the 25 most impressive students, curated by FASHION Magazine’s Sarah Casselman.
Feature contributor to This Is Worldtown, Danah Abdulla of The Yuppie Activist, reviews.

What’s the trick to listening to Roxanne Tatei’s (known musically as ROX) musical harmony? There’s a familiarity in her tunes that makes you feel like you know her, and an honesty in her demeanor that makes you want to get to know her. This is ROX Music - soulful, authentic and incredibly endearing. This is Worldtown chatted with ROX over the phone in between her busy recording and touring sessions, catching up on what exactly gives music - her music in particular - soul.

Charles Saatchi showcases thirty-five Indian and Pakistani artists dissecting the social and political processes around Indian politics and identity. Obscure, provocative and partly amateur though undoubtedly complex, The Empire Strikes Back intertwines medium and message for an unapologetic display of Indian Art today. The show runs at the Saatchi Gallery in London until May 7th.

The WomeneXWomen (WXW) exhibit, celebrating its second year, was founded with the intention to draw awareness to the unique perspective of women in an industry dominated by the male gaze and to encourage women to get behind a camera lens and create their own fashion vision.

Feature contributor to This Is Worldtown, Danah Abdulla of The Yuppie Activist, reports.
Photographs by Sarah Blais from Thirty9Steps

Feature contributor to This Is Worldtown, Danah Abdulla of The Yuppie Activist, explores Toronto’s off-site style scene around Fashion Week.

Pop culture references and posers? Yep.
Youth, speed, trouble, cigarettes? You got it.

With photos by Renata Kaveh.