Around the World

"For a long time now I haven't been I."

— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

UNESCO and the Strange Career of Multiculturalism
Does multiculturalism still have its revolutionary potential?
Jordan SandAug 28, 2016
On Self-Translation
Ilan Stavans reflects on self-translation, and on the lives he has lived in Yiddish, Spanish, Hebrew, and English.
Ilan StavansAug 23, 2016
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- Memoir & Essay
The Myth of Thumbprints: Reading John Berger in Berlin
“A Seventh Man” documents the daily lives of migrant workers in the industrial north of Europe.
Alexis ZanghiAug 19, 2016
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- Nonfiction
The Great Slovenian Novel
Zack Hatfield on Lojze Kovačič "Newcomers: Book One".
Zack HatfieldAug 18, 2016
In Search of the “Real” Japan
A review of Donald Richie’s classic book about Japan, “The Inland Sea”.
Colin MarshallAug 18, 2016
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- Cultural Studies
Hope in the Ruins of Homs: Architecture and the Syrian Civil War
Frederick Deknatel reviews “The Battle for Home: The Vision of a Young Architect in Syria” by Marwa al-Sabouni.
Frederick DeknatelAug 17, 2016
An Ill-Fitting Glove: The Landscape of Rio de Janeiro
Patrick Wilcken peels back the layers of Rio de Janeiro.
Patrick WilckenAug 14, 2016
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Why Do We Still Buy Oil From Thugs?
On Leif Wenar's "Blood Oil", the West’s problematic reality of oil trading, and how we can improve its morality.
Justin HughesAug 11, 2016
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- Politics
The Piety of Shinta Ratri: When Militant Islamists Attacked a Transgender Madrasa, They Attacked Pluralism Itself
Historically, many Indonesian sexual and gender minorities have lived with a mix of tolerance and prejudice.
Kyle KnightAug 11, 2016
Back to Baku: A Report from the Seventh Global Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations
Kristin Surak on the 7th Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations and the 1920 Congress of the Peoples of the East (both held in Baku).
Kristin SurakAug 4, 2016
Humanity in the Arts
A conversation with Danis Tanović about film, war, his hometown, and Eastern Europe’s favorite politician: Bernie Sanders.
Benjamin CunninghamJul 31, 2016
- Around the World
- Film
Life and Death in Rio de Janeiro
With the Olympics just on the horizon, Jez Smadja reviews "Rio de Janeiro: Extreme City".
Jez SmadjaJul 31, 2016

Around the World

"For a long time now I haven't been I."— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

"For a long time now I haven't been I."

— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet