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A New Humanism
What motivates the desire for Third World solidarity is the shared history of oppression by a common oppressor.In 2009, a few academics, supported by long standing left-wing activists, founded Pakistanis for Palestine, a Lahore based group that aimed to support Palestinians in their struggle for statehood. Critics—which include Pakistanis—of course, wonder why, given Pakistan’s own…
POLITICS
On The Struggle of Farmer of Dera Sehgal
The road which leads to Dera Sehgal offers a stark contrast between its broken muddy self and the Grand Trunk road which runs perpendicular to it. Barely an hour away from Lahore lies a site of resistance where the humble inhabitants of a few  farmlands have taken on a fight to reclaim their lives. The brave…
Philosophy
Aesthetics as First Philosophy: Levinas and the Non-Human
Emmanuel Levinas is usually seen as an ethical and religious philosopher. This reading is understandable to the point of seeming obvious, and certainly matches the philosopher’s own self-interpretation. But on closer scrutiny, the narrowly ethical reception of his thought seems to be one-sided. For Levinas pushes beyond the oppressive totality of beings not just through…
INTERVIEWS POLITICS
Baba Jan: One Year in Jail (an interview)
Interview: Baba Jan Hunzai By: Kiran Nazish. Sub Jail Jutial, Gilgit, G-B. -- BabaJan said he had never imagined torture would bring him so close to death, so many times. And yet not close enough to have him give up on his cause. As he continues to raise voice against the atrocities that the…
POLITICS
Open Letter Demanding the Release of Baba Jan Hunzai
For the past 8 months Baba Jan Hunzai and four fellow activists have languished in various jails of Gilgit. Twice in this period he has been removed from jail and tortured by military and police agents.  He and his colleagues have been charged under Pakistan’s Anti-Terrorism Ordinance.  Baba Jan, however, is not a terrorist.  He is a respected…
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The Osage Vision in the Words of Agnes Lin
Agnes Lin is a merchandising magnate who grew up in Hong Kong. Starting out as an editorial assistant at the Hong Kong Trade Development Council she moved from merchandising for Swire, to an assistant editor of a garment trade magazine, to establishing Osage Merchandising, her own merchandising business which has taken her across the world.…
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Hong Kong’s Generation (Re) Generation
Art in Hong Kong has never had it so good. Aside from being the 3rd largest art market in the world after London and New York in terms of auction sales, complete with Christie’s, Sotheby’s and auction-driven Gagosian Gallery presence in the city, the local art fair has fire-rocketed into the upper echelons of art…
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On Philosophers, Violence, Humour & Tragedy
Simon Critchley Interviewed by Qalandar Bux Memon and Asif Akhtar (Portrait by Luca Del Baldo) Part One  (Interview conducted June 2011) Part One: The Role of Philosophers, Violence and Resistance, and Humour. QM - You have claimed that the role and responsibility of the philosopher is, in part, ‘the production of crisis’. Firstly, could you unpack…