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Conflictual Universalism(s) – Part 1 of 3
Katrine Bregengaard in discussion with Etienne Balibar- Part 1 of 3.  (Illustration of Etienne Balibar by Zahid Mayo) (This interview is a revised version of a conversation that took place in November 2014 at Professor Balibar’s office at Columbia University’s French Department.) The question of universalism has haunted philosophy from its very beginnings. What…
ART Reviews
Zahid Mayo: The Painter of the Subaltern.
REVIEW OF ZAHID MAYO EXHIBITION AT SANAT GALLERY, KARACHI. (to view images: click here)  I see Zahid Mayo as an artist of the subaltern. He is not their spokesperson but he senses them and is able to register that sense on canvas. This is his, almost unique, success among contemporary artists.  I recall in my first visit to Zahid's studio about four…
Philosophy POLITICS
Conflictual Universalism(s) – Part 2 of 3
Katrine Bregengaard in discussion with Etienne Balibar- Part 2 of 3 (Illustration of Etienne Balibar by Zahid Mayo) (The interview is a revised version of a conversation that took place in November 2014 at Professor Balibar’s office at Columbia University’s French Department.) MARXISM KATRINE BREGENGAARD: Let’s turn to the history of your work in relation…
POLITICS
The Displacement of the Baloch
Pakistani state violence (in the form of aerial bombardments, raids, and collective abductions) against the Baloch has led to hundreds of thousands of Baloch migrating inside and outside Balochistan. International organisations (such as Amnesty International, Red Cross, Global Rights, Refugees International) which globally support displaced people and refugees either ignore the Baloch or are not…
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Sultans of Arabia
Well known, the narrow strictness of the Saudi order. On the one side the flogging of dissent, on the other the bombing of audacity. The penal arsenal of the Saudis mirrors that of the Islamic State – both resort to beheading and beating, to harsh treatment for their citizenry as the price of stability. What…
POLITICS
Comrade Abdul Qayyum Baloch of Gwadar
Since March 27th 1948s forced accession the Baloch have been resisting the Pakistani state’s attempts to exploit their resources, politically disenfranchise them, physically eliminate and intimidate them and last but not the least turn them into a minority with influx of non-Baloch people. Baloch resistance has so far foiled the evil designs though this has taken…
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Noam Chomsky on ISIS
Below is a transcript of a brief interview with Noam Chomsky conducted on 17th November 2015 in Boston, US.   Qalandar Memon: How do you think France, EU countries and the US will react to the violence that took place in Paris on 13th November 2015? Likewise, how do you think they should react to that, with the…