Voices of The Moment
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Capitalist realism has created a pervasive atmosphere in which it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism, and making art has become a matter of imitation and recycling old styles.
Living in exile can feel like an unreal existence, where simple things – like writing – can seem out of reach.
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Looking at the debate surrounding modern technology today, aka artificial intelligence, the 19th-century debate over the use of machines in the textile industry looks very similar.
Written in Sand: International Pressure and Girls’ Education Under the Taliban
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This webinar features a conversation with Rajeev Bhargava, Marieme Hélie-Lucas, and Tuğçe Kayaal on how secularism is practiced in different contexts and what lessons these various approaches offer plural societies and for promoting equal rights and dignity for all.
This webinar brings together Tamar Ballard and Ibtisam Ahmed with moderator Afra Sampreety to explore how subversive art reclaims the body, desire, and selfhood in Black feminist and queer contexts. Discussing Black women’s music and queer catwalk, they center practices that do not seek permission or validation but instead boldly celebrate intimacy and pageantry. Together,
Bangladeshi students describe their visions for a democratic, pluralistic Bangladesh and rebuilding political culture after the July Uprising of 2024.
Like it or not, AI has a role in our lives and future. But we can choose how to use it, and whether we allow it to take over our independent thinking and creativity.
Bangladeshi authorities and the wider citizenry must deliver on the promise of a country that functions on the principles of egalitarianism and justice.
Denmark gave Murshida Aktar refuge. It now has a responsibility not to send her back into danger.
