Is it Moral for Art to Be Immoral?
By Tala Abou Ali | Staff Writer The painting attached, French painter Edouard Manet’s Olympia (1863), was a major source of scandal in the 1800s. While the female nude was far from uncommon, its depiction was traditionally sublimed and idealized, represented in a...
Why Not Bring Back Tomb Art Like the Ancient Egyptians?
By Rana Zalghout | Staff Writer A few days ago, I was visiting the grave of a dear family member. As I reached the designated gravestone spot, I sat and observed the other gravestones surrounding it. Some of them were recent, they had flowers and some pictures along...
Is the ‘New’ Taliban Any Different?
By Maryam Sadr | Staff Writer It has been more than a year since Taliban retook the control of Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, exactly two decades after they were “defeated” by the US military. Taliban (in Pashto Ṭālebān, meaning Students) as an Islamic fundamentalist...
A Glitch In the Matrix
By Issam Raad | Staff Writer We were born and thrown into a corrupt matrix that glorifies routine and conventionality. “Normal” individuals survive and spend their free time in places of distraction like restaurants, pubs, cinemas, etc. Few are the available options...