Last year I was in Fes for its annual Festival of World Sacred Music, one of the best of its kind, bringing musicians and bands from across the globe. Sean Sheehan The word sacred in its title is a little misleading as the week-long event includes many artists […]
In Focus
In Focus
Inequality and vulnerability: rural women facing poverty
Rural women face persistent inequality in social protection and wages, worsened by conflict and climate change, limiting access to resources, health and wellbeing, and perpetuating intergenerational poverty, according to the UN and ILO. María Julia Mayoral Women in the 25 – 34 age range are 25% more likely […]
From landscape to rubbish: Cuban art and meditation in Costa Rica
Between contemplation and environmental critique, Tomás Sánchez uses his residence in Costa Rica to develop art where nature, meditation and ecological awareness intertwine in universal landscapes. Alejandro Gómez In the suburb of San Antonio de Escazú, this Cuban painter’s house looks a lot like one of his pictures. […]
Building alternative futures through responsible freedom
Freedom as self-determination balances cultural constraints with the potential to build alternative futures, demonstrating how everyday actions can drive significant social change. (The Prisma memoris) Mabel Encinas I started last term by asking my students to write what their purposes in life are, a question that my father has […]
“Blood has been spilled…”
How revisiting America’s independence from the British Crown leads us to the independence of the Iranian polity from the Shiite utopia. Text: Rola Zamzameh* Photos: Maz Mansoori On March 5, 1770, John Adams—who would later become one of the most pivotal Founding Fathers of the United States—took a […]
















