Volume 2, Issue 1
The siege of barbastro: arabic love poetry and the troubadors
julia ryskamp
The culturally vibrant, politically tumultuous eleventh century in Iberia marked a turning point in European history: this century saw the fall of the powerful Umayyad caliphate of Cordoba, its fracture into rival Muslim taifas…
representation in the age of instagram
caroline sprague
It was, initially, an accident. As Russian-born Murad Osmann (né Murad Osmanov) paused to take photograph after photograph, his then-girlfriend (now wife), Natalya Zakharova grabbed his hand and dragged him behind her…
The far right’s assadophilia
sama shah
On the Facebook page of James Alex Fields Jr., the man who drove his car into a group of counterprotesters at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, was familiar far-right imagery: swastikas, Adolf Hitler, and Pepe the Frog…
diagnosing lebanese prehospital medicine
Andrew ls thornton
The Lebanese government currently lacks legislation to fund prehospital emergency medical services. The bulk of the responsibility for supplying these services falls to humanitarian organizations…
female agency and transitional justice in iraq
sarah jacobs
The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) commitment to recognizing the dignity of individuals “ensur[es] that women and marginalized groups play an effective role in the pursuit of a just society.” The ICTJ attempts…
Rules of Gold: The commoner in ancient egyptian literary harmony
grace clements
In analyses of ancient Egyptian literature, one implicit condition is often hidden under rich narrative embellishment: the intended audience is always the aristocracy. As I approach the Egyptian commoner…