• Editorial: Celebrating 10 Years of Impact

    Editorial: Celebrating 10 Years of Impact

    This editorial is part of Ananke's 10th anniversary special edition celebrating the platform's work. You can view the eZine here.   It was a decade ago that the idea of Ananke was born. The birth of a new idea is always a moment of excitement and fear – even...
  • Nosferatu: Exploring Societal Manifestations of Darkness

    Nosferatu: Exploring Societal Manifestations of Darkness

    Art imitates life. It not only mirrors society, but also supplies a mirror through which social norms, taboos, stereotypes and deeply entrenched belief systems can be discovered by a discerning eye. Indeed, as with all other societal manifestations, darkness can be easily transported, translated and expressed in art form....
  • ‘I’m Speaking’ (Mr. Trump)

    ‘I’m Speaking’ (Mr. Trump)

    Let’s get one thing straight, the Kamala Harris debacle – if one can call it that – is not because of her being a woman. Granted, it may have played a part in the US elections 2024 specifically for the voters, but surely a very miniscule part. This assertion...
  • Editorial: Monsters of Mayhem 

    Editorial: Monsters of Mayhem 

    There is not a moment that goes by when the infallible Western media is not ready to judge, patronize or pounce and vilify states across the Global South or in the Middle East about their ‘wrong-doings.’ Be it events of any kind, diplomatic relationships, human rights issue; the list...
  • On the Semantics of Linguistic Hegemony and Coercion

    On the Semantics of Linguistic Hegemony and Coercion

    Of late, language or rather the mechanisms and machinations of language have become an incessant obsession. From time immemorial, all tools of language and expression – be it the hieroglyphics of old, Lutheran Pamphlets, censored blank spaces in Pakistani dailies in the 80s, Mahsa Amini’s image, Mahmud Darwish’s lilting...
  • On Gender, Sexuality and Feminism in Pakistani Urdu Writing

    On Gender, Sexuality and Feminism in Pakistani Urdu Writing

    Buy the Book In Gender, Sexuality and Feminism in Pakistani Urdu Writing (Published by Anthem Press, 2022, also available at Folio Press), the author, Amina Yaqin takes us on a journey into the vibrant yet understudied domain of progressive women’s poetry in Urdu, presenting a deeply nuanced and rigorous...
  • Of Interminable Hope Amidst the Cataclysms of Human Suffering

    Of Interminable Hope Amidst the Cataclysms of Human Suffering

    Publisher: Haus Publishing Details to buy the books below My Palestine, An Impossible Exile written by Mohammad Tarbush is a raw, evocative, and intimate piece of writing not just about the cataclysms of human suffering, but the debilitating conditions of humanity. And, in the midst of personal and national...
  • The World Continues to Fail Children of Gaza, Sudan

    The World Continues to Fail Children of Gaza, Sudan

    Consistently worsening conditions in regions of conflict, siege and oppression, Palestine and Sudan, have opened flood gates of malnutrition, disease and death targeting entire generations of children. Over 450 million children – nearly one in five – live in or have fled a conflict zone. With areas universally considered...
  • An Exploration of Identity, Love and Family Traditions

    An Exploration of Identity, Love and Family Traditions

      The Big Day by Aliya Ali-Afzal Publisher: Head of Zeus Publishing Date: 6 June 2024 Synopsis Noor has no interest in getting married (much to the aunties’ distress). Growing up she saw first-hand how divorce tears families apart… But then, she falls in love. Soon, Noor is engaged...
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