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Colonialism

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Racializing Craftsmen: How British martial race theory erased Pathan artisanship

  • Posted on July 26, 2020July 30, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 9 minute read
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Dates, Embargoes, and Ancient Artifacts: An Iraqi-American Artist in the California Desert

  • Posted on June 13, 2019August 27, 2019
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 10 minute read
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Julie Stephens on Religious Sentiment and Political Liberties in Colonial South Asia

  • Posted on September 7, 2016December 3, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 3 minute read
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‘Where There is No Architect’: Histories from the Native Town of Bombay

  • Posted on July 27, 2016December 3, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 9 minute read
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Persian Rugs and the Aesthetics of Whiteness in Apartheid-Era South Africa

  • Posted on February 2, 2016December 3, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 7 minute read
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Weaving History: Ziegler Co. and the Making of Iran’s Carpet Industry

  • Posted on September 14, 2014December 3, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 7 minute read
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Auctioning History: Ancient Artefacts, Greco-Persian Labels and Mediterranean Identities Beyond ‘East’ and ‘West’

  • Posted on September 23, 2013December 3, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 9 minute read
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Internalized Colonial Narratives in Pakistani Cinema: Liberalism, “Good Muslims,” and the War on Terror

  • Posted on July 2, 2013December 3, 2020
  • byHamzah Saif
  • 8 minute read
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Patriarchy & Islamism between Tehran and Cairo

  • Posted on December 19, 2011December 3, 2020
  • byAlex Shams
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From Sindh to Andalusia: The Life and Times of Sufi-Flamenco Star Aziz Balouch

  • byAjam Media Collective
  • Posted on January 11, 2021January 11, 2021
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Ajam Podcast #30: Histories of Migration and Exchange between Iran and the Deccan

  • byAli Karjoo-Ravary
  • Posted on December 21, 2020December 21, 2020
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Ajam Podcast #29: Nostalgic Desire & the Restoration of Kabul’s Darul Aman Palace

  • byRustin Zarkar
  • Posted on December 7, 2020
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Ajam Podcast #28: Institutionalizing Persian Literature in Iran & Afghanistan

  • byRustin Zarkar
  • Posted on November 23, 2020November 23, 2020
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Ajam Podcast #27: Monsoon Mobilities in the 19th century Indian Ocean

  • byAjam Media Collective
  • Posted on November 11, 2020November 11, 2020
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