Almost six months after the start of what then came to be rightly known as “Women, Life, Freedom” revolution after the state murder of Zhina Amini1 – a girl from one the utmost subaltern peripheries of Iranian nation-state killed in its capital city of Tehran by...
The world media is once again full of images, stories, discussions, and trending hashtags about ongoing mass protests in Iran. Those who are familiar with Iran’s social-historical context know that this country is the land of popular uprisings, political struggles,...
In Lieu of a Beginning… On February 5, 2023, we experienced two earthquakes in Turkey that were massive and their consequences extremely severe. The government officials called it “the disaster of the century”. The earthquake we experienced was itself destructive but...
Image by Noah Purifoy | http://www.noahpurifoy.com/joshua-tree-outdoor-museum Prefigurative politics and law have long been seen as opposing phenomena – one a grassroots radical practice that embodies sought-after norms (horizontality, social justice, and...
Over the last decade there has been a marked increase in (public, legal etc.) challenges to the language of “identity” and “self-identifcation” primarily in the context of gender, but now noticeably also around other categories including race and disability. The...
It’s a tip, a trickle. I’ve read international law and international relations in three institutions and three countries. In each, I’ve twisted and turned, tripped and fallen willingly into rabbit holes and inexplicable complexities. People wrapped in clothes that...
