The Day Cheney Died, and Mamdani Rose

A Canadian perspective on the recent death of the architect of the post-9/11 security state, and the rise of the son of a famed academic and critic of…

Nov 7 • 

Shenaz Kermalli

8

6

The Burdens of Neoliberalism with William Barylo

Episode 12 of the Protean View podcast

Nov 7 • 

Riad Alarian

 and 

Mohammed El-Sayed Bushra

4

4

October 2025

Dilemmas of Authenticity with Zaid Adhami

Episode 11 of the Protean View podcast

Oct 26 • 

Riad Alarian

, 

Mohammed El-Sayed Bushra

, and 

Zaid Adhami

1

2

The Politics of Analytic Philosophy with Christoph Schuringa

Episode 10 of the Protean View podcast

Oct 6 • 

Riad Alarian

, 

Mohammed El-Sayed Bushra

, and 

Christoph Schuringa

4

2

July 2025

Can the Real Islamic Art Please Stand Up?

Islamic art often lacks clear classification, and the way art galleries treat it reflects that fact.

Jul 21 • 

Jamal Mehmood

19

7

Pixar, Nietzsche, and the End of LARP

Onward is a Pixar film about elves and brotherhood, but it is more accurately about the LARPing ‘20s. It manages to suggest the rather involute thesis…

Jul 17 • 

Ahmed Elbenni

7

1

3

Euro-Orientalism and the Making of an "Authentic" Europe

How, when, and why was Eastern Europe cast as Europe's internal outsider—barbaric, backward, and always just behind?

Jul 14 • 

Robert James Warren

15

2

6

The Price of Solidarity Is Death. The Corries Know

As Palestine activism is increasingly criminalized, the story of two young American women killed decades apart by Israeli forces reveals both the cost…

Jul 10 • 

Imraan Siddiqi

11

5

Ideology and Authenticity

Critics of woke politics often reproduce its exact excesses. Only a patient, class-based analysis can avoid the trap of "wokeism's" anti-politics.

Jul 7 • 

Daniel Tutt

8

4

June 2025

Issue 3: Authenticity

What does it mean to be authentic in our politics, within systems of power, and in acts of resistance? How is “authenticity” claimed, challenged, or…

Jun 30 • 

The Muftah Team

5

1

Commitment in the Gray

Many praise doubt as a critical virtue—but what happens when skepticism becomes an excuse to waver in the face of injustice? As Gaza burns, intellectual…

Jun 30 • 

Zaid Adhami

10

5

Is the New Syrian State Revolutionary?

Post-Assad Syria was, in theory, a blank canvas for revolutionary transformation—in reality, its leaders inherited conditions that narrowed the horizon…

Jun 30 • 

Riad Alarian

 and 

Mohammed El-Sayed Bushra

17

3

11