Issue 1: Openings
May 2024
On Openings: A Message from the Editor-in-Chief
Riad Alarian
Prospects of the Metamodern
Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm
Versions of Critique
Rita Felski
Open and Closed: Alex Odeh’s Murder Four Decades On
William Lafi Youmans
(Dis)placing the Year of the Elephant: Saudi Arabia’s Animated Journey to National Opening
Ahmed Elbenni
The Openings and Closures of Saudi Historical Revisionism
Sultan Alamer
On Openings in Confinement: When Only God Can See
Asim Qureshi and Walaa Quisay
The Gaza Genocide, Liberal Decadence, and the Lifting of Taboos
Daniel Tutt
The End is Trending: Virtual Immortality in the Digital Age
Nilou Davoudi
Notes on a Genocide
Yassir Morsi
Bitcoin’s Possibilities and the Errors of Fiat Economists
Saifedean Ammous
Money as a Technology: The Vulnerabilities and Governance Challenges of Cryptocurrency
Joe Bradford
Sumud as a Key to Global Liberation
Farah El-Sharif