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A Hollywood film project and a joint attempt by Iran and Turkey to register the principal works of the poet Rumi with the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list have recently caused political turmoil, above all, in Afghanistan. By Waslat Hasrat-Nazimi
What is currently on the minds of Afghans? Of all things, a 13th century poet and Sufi mystic, albeit one of the most famous – Rumi. Even after 800 years, his poems are familiar to many in the Persian-speaking world, namely Afghanistan, Iran, Tajikistan and Azerbaijan.
The reason for the commotion, which, of course is mainly unfolding on the Internet, is two-fold. For one thing, Hollywood plans to film the life of the esteemed poet. And Leonardo DiCaprio is being considered for the main role, screenwriter David Fanzoni (Oscar winner for Gladiator ) disclosed to the media.
This week, Jennifer Krasinski, editorial director of Artforum
digital, introduces Jack Pierson’s “People’s Parties: Billy Sullivan / Marcelo Krasilcic” from 1994’s summer issue. Pierson’s Silver Jackie, 1991, is not only the subject of David Rimanelli’s essay “Stages of Grief,” which appears in this month’s issue, but is also featured on the cover.
Once upon a time, before he was a celebrated artist, Jack Pierson was a wide-eyed newbie in New York with visions of the glitz the city would bequeath him. “
I would step out of the limo in Times Square, pausing to offer my arm to my companion Jerry Hall,” he fantasized. “
Colonial intrusion and Pakhtun resistance
Opinion
April 9, 2021
The new gem from Akbar S Ahmed is a compiled and edited publication of two apparently unrelated, but subtly interlinked manuscripts: A set of Pakhtun proverbs (Mataloona) and a Resident Administrator’s monograph on British government relations with the Mahsud tribe of Waziristan (Mizh).
The disjuncture is at the level of form. Mataloona is a set of proverbs about the way life is for Pakhtuns. It has integrity of thought and action, a beauty in the universal significance of their idiom. By contrast, Mizh has the cold logic of colonial administration. It describes the repeated attempts at a stick and carrot approach to make the Mahsuds acquiesce to colonial power. Yet, at the same time, the report implies the futility of such attempts in the face of Pakhtun resistance.
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