#11
Journalism
Joburg: What’s to be done?
Edgar Pieterse examines the factors contributing to Johannesburg’s series of infrastructure crises and the political context that’s enabled it to dete … Read more
by Edgar Pieterse
#11
Journalism
Building an Architecture of Necessity
In mid-2021, Palestinian architect and educator Omar Yousef spoke to compatriot and fellow architect, Mahdi Sabbagh about designing for uncertainty an … Read more
by Mahdi Sabbagh
#11
Journalism
Searching for the contours of an Arab World
Is it the Middle East or West Asia? The Arab world or the Muslim one? Or is the “region” better distinguished by oil-producing states versus non-oil, … Read more
by Deen Sharp
#11
Journalism
A Fading Jewel
Everyone keeps talking about the future of Joburg,” photographer Mark Lewis said on a recent phone call, “but if something is not done urgently, there … Read more
by Tau Tavengwa
#11
Journalism
A city in crisis
At a generative and powerful roundtable discussion, author, journalist, and this issue’s contributing editor, Ferial Haffajee, was joined by co-host A … Read more
by Ferial Haffajee & Alicia Thompson
#11
Journalism
Between the hammer and the rubble
Deen Sharp investigates “urbicide”—the destruction of entire cities, the use of the built-environment in oppressive militarisation, and the developme … Read more
by Deen Sharp