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Syed Naquib Al-Attas & the Rectification of Names
The Malay aristocrat-philosopher’s pursuit of civilisational revival through language.
Nov 16
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Is Modern Islamic Art Even Possible?
How art became a mode of conspicuous consumption destined for Sotheby's auctions.
Nov 9
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Kasurian
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The Closing of the Muslim Mind
How three events in the 20th century destroyed the Muslim capacity to produce new ideas.
Nov 2
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Ahmed Askary
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July 2025
Kasurian in Season: A Letter from the Editors #2
Concluding Kasurian’s Summer 2025 issue.
Jul 27
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Muhammad Ali Pasha & the Dream of an Ottoman Modernity
How Muhammad Ali built a modern state in Egypt, why he failed, and what we can learn from it.
Jul 20
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Ahmed Askary
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The Bonds of Reputation
How reputation underwrites trade, and the network science behind it.
Jul 13
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Kasurian
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Eating Grass, Breathing Fire
How Pakistan got the nuclear bomb.
Jul 6
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June 2025
Futurism, the Next Venture of Islam
The renewed vitality of Islamic civilisation depends on its pragmatic capacity to offer moral and material solutions for the problems of industrial…
Jun 29
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Kasurian
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Elephants, Rockets, and Tiger Statecraft: Tipu Sultan the Moderniser
Tipu's modernisation project nearly brought down the British in India. His eventual defeat holds lessons for us today.
Jun 22
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Kasurian
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The Jadid's Quest for Reform
On the Jadid movement’s struggle for Islamic renewal in the Russian Empire.
Jun 15
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Yana
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The Fourth Option: Alif and Silicon Valley’s Muslim Counterculture
A Muslim magazine for the 21st century, exploring civilisation with curiosity and conviction.
Jun 8
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Mariam
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The Islamic Secular and the Scale of Civilisation
Sherman A. Jackson’s latest book, ‘The Islamic Secular’, provides a new analytical tool with which to (re)scale Islamic civilisation.
Jun 1
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Ahmed Askary
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