By Shaheen Buneri Mohabat Khan, the governor of Peshawar under Mughal Emperors Shah Jehan and Aurangzeb might have not thought that the elegant mosque that he built in the heart of Peshawar city in 1670 AD would be so brazenly neglected by the succeeding rulers of this region that it would lose its […]
Dangers of Compliance
Many years ago I started work in the publications department of an old-established City institution. I was a lowly editorial assistant, and I fetched coffee and accompanied photographers and did a lot of filing, in the basement of a beautiful building, but in an environment where I never saw natural light, and everything was either […]
Heard by a Bird
"Some are killed by war, some by exercise." – Jacques Prevert Bumper sticker: THINK "HONK" IF YOU LOVE TELEPATHY Did you see the cloud resembling a stalk of barley over Pine Hill last Wednesday? A Letter Dear Sparrow: Community theater is a wonderful institution. It’s a shame […]
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15 A room. Music. One/several voices. Various temporal realms. The voice you are hearing now It’s my voice. This is my voice. And this is you. Standing there. Listening. Asking me. 1. So? I am tired of waiting. Waiting is complicated. When. Whom. […]
Heard By a Bird
"Instead of prayer, atheists have Scrabble." – Jonas Salk Did you see the cloud resembling a sideways walrus over Pine Hill last Thursday? Ask Sparrow "Ask Sparrow" is an increasingly regular feature of this column, in which the bewildered write in seeking answers. Dear Sparrow, My dear friend Nicol got married in style this past […]
The Esthetics of Holler
Dark, small, confined place. One spectator to enter the performance space. Female voice saying the text using different rhythms and degrees of volume. Words and sentences can be repeated at random. Different ways of screaming at random. Intermittent video projected images (of anything, preferably home movies) on various fluid surfaces, at least […]