Independent publishing at the intersection of culture & conflict.

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Projects

Literary

Poems and prose published with 3:AM Magazine, Berfrois, Tripwire, and the “Vestiges” journal by Black Sun Lit, among others. Currently completing a novella called flight.

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Publishing

The Green Violin is a slow-burning, independent publishing project for the free distribution of poetry, essays and prose. The Sparkplug is a catalyst for difficult conversations, going where fast headlines don’t.

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Recently Published

A brief note on the politics of water in the Sahel after Heiny Srour’s “The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived”

Putting aside the story of Oman of the 1970s and the anti-imperialist struggles of its immediate neighbours, Srour’s film evoked a subtle parallel between the water politics amid the Dhofar Rebellion, and crucial issues regarding land privatization and expanding operations by al-Qaida and ISIS cells in the Sahel … Continue reading A brief note on the politics of water in the Sahel after Heiny Srour’s “The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived”

Agricultural reforms, Emirate Partnerships, Privatization in Ukraine

While the release focuses on a blockchain project based on Fantom and notes several companies partnering with Mubadala, it also makes a passing mention at a Ukrainian memorandum in the agricultural sector “which provides for the establishment of an agro-hub and a trading company to ensure food security.” Continue reading Agricultural reforms, Emirate Partnerships, Privatization in Ukraine

Demanding Transparency on OPCAT Amid Canada’s Silence on Torture Prevention

Part 2 of my series on Canada’s failure to ratify OPCAT (Unconscionable treatment continues in Canadian detention centres) was recently published by Canadian Dimension. … Such international human rights agreements don’t get much coverage, but they provide guidance, protocols and standards intended to be preventive, as opposed to reactive … Continue reading Demanding Transparency on OPCAT Amid Canada’s Silence on Torture Prevention

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