Identity


  • The Homeless Mind (03 Dec 2025)
    The curse of the polyglot: speaking three languages means being a refugee in all of them. On linguistic colonization and intellectual homelessness.

  • What Comes After Islamophobia? (30 Nov 2025)
    From Judeophobia to antisemitism to the camps. Why 'Islamophobia' follows the same trajectory that once failed to protect Jews.

  • The Bureaucratic Hallucination of Migrationshintergrund (24 Nov 2025)
    Germany's unstable definition of 'migration background' varies by state and year. Once applied, the label calcifies even as definitions change.

  • Western is a Status, Not a Geography (02 Nov 2025)
    Why 'Western civilization' has no fixed borders. Examining how the label expands to include conquered territories while demanding assimilation.

  • Fuck your darija. We speak Tunisian. (16 Oct 2025)
    Why Tunisian is a language, not a dialect. Deconstructing the politics of 'darija' and the case for official recognition of Tunisia's native tongue.