In this issue:
Ziauddin Sardar bemoans the loss of the BBC’s integrity; Andrew Brown waxes lyrical about Claud Cockburn’s brand of journalism; Shiv Visvanathan observes both democracy and journalism degrade together in India; Eric Walberg reflects on his days as a digital news junky; Muhammad Saad laments the Pakistani mainstream media’s failure to cover the catastrophic 2025 floods in Panjab; Josef Linnhoff examines Muhammad Asad’s journalism and journey to 1920s Palestine; Robin Yassin-Kassab comes to terms with fake news and post- truth narratives in an unrecognisable Syria; Saoussen Ben Cheikh highlights alternative media in the Middle East;
Boyd Tonkin gives the great Hrant Dink his due portrait; James Brooks pours his heart out over coverage of climate crisis; C Scott Jordan asks what is the future of journalism; Zain Sardar examines the ethics of journalism; Yahia Lababidi looks at the spiritual journalism of Carla Power; Khuda Bushq is appalled at the
demonisation of Zohran Mamdani by the American press; and our list of a dozen media outlets you should begin every day with!
Also in this issue: Shamim Miah dissects Anwar Ibrahim’s Rethinking Ourselves; Leila Sansour observes the moral amnesia of western societies; Abdullah Geelah attempts to redesign mosques; short stories by Ibrahim N Abusharif and Hamida Riahi; poems by Wietske Merison and Saba Zahoor; M Yaqub Mirza’s invaluable advice on halal investing; and Barnaby Rogerson remembers his friend Robert Irwin.
