Jayabaya tersentak dari mimpinya. Dia kucek-kucek matanya dan mulai bangun. Dia lihat kanan kiri, mencari kendi hitam mengkilap yang seringkali ada di sebelah dipannya ketika dia bangun. Tidak ada. Pasti istrinya sudah membawa kendi itu ke dapur. Dia pun kembali berbaring, mencoba mengingat-ingat mimpinya. Pemuda-pemudi mengantri. Sebuah bangunan…
Paying Tribute to Edward Said This link will take you to a page that talks about the career of Edward Said, allah yarhamhu, a post-colonial thinker who by now is synonymous with the world “orientalism.” Dr. Said passed away ten years ago today, leaving us with the legacy…
Qahera – The Sexual Harassment A simple, matter-of-fact comic about sexual harassment is what I’m going to talk about today. Its title is Qahera. I haven’t done any research on the creator of this comic, but the title–which is also the name of the hijabi superhero–is an Arabic…
Some people say how blessed we are to have all the great gadgets that we have today. Some of these people even go as far as saying that we now have what our predecessors couldn’t begin to imagine. These celebrators of our age even claim that many things…
By design, this construction is indeed a Greek theater. However, by function, I’ve so far only seen music and jugglers performances here. 🙂
Demand for U.S.-Born Imams Up in American Mosques In the introduction of Progressive Muslims, Omid Safi, the editor, says that one of the biggest concerns among those who care about the current state of the American Muslims is the growing fundamentalism among the American Muslims. One of the points…
Anjing! Atau, untuk lebih puasnya: Asu! Tak peduli apa kata orang, saya yakin “anjing” adalah motor penggerak terpenting dari kisah “Tiga Lelaki dan Seekor Anjing yang Berlari” karya Yusi Avianto Pareanom. Di sini kata anjing saya gunakan untuk merujuk ke dua arti pentingnya dalam peradaban kontemporer Indonesia: baik…
Di negara dengan empat musim, minggu ketiga bulan September adalah saatnya musim gugur secara resmi dimulai. Hari-hari itu, daun-daun sudah mulai berubah warna, dari hijau segar menjadi agak suram, atau bahkan mulai menuju coklat. Pada pohon-pohon tertentu, daun mulai berubah menjadi merah. Artinya keindahan baru akan dimulai. Di…
Chances are you have seen action movies where you see negative portrayals of Arab characters, whether they be in turbans, desert camos, or suits and ties. Or probably you’ve also seen main characters in a movie talk about the Arabs as some distant, primitive people. Indeed, Hollywood has…
Flags are at half-staff today all over the United States. I didn’t get the chance to check what it was for, but by common sense I knew pretty much the reason behind it. It’s been a sad, sad week for the United States. A number of sad events…
