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Field Notes on Extremism

A New Vision for Human Rights: From Wound to Wonder in the Language of Disease and Dehumanization
A conversation on "othering" and an invitation to another way of seeing.
 • Shireen Qudosi
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On Severance: Fatal Neck Attacks Are a ‘Guillotine’ Moment
From a knife attack on a young Ukrainian refugee to a bullet in the neck of right-wing leader Charlie Kirk, the attacks on the ‘throat chakra’ speak…
 • Shireen Qudosi
Snorting the Samsara
UnitedHealthcare CEO assassination speaks to the festering wounds of human misery and the imperative to aim better. Field notes on human belonging.
 • Shireen Qudosi
A Most Lethal Order
The stories that flame an apocalyptic worldview.
 • Shireen Qudosi
To Devour is the Theme of the Hour
Thick in the swamp of broken and outdated ideologies.
 • Shireen Qudosi
Islam’s Taubah is a Kali Moment. A Moment of Horror-Filled Realization of Trespass
What can a radical imam teach us about this moment in history?
 • Shireen Qudosi
Dangerous Fantasies: Talking Israel, Palestine and Myth
Colleagues in counter-extremism, Elliot Friedland (Jew) and Shireen Qudosi (Muslim), in a raw conversation covering the heart of the rage over the…
 • Shireen Qudosi
All I have is a story. About how once upon a time there was a place and a fire and a prayer, and it used to be very important.
An introduction to Toke for Tolerance and the need for radical honesty in interfaith spaces.
 • Shireen Qudosi
Letting Go of Our Death Grip on the Holy Land
Exploring Terra Nullius, “Nobody’s Land.”
 • Shireen Qudosi
Stay Calm. What You're Hearing is the Sound of the Record Being Scratched
Love him or hate him, in 2016 Donald Trump became a key note in the song of disruption. Trump’s presence alters the anthem we've been entranced by for…
 • Shireen Qudosi
The Cosplay Culture of Andrew Tate and Broken Masculinity of Philosopher-Pimps
Islam is just Andrew Tate’s next scam; masculinity was his first. Reflections on the culture of distorted masculinity and what we can do about it as…
 • Shireen Qudosi
Exploring the Badlands of Rogue Conversations
From bioweapons to flat-Earth, the threat to our future is the security blanket called civil society that we’re trying so hard to grip onto for fear of…
 • Shireen Qudosi
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