Bosnia is not a country you stumble into. You arrive with some notion, however faint or romantic, of where you’re going. Perhaps the lingering images of the Srebrenica Genocide, fractured war stories from GCSE history or just a scenic desktop wallpaper with the bridge in Mostar - at least
One minute you're making plans to get food and go bowling with a friend, the next you're cancelling them because he's broken his ankle. The way this world runs on a certainty only known by its Designer, a reality in the hands of only
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As many of you know, I am currently undertaking a gap year in order to pursue some passion projects and attempting to figure out what I want to do, and who I wish to be in life - God, I sound like such a back-packing hippie. Amongst my other endeavours,
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Assalaamualaikum and welcome back to The Issa Ishaq Blog... Some of you may have noticed an ignominious length of time has passed since I last wrote a piece for the blog. My lack of engagement, should at least be explained and furthermore followed by a commitment to frequent my keyboard
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The Met Gala has seemingly sewn itself into the hem of liberal duplicity, walking the fine line between lunacy and à la mode. Ball gowns, bouffants and, recently, burgers have graced the gawking eyes of journalists and gym bros alike. All this kerfuffle, and for what? Mildly talented teens, washed
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Encumbered by power. Emancipated by thought. To think. That is what frees us from the bondage of our oppressors. From Confucius to Machiavelli; from Al-Farabi to Dickens, the greatest thinkers have led the greatest battles. But their thoughts weren’t the sole obtainers of their notoriety and nomination, it was
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From the moment of our conception, this 'great' western society, in which we find ourselves, is hell-bent on ushering in our mortal expiration, in dismantling our very understanding of life and its indomitable value. The most marginalised group of people in modern society are not the colourful ones,
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When was the last time you turned on the television to watch the evening news? Or perused the daily paper's ostensibly axiomatic headlines? The whirring of the legacy media machine has come to a seductive standstill - but what rendered asunder this conglomerate leviathan and what has delectably
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"We, this people, on a small and lonely planet Travelling through casual space, Past aloof stars, across the prairies of the sky, Must speak the truth, and we must live it." - Angelou. The greatest freedom of all is the freedom to speak the words you wish, to