Khoon Diy Baarav — Blood Leaves its Trail
Independent filmmaker Iffat Fatima takes Jamhoor through her experience of making her recent documentary on the narratives of families impacted by state violence and enforced disappearances in Kashmir.
Yes, I am a Poem
Acclaimed poet, playwright, satirist, and public intellectual Salman Haider presents his most incisive works on the casualties of war, nationalism, and other forms of state violence.
Fighting Fascist Democracy: The Young Radicals of Bangladesh
Jamhoor interviewed the President of the Revolutionary Student-Youth Movement (RSYM), Atif Anik, about his thoughts on the recent transport strike, RSYM’s work, and the character of fascism in South Asia today.
Snapping an Uprising: Bangladeshi Youth Take to the Streets
Saptarshi Nath captures students taking to the streets for road safety in Mirpur, Dhaka.
Good Sufi, Bad Salafi: Is Pakistan’s Romance with Sufism Backfiring?
With a politicized Barelvism leading the recent protests against Aasia Bibi’s acquittal, has the Pakistani state’s romance with Barelvism, the supposedly soft and Sufi Islam, backfired?
The Nation-State is Not Our Friend: On Celebrating the Repeal of Section 377
Uncritically celebrating the repeal of Section 377 (India’s anti-sodomy law) as a milestone of decolonization obscures the complicity and exclusion inherent to the nation-state.
The Spectre of the "Urban Naxal": An Interview with Sanjay Kak
Renowned documentary filmmaker Sanjay Kak on the recent crackdown of activists in India, the #MeTooUrbanNaxal campaign, and alternative filmmaking in Modi’s India.