Toobaa

“Like the court, the terrace was an essential part of the house where women spent many hours of the day, working and socializing with their neighbors. The dense configuration of the casbah made it possible to pass from one terrace to the other and visit other homes without having to use the streets. The rooftops of the casbah functioned as an alternative public realm that extended over the entire city. In contrast to the interiorized court and the relatively contrived rooms, the rooftops opened up to the city, to the sea, to the world. With the appropriation of this space by the women of Algiers, the casbah became divided horizontally into two realms: on the top, occupying the expanse of the entire city, were the women; at the bottom, the streets belonged to the men.”

Pause everything forever for a moment.

Mohammed Hanif, A Case of Exploding Mangoes

“So what is it really like? What happens when people die?" Noor asks Alice Bhatti, who after finishing her shift has changed into a loose maxi and is lying down on a wheelie stretcher, her forearm covering her eyes. A half-torn poster on the wall behind the stretcher says: Bhai, your blood will bring a revolution. Someone has scrawled under it with a marker: And that revolution will bring more blood. Someone has added Insha'allah in an attempt to introduce divine intervention into the proceedings. Some more down-to-earth soul has tried to give this revolution a direction, and drawn an arrow underneath and scribbled, Bhai, the Blood Bank is in Block C.” 

― Mohammed Hanif, Our Lady of Alice Bhatti

Olivier Schram, Peshawar, Pakistan, 1988 

The Impressive Benefits of Ghee.

1. Has a high smoke point

2. Packed with fat-soluble vitamins

3. Free of lactose and casein

4. Contains conjugated linoleic acid

5. Loaded with butyrate

6. Has a strong, buttery flavor

7. Strengthens your bones

8. Promotes healthy weight loss

9. Improves digestion

10. Relieves inflammation