Al Khawarizmi, the Islamic Golden Age polymath, is probably up there somewhere right now giving a wry half smile at his invention of the Algorithm within the halls of The House of Wisdom at some point in 825 CE. Unbeknownst to him at the time of invention, the details of his grand schematics would perish […]
“America will bomb your country until there’s nothing left, then come back 20 years later and make a movie about how sad their soldiers got from doing it.” – Frankie Boyle Since it premiered a couple of weeks ago, Warfare, the latest movie from indie darling studio A24, has been continuously heralded as a searing […]
In 2001, Raf Simons adorned the runway with keffiyehs for his “Riot! Riot! Riot!” Autumn/Winter collection. Nicolas Ghesquière incorporated a keffiyeh in his Balenciaga’s 2007 Fall/Winter “Traveller” collection. That same year, Urban Outfitters pioneered a loving-hipster trend, which, for one reason or another, saw keffiyehs lining its shelves and, as a result, had Tumblr dashboards […]
