Essays on: society
The Hours Off the Books
- Ask when someone last worshipped and you will be given a time. The Arabic does not have a time attached to it, and the difference reorganises the whole day.
The Camel and the Unicorn
- The business world's favourite animal does not exist. The Qur'an points at one that does - and asks, with some impatience, whether we have ever really looked.
The Quiet Altars
- Nobody builds statues any more. We build feeds, markets and metrics instead - and let them organise our days, our attention and our sense of worth.
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