‘Oi terrorist, stop trying to make our school sharia!’ The play Jumu’ah (Friday Prayers) begins as it intends to go on – it doesn’t flinch from the reality of Muslim families living in Australia today. But it tells the story like you may not have heard it before, from the perspective of three young people – Layla, … Continue reading
For Isabelle Harris, working on Centennial Park Residence felt personal from day one. Not only had she once called it home, she was aware of the legacy she was now a part of. “When you get an opportunity to work on a building that has its own history, it helps to create a clearer design … Continue reading
Stepping in through the doors of this unpretentious yet refined coastal home, one takes a deep breath and feel the hustle and bustle of the outside world slip away. From an elegant foyer, a set of stairs is bathed in light from large windows. To the left, a long living and dining space offers expansive … Continue reading
Armidale, Australia – What can white cotton underwear tell you about the health of the soil in your farm or garden? Quite a lot, it turns out. Hundreds of people – from farmers to schoolchildren – are burying their cotton underwear in their back gardens to dig up eight weeks later as part of a … Continue reading
‘Here, the legless walked tall; the blind pointed that we may see; the armless embraced us warmly and those in their wheelchairs told us of the wheels of life, of this spinning world and how they could steer over the rainbow where they, the butterflies would waft on wings of art and song.’ – Carl … Continue reading
Founded 30 years ago, Sri Lanka’s Mercedes-Benz Club is one of the oldest and most active in the region. It is unique in more ways than one: over the three decades of its existence, its members have championed a club that celebrates the marque and then goes beyond it, creating a community of car enthusiasts which spans generations. Continue reading
Colombo, SRI LANKA — On October 4 this year, a 39-year-old woman from the Brandix garment factory in Minuwangoda tested positive for COVID-19. By October 13, Brandix, which makes garments for global brands such as Victoria’s Secret, Gap and Marks & Spencer, was at the heart of an expanding cluster of over 1,500 cases. Garment workers were … Continue reading
WHEN WE MEET MAALI ALMEIDA—an intrepid photojournalist and the protagonist of Shehan Karunatilaka’s Chats with the Dead, published earlier this year—he is recently dead. The novel is set in 1989, a time Karunatilaka chose because it was what he calls a “perfect storm of terrors.” The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, the Sri Lankan army, Indian … Continue reading
The grass is alive. It’s after dark in Sigiriya and a full moon swims through a sea of stars above us. On my head I wear a headlamp masked by red tape (to protect the sensitive eyes of animals we encounter) and a pair of outsized wellington boots (to protect me from any irate reptiles … Continue reading
Today, I found a bunch of old Yuti magazines at the bottom of a box. I’m proud of the work we did on them – generating trilingual educational content for children was fun and challenging. We worked with some incredible artists, photographers and writers, and you’ll see that the results were unlike any other magazine … Continue reading
