Momtaza Mehri

A poem.

Momtaza Mehri and Warsan Shire talk about nineties London, parentification and diasporic inheritances.

Boundaries between sleeplessness and surveillance are blurred in Mahmoud Khaled's constructed bedroom scenes.

On the Arab radical documentary and the question of form.

A review of Raoul Peck's sweeping docu-series.

Alienation is the soundtrack to Mickey Down and Konrad Kay’s cutthroat drama about the inner lives of investment bankers.

On I May Destroy You, Authorial Selves & Regimes of Relatability

The poet Diane di Prima died at the age of 86 on the 25th October. A celebrated writer and political activist, her work included the Revolutionary Letters. Here, Momtaza Mehri reflects on di Prima's work and legacy.

How should we respond to the moral panic generated by the current wave of youth crime? How does it feel to live in a world where that's normal?

POETRY (April, 2019).

A reflection on the iconoclastic, incoherent and endlessly vivifying legacy of M.I.A.

My Best Of 2018 pick for Artforum (Wendy Trevino's Cruel Fiction).

The World Cup in Bleus.

On Arab pop, Saudi princes, soft power and the scam that is pan-Arab media.