A. A curious sight in Chicago: a revolving door, center outfitted with a glassed-in display of carefully arranged products, none related to the other — POM, NIKE, DIOR. That one is predisposed to a mock-circumambulation in entering and exiting testifies to the contemporary unification of market and urban spaces — that is, the introduction of [...]

" سأحمل روحي على راحتي ، وألقي بها في مهاوي الردى/فإما حياة تسر الصديق ، وإما ممات يغيظ العدى [I carry my soul upon the palm of my hand onto the altar of death, and throw away a life that is for my friends to rejoice, and a death that haunts my enemies.]" — The [...]