Muftah is a biannual digital magazine that probes key issues at the intersections of religion, culture, and politics.

Founded in 2010 as a global affairs digest, Muftah has become a home for critical commentary on sovereignty, spectacle, and the sacred.

Our eclectic editorial scope spans war, policy, and political economy in the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East; commentary on contemporary Islamic thought, art, and movements; criticism of recent films and literature; analysis of technology, surveillance, and the state; portraits of artists, scholars, and dissidents; and more.

We especially value “metamodern” writing that is skeptical without cynicism and hopeful without naivety.

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