History used to be a boundary. It limited our fantasies, reminded us that the world came before us, and that time carried a weight we could not negotiate. It offered continuity, an imperfect but reliable thread linking people, cultures,…
The masquerade of belonging. Few things reveal the contradictions of globalization as clearly as our willingness to celebrate someone else’s holidays. Every October, storefronts across the planet transform into orange-and-black stages, filled with pumpkins, plastic skeletons, and slogans that once…
Europe was once the heart of civilization, a continent that gave birth to philosophy, science, art, democracy, and human rights. For centuries, it stood as the reference point for progress and identity, a place where cultures evolved but maintained their…