Fuchsia Party
You’re at the local sai hota, just across the street from where you work as a salesman at the fucking hardware store. You know, the one with the weird-ass logo. You hate it. You hate the logo. You hate the shop, hate the job....
A review of Fenfulhi’s Jam Room EP
The recent EP dropped by Fenfulhi is noteworthy for two reasons. One: it is an EP that involves some band members of Little Faratas n’ Monkey (LFM) and two: it offers a candid portrait of some incredible musicians in their element. In keeping with...
Movanu Shafeeq – an interview
Movanu’s Falhu is a farewell to his teenage years. While the short film is set on the island of Rinbudhoo in Dhaalu Atoll, his grandmother’s island, the filmmaker bade goodbye to Male and his friends when he left for studies after his O’ Levels....
Rumblefish (honeychild)
recorded in bedroom 1995 with zia under house arrest /on tascam portable 4 track tape machine bounced to the limit. zia/allo/dhonmu/ishan
review - unveiling visions
'unveiling visions', the exhibition currently being held at the national art gallery is a triumph of the will. it is truly remarkable, firstly, that people have come together to hold an event of such scale in this troubled year. it adds value to the...
Excerpt from 1994 interview with the late Maizan Hassan Manik
Mr. Maizan Hassan Maniku is the Director of the Marine Research Unit, a department of the Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture. Trained as a Marine biologist he is acknowledged as an expert on the local environment. In this he is involved in research into...
(gaumu) x [gaumu] x #gaumu
#gaumee vaahakavaahakavaahaka x footnote: Hae Hae - Bey, Toy, Ziya & Rydey: A critical review and analysis via Mirus Daily
ސަރުކާރުގެ އިސްވެރިންގެ އޯޑަރާއެކު އިންސާނުންގެ ހައްގުތަކަށް އަރައިގަންނަ ހަތިޔާރެއްގެ ގޮތުގައި އަނެއްކާވެސް މޯލްޑިވްސް ޕޮލިސް ސަރވިސްގެ ވެރިން އެތަން ބޭނުންކުރަން ފަށައިފި! މިއީ ދިވެހި ފުލުހުން ގަބޫލުކުރާ ގޮތްބާ؟
ހައްތަހާވެސް މިފަހަކަށް އައިސް އިވެނީ "ފުލުހުންގެ ވާޖިބު އަދާކުރުމަށް ހުރަސްއަޅައިގެން" ކޮންމެވެސް ޕްރޮޓެސްޓްކުރާ ޒުވާނެއް، މައެއް، ބަފައެއް، ނޫސްވެރިއެއް، ސިޔާސީގޮތުން ހަރަކާތްތެރިވާ އިދިކޮޅު ލީޑަރެއް، ހިފާ އޮބަހައްޓަމުން ބިޑިއަޅުވައިގެން ގެންގޮސް ހަޑިހުތުރުބަހުން ހަޅޭލަވާ،...
Sinamale' (raiy biru)
China superimposes on Maldives Chinese President Xi Jinping calls for Maldives involvement in 21st century maritime silk road ---- The Settlers. ‘China’s Second Continent,’ by Howard W. French China is now Africa’s largest trading partner, and it offers loans, grants and development deals...
Excerpt from his poem “Society"; a work in progress.
Society, your values, gleaming and glistening in the sun, chanting the future of humankind and its morality, with devices of rhetorics and deceivingly moulding our logic, feeding your yearning spectators with their longing truths, your values, too pigheaded to admitting its coated medallion, its...
Eye to eye
The traffic light was red in the middle of busy Majeedheemagu when my focus locked onto the young man next to me. In his early twenties with long hair, black t-shirt and torn blue jeans he was silent. He had a cast on his...