Adnan Khan
What Tony Abbott and Stephen Harper can Learn From Each Other
Besides loving church and hating science, the Prime Ministers of Australia and Canada have a lot in common—including awkward expense scandals.
Teju Cole is Way Better at Twitter Than You
Teju Cole has gained notoriety as a champion of the artistic merits of Twitter. He has a series of tweets that are about as vital as any I’ve encountered, and has also spoken regularly about the impact Twitter will have on the novel.
Junot Diaz Says, Writing Is a Lot Like Basketball
The best interviews are the ones when you can talk about girls, white supremacy, and video games. Junot Diaz is an authority on all those things.
I Tried to Celebrate Ramadan With a Bunch of Muslims I Don’t Know
I’ve been feeling pretty down lately—I think living away from my family and friends in Toronto for about four years is finally starting to get to me. I wanted to feel part of something that felt like home and the Muslim Eid Festival seemed like the...
Australia, Is Tony Abbott The Better Choice?
Abbott and Rudd call themselves leaders but you have no idea what you’re getting. As a young, brown, broke, inner city dude, the pundits say I’m inclined towards Rudd and Labor but this recent PNG hop over to the far right muddled up what was already...
Why the PNG Solution is What Australia Wants
Being considered a bunch of pussies has long been Labor’s problem when dealing with the boats. When Howard began the public discourse by framing himself as a sort of Aussie Battler strongman, it was inevitable that the left were going to look like...
The Sliding Aussie Dollar Still Holds Promise for Broke Backpackers
When I was travelling I met many Australians and every time I mentioned that I'd always been interested in coming over they took it as an opportunity to brag about how well they'd made it through the Global Financial Crisis
Burmese Buddhists Are Now Oppressing Rohingyan Ovaries
Burma wants to implement a child policy that will limit the number of children the Rohingya Muslims can have which is backed by many members of the Buddhist community.
I Went to the Mind Body Spirit Festival and Got Told I Was Spiritually Empty
Billed as Australia’s largest “health, wellbeing and natural therapies” event, the Mind Body Spirit pretty much exists to stop us from feeling so sad that everything is so incredibly fucked up.
Does Being Total Assholes To Boat People Actually Work?
When I first glimpsed headlines about the exclusion of Australia’s mainland from its migration zone I thought it had to do with birds.
OurSay Wants to Ask your Drug Questions in Parliament
With the federal election looming, both major parties seem to be avoiding the drug discussion. We're partnering with OurSay to get your questions about drugs asked by an actual senator at Question Time.
Channelling Wheatgrass and LSD with King Khan & BBQ
Mark Sultan shared his potent thoughts on brotherhood, getting old, and how no one drinks piss at his shows anymore.