The Heart Turns to Clay
Aug 12, 2025
Following the passing of her maternal grandmother, Dur e Aziz Amna reflects on grief, love and rituals of mourning in this heartfelt elegy.
Dur e Aziz Amna
Dur e Aziz Amna is the author of 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘍𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, winner of the 2023 South Asian Book Award and the APALA Award for Literature, as well as the forthcoming novel 𝘈 𝘚𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, out in September 2025. Her work appears in the New York Times, Financial Times, and Al Jazeera, among others. She is a Forbes 30 Under 30 and has won the Salam Prize and the Financial Times / Bodley Head Essay Prize. She is a graduate of Yale College and the Helen Zell Writers' Program at the University of Michigan.
How Does Art Resist?
Jan 20, 2025
A meditation on the duties and efficacy of artists in times of oppression and injustice