Summer 2010. A quarterly magazine founded in 2004 to fill a gaping hole in the arts and culture coverage of the Middle East and its Diaspora. In this issue: contractors in Kandahar, green cemeteries in Texas, Binyavanga Wainaina, hip-hop clothiers in Dubai, scrap mongers in Bangalore, Chinese language instructors in Cairo, Elad Lassry, soldiers of fortune, freelance writers, Chautauqua, tightrope walkers, Amir Mogharabi, hash dealers, psychics, sex store owners, nation branding — illustrated, Iranian band Hypernova, the prehistory of infotainment, the apotheosis of spam, looking back on the Kuwaiti stock market crash, haunted houses for dummies.