Haseeb Ahmed contributed an essay to Volume 57 of the Afterall Journal, discussing his recent film, The Sand Reckoner (2024). This work retraces the journey of the scirocco wind from the floodwaters of Venice to the dried lake beds of the Egyptian Sahara. As it travels these landscapes, following the wind, the film questions "the modern obsession with origins and authenticity created by imperial expansion" (Haseeb Ahmed, The Sand Reckoner, Afterall Journal V.57, University of Chicago Press, 2024, p. 172).
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September 10, 2024
