A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR

ARSHI was born between Amsterdam, Algiers and Paris. I made it because I needed somewhere to put the thoughts that remained with me after I had closed a book, left a classroom, walked home, or failed to understand what I was feeling.

It holds essays, notes from my readings, poetry, and thoughts still searching for their form. Some begin with research. Others arrive through an image, a memory, a conversation overheard on the train. I follow them to see where they go.

I once imagined ARSHI as a magazine, and that intention remains at its heart. For now, it takes the form of a personal and evolving publication, a room of my own making, where academic thought can breathe outside the classroom, and writing does not have to choose between intelligence and feeling. Over time, I hope it will grow into a space shaped by other voices, perspectives, and forms of collaboration.

ARSHI is a living archive of what I read, notice, remember, question, and cannot stop returning to. There may be no clear destination. I am interested in the wandering.

Hope you enjoy your stay in my world :)

-Shiraz Hasnaoui