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ABout Arshi

Born between Amsterdam and Paris, ARSHI publishes independent voices in culture, fashion, art, music, and film.

Every piece is signed, every voice its own.

More than a magazine, ARSHI tells the stories mainstream media leaves out, creating space for those who shape culture with curiosity and integrity.

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The Green Illusion: How Sustainability Masks Empire
Shiraz Hasnaoui
FASHION & ART, SOCIETY & CULTURE
The Green Illusion: How Sustainability Masks Empire
Shiraz Hasnaoui
FASHION & ART, SOCIETY & CULTURE

Europe calls it recycling; Africa calls it residue.
Beneath the language of “sustainability,” the fashion industry hides an old pattern of extraction where the global South bears the weight of the North’s conscience. This is what the circular economy looks like when the loop is colonial.

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Shiraz Hasnaoui
FASHION & ART, SOCIETY & CULTURE
The politics of measurements
Shiraz Hasnaoui
FASHION & ART, SOCIETY & CULTURE
The politics of measurements
Shiraz Hasnaoui
FASHION & ART, SOCIETY & CULTURE

Nine thousand looks, one number on repeat: 97.1%. Fashion counts bodies and calls it progress, but what do these decimals really measure?

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Shiraz Hasnaoui
FASHION & ART, SOCIETY & CULTURE
What the Record Didn’t Play
Shiraz Hasnaoui
SOCIETY & CULTURE, MUSIC & FILM
What the Record Didn’t Play
Shiraz Hasnaoui
SOCIETY & CULTURE, MUSIC & FILM

Some revolutions had soundtracks. Others were silenced before the first note began. In Congo’s struggle for independence, jazz became both a language of freedom and a tool of empire. This is the story of music, memory, and a woman history tried to mute but couldn’t.

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Shiraz Hasnaoui
SOCIETY & CULTURE, MUSIC & FILM

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The Green Illusion: How Sustainability Masks Empire
Shiraz Hasnaoui
The Green Illusion: How Sustainability Masks Empire
Shiraz Hasnaoui

Europe calls it recycling; Africa calls it residue.
Beneath the language of “sustainability,” the fashion industry hides an old pattern of extraction where the global South bears the weight of the North’s conscience. This is what the circular economy looks like when the loop is colonial.

Read More →
Shiraz Hasnaoui
The politics of measurements
Shiraz Hasnaoui
The politics of measurements
Shiraz Hasnaoui

Nine thousand looks, one number on repeat: 97.1%. Fashion counts bodies and calls it progress, but what do these decimals really measure?

Read More →
Shiraz Hasnaoui
What the Record Didn’t Play
Shiraz Hasnaoui
What the Record Didn’t Play
Shiraz Hasnaoui

Some revolutions had soundtracks. Others were silenced before the first note began. In Congo’s struggle for independence, jazz became both a language of freedom and a tool of empire. This is the story of music, memory, and a woman history tried to mute but couldn’t.

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Shiraz Hasnaoui

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