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War And Peace: A Fractured World In Images

Every day, we forget that there are endless wars. Outlook's anniversary issue 'War And Peace' is a reminder. 

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Artwork on Cover: T.V. (1982) Television spotlight, enamel paint by Bill Woodrow
Artwork on Cover: T.V. (1982) Television spotlight, enamel paint by Bill Woodrow

“For what can war but endless war still breed?”

–  From Sonnet 15 by John Milton 

Every day, we encounter images of people dying, starving, fleeing home and losing hope. Every day, we see children looking for the dead. Or children’s dead bodies strewn across hospitals and cities. Every day, we hear sirens on television and phone screens. They have disclaimers saying, “sensitive content,” and we hear and see and scroll on.

Every day, we forget that there are endless wars...

Israel has declared it a zero-sum game when it comes to Palestine and in the ruins of places bombed, you can see the destruction that war brings. Ukraine continues to be bombed. 

Modern warfare is a complicated affair with many interests intersecting. Africa seems to be forever in a state of war.

How do wars begin and how do they end? How do we define the ending? What happens in the aftermath?

Why do we live in a prolonged state of war? What does that living account for, as an audience, a participant and a perpetrator? What happens to those who suffer? How do we tell their stories? How does one return to a besieged place? How long can one flee their homeland? What does it do to us? Does numbness begin with it?

These are questions that we who write and read grapple with in this anniversary issue—'War and Peace'. 

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Photo on Cover by Carlo Cozzoli
Photo on Cover by Carlo Cozzoli
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Art on Cover: The Alchemist
Art on Cover: The Alchemist Iranian artist Katayoun Karami
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Photo on Cover: Abu Malek Alshami
Photo on Cover: Abu Malek Alshami
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Photo on Cover
Photo on Cover Abu Malek Alshami
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Photo on Cover by Q Sakamaki
Photo on Cover by Q Sakamaki
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Photo on Cover
Photo on Cover Q Sakamaki
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Photo on Cover
Photo on Cover Carlo Cozzoli
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Cover with text
Cover with text Alice Attie & Courtesy Seagull Books
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Artwork
Artwork Anupriya
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Anupriya
Artwork Anupriya
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Artwork
Artwork Anupriya
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Artwork
Artwork Anupriya
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Cover
Cover Cover Image: An image from Anaesthesia by Valentina Abenavoli
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