Monthly essays questioning the orthodoxies of our time. By two cross-cultural strategists, for anyone looking for new ways forward in an upended world.
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Where every orthodoxy is up for revision • Monthly essays by writers and strategists Fauzia Musa (LDN \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7) and Zami Majuqwana (NYC \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8)
British American writer and strategist based in London. My debut novel The Strangling Fig comes out spring 2026 (HarperCollins).
Only human • Design strategist, writer and advisor based in NYC • Co-author of LEGIT \ud83d\udc41️\ud83d\udde8️ • Essays de/recoding modern life, work and culture \ud83e\ude84
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