After a nearly 4-year hiatus, Minority greets its readers. The last four years have been marked by violence and wars in our region and beyond. For this reason, we have focused on Feminism and Conflict in this issue.
Pomegranate - Community, pomegranate seeds - community members. The cover of the magazine was prepared by Gulay Abilzadeh. She says she uses the green and red colours to draw attention to the occupation of Gaza. Once whole but now in-pieces Pomegranate and the seeds are a metaphor for the devastation wrought by violence and conflict on the Palestinian community. Although crushed and scattered, the Pomegranate still represents unity because some of its seeds are still connected to each other. This reflects the hope for peace.
Neil Jordan's "Breakfast on Pluto" excels in exploration of trans issues compared to the common narratives found in modern cinema. As Vusala Hajiyeva notes in her piece "Breakfast on Pluto: Crisis of Identity Against the Backdrop of Conflict and the Search for Love", unlike
