Haris DurraniSupplement: Denis Villeneuve, the White Savior of “Dune”This is a supplement to my recently published essay on Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, at Washington Post:Oct 29, 20212Oct 29, 20212
Haris DurraniGurney Halleck, the Moor; or, Othello in SpaceThe (apparent*) race-swapping of Liet Kynes, played by Sharon Duncan-Brewster in the 2021 Dune adaptation, is a well-known and contentious…Oct 7, 20212Oct 7, 20212
Haris DurraniReading Children of Dune, Entry 3: Osiris, Drunk Sufism, & the Alam al-Mythal; Sophisticated…I examine the origins of the Golden Path and its relations to the restoration of indigenous knowledge, by way of ancient Egyptian mythology…Aug 2, 20211Aug 2, 20211
Haris DurraniReading Children of Dune, Entry 2: Law & Modernity; Biblical Beasts & Jacurutu Origins; Herbert…I dissect the relationship between law and modernity in the context of Fremen customs and ecology. I make a wild discovery (hitherto…Jun 6, 20212Jun 6, 20212
Haris DurraniReading Children of Dune, Entry 1: Qur’anic Passages; Race & Fremen Customs; Tradition & Change (pp.Over the coming weeks, I will post reading journal entries as I revisit Children of Dune (CoD). I remember next to nothing of the plot and…Jun 3, 20212Jun 3, 20212
Haris DurraniRevisiting Dune: Table of ContentsOver the coming months, I will post a series of essays as I reflect on the broader themes of Frank Herbert’s Dune novels and re/read them…Jun 3, 2021Jun 3, 2021
Haris DurraniRevisiting Dune & Its Saviors: On the Thoughts to ComeLast year, I tweeted about Frank Herbert’s Dune and its apparent white savior problem. Unexpectedly, the Twitter thread went viral, and…May 28, 20211May 28, 20211
Haris DurraniDune’s Not a White Savior Narrative. But It’s Complicated.Do you think Dune is a white savior narrative? Well, you’re wrong.Sep 11, 20208Sep 11, 20208
Haris DurraniSleepless in Trumptopia: PEN America, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Anders Breivik & the Left’s Freedom to HateSomething in particular has, more than anything else, kept me up at night after the Trumpocalypse: Only days after the election, PEN…Nov 19, 20163Nov 19, 20163