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:10 min read·Oct 29, 2021--2--2
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…16 min read·Oct 7, 2021--2--2
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…23 min read·Aug 2, 2021--1--1
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…25 min read·Jun 6, 2021--2--2
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…14 min read·Jun 3, 2021--2--2
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…3 min read·Jun 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…5 min read·May 28, 2021--1--1
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.43 min read·Sep 11, 2020--8--8
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…7 min read·Nov 19, 2016--3--3