Author: AmirAli Maleki

When the Internet Goes Dark: What Medieval Islamic Philosophy Reveals About Legal Personhood

I feel lost, as if I have misplaced myself somewhere between silence and clamor. The world withdrew the moment the internet was cut off, not merely into disconnection but into a condition of being unw...

Unanchored from International Law: What Iran’s Internet Shutdown Reveals About Modern Sovereignty

It has been a month since the internet was cut off in Iran. I know nothing—and it is precisely this not-knowing that allows me to think from multiple positions at once: from myself, from my brother, f...