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The Zahir
Summer 2011
University Of York Culture Magazine. It is a daunting prospect to re-design a magazine that has established as strong a reputation as The Zahir, and it wasn’t a decision I made lightly. But it became clear that if we are to call ourselves the university culture magazine, the magazine itself must be as adaptive as the culture upon which it turns its incisive eye. The decision became all the more concrete when a friend asked me what exactly The Zahir is about. It was then I realised that although the magazine has an ethos, it’s never been clear enough. The Zahir is about taking no opinion for granted, about getting you to question that of which you were so previously convinced, about inspiring your interest in aspects of culture of which you were previously unaware. If one person changes an opinion or develops curiosity enough to explore something further by the end of my editorship, I will be very happy indeed. What you hold in your hand is a magazine that knows what it is trying to achieve, with a complete re-design that only enhances, not sacrifices or obscures, its former quality. •
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