The musician and activist on the creative life of cities, the fight for economic justice in the digital era, and his quest to rescue public spaces from corporate gangsters and antipluralist militants.

On Music: The musician on Led Zeppelin, Tinariwen, and his rejection of the “world music” label.

Farhad Mirza interviews Shahbaz Taseer about his experience as a captive between two battlefronts, and how his faith gave him the hope he needed to survive.

The artist evades categorization.

An execution for an assassination