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Author Archives: Zaman Keinath-Esmail

Zaman Keinath-Esmail (she/her) is one of the Editors-in-Chief at The Oxford Blue, having previously been Senior Opinions Editor and Senior Columns Editor. She studies Physics, sits on various society and college committees, and generally advocates for equal rights for everyone. When not in Oxford, she can be found in Washington, DC.

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September Review: Beowulf, translated by Maria Dahvana Headley

by Zaman Keinath-Esmail September 19, 2021September 19, 2021
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Claims of antisemitism against local Green Party politician

by Zaman Keinath-Esmail May 18, 2021July 18, 2021
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‘Free Palestine’ protest draws crowd of hundreds in Bonn Square

by Zaman Keinath-Esmail May 16, 2021July 18, 2021
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Trinity 2021: Meet the columnists!

by Zaman Keinath-Esmail March 24, 2021July 18, 2021
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Have beef? Unfinished drama? Oxfess’s transphobic moderation revealed

by Zaman Keinath-Esmail January 20, 2021August 23, 2021
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Letters to the Editors Vol. 4

by Zaman Keinath-Esmail January 20, 2021July 18, 2021
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New Year, Same Old Problems

by Zaman Keinath-Esmail December 31, 2020December 31, 2020
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Trans Day of Remembrance: remembering the dead and supporting the living

by Zaman Keinath-Esmail November 20, 2020November 20, 2020
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The Physicist Behind the Turl Street Orchestra: In Conversation with Dr. Felix Tennie

Zaman Keinath-Esmail Dec 15, 2025 6 min read
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“If I had no music, I wouldn’t be as productive of a physicist. Whenever I don’t get to make music for a time, I become…

Snow

Zaman Keinath-Esmail Dec 15, 2025 3 min read
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‘If something is frozen we say it’s unchanging — that it stays.’ Nina Sablan’s creative piece about snow and its effects on our landscape. Image…

Who am I? Finding my identity between two languages

Zaman Keinath-Esmail Dec 13, 2025 4 min read
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That person, no matter what they do in the present, will always be defined by what they did. In the country where I was born,…

Outside OX1 Week 8: End of Term Special

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The Editor’s Note As the end of term is finally here, many will be lacing up their skiing boots; or enduring painstaking journeys home around…

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