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Introduction to Area 84

A publication by Sikander Hayat Khan

Photo by tom coe on Unsplash

I’m not going to sugar-coat it — the world is in a dark place.

America’s West Coast is on fire, hundreds of thousands around the world have lost their lives to coronavirus, democracies are crumbling to ashes and racist abuse is ever so prevalent.

And in times where the future seems uncertain, we’ve set out in search for comfort — in a search for truth.

But the reality is, we’re engaged in a search for truth in an age of lies.

Misinformation is rampant, right-wing populists are chanting “fake news” and the media sometimes changes direction faster than an antelope being chased by a cheetah.

In times like this, it’s imperative that you have someone who can cut through the lies to uncover the truth.

And that’s where Area 84 comes in.

I’m a realist at heart, and I want the words housed in my publication to reflect that. I want to show my readers what the world is really like — regardless of what their president is saying.

I’m not a pessimist, but at the same time I don’t believe in spreading empty words of hope for the sake of it. Telling people…