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Category: Essays

27 March, 2023 • Alicia Kismet Eler

Beautiful Ghosts, or We’ll Always Have Istanbul

Looking for love and her father's past, a Turkish American journalist haunts the streets of Istanbul before and after Covid.

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5 March, 2023 • Arie Amaya-Akkermans

For Those Who Dwell in Tents, Home is Temporal—Or Is It?

Home is increasingly an elusive quality in an era of war, climate disaster, economic collapse and family misfortune.

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5 March, 2023 • Saeed Taji Farouky

More Photographs Taken From The Pocket of a Dead Arab

Filmmaker and educator Saeed Taji Farouky argues that the Palestine of memories is often the only Palestine we have.

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5 March, 2023 • Iason Athanasiadis

The Odyssey That Forged a Stronger Athenian

An Athens native returns to Greece after a 20-year sojourn across the Mediterranean and Middle East, covering turmoil and displacement.

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5 March, 2023 • Lushik Lotus Lee

Coming of Age in a Revolution

A young Egyptian woman comes of age at the dawn of the Arab uprising in Cairo, but ultimately finds home in exile.

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5 March, 2023 • Yesmine Abida

Nabeul, Mon Amour

Yesmine Abida, a Tunisian in the diaspora, returns home to document the last vestiges of Nabeul's once-thriving Jewish community.

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5 March, 2023 • Priyanka Sacheti

Home is a House in Oman

The daughter of an Indian expatriate family in Oman discovers that the only home she's ever yearned for was the place always meant to be impermanent.

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5 March, 2023 • Anam Raheem

Home Under Siege: a Palestine Photo Essay

Anam Raheem spent five years working in Gaza and the West Bank, and felt herself at home among the Palestinians who befriended her.

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6 February, 2023 • Viola Shafik

Post-Revolution, Arab Cinema is Producing Dystopic Narratives

Viola Shafik has seen several post-thawra Arab features that convey a bleak and dystopian vision of the present.

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15 December, 2022 • Viola Shafik

Sexploitation or Cinematic Art? The Case of Abdellatif Kechiche

Film critic and historian Viola Shafik pillories cinematographic voyeurism.

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15 December, 2022 • Eman Quotah

Conflict and Freedom in Palestine, a Trip Down Memory Lane

Saudi American novelist Eman Quotah reminisces on a university peace studies class that traveled to Israel/Palestine.

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15 November, 2022 • Francisco Letelier

Stadiums, Ghosts & Games—Football’s International Intrigue

Francisco Letelier reminisces on his soccer identities in Chile and the USA, while delving into the international politics of the game.

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