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Latest Reviews

14 June, 2021 • Victoria Schneider

Lebanese Oppose Corruption with a Game of Wasta

Victoria Schneider reports from Beirut on the new Wasta board game that satirizes corruption in Lebanon.

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14 June, 2021 • Lawrence Joffe

Syria’s Ruling Elite— A Master Class in Wasta

Lawrence Joffe on how the al-Assad and Makhlouf families have mastered the art of control and corruption in a country decimated by a decade of war.

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14 May, 2021 • Jordan Elgrably

Why WALLS?

"I would like to break the walls of ignorance between East and West." Walls and barriers are what we erect when we have no words.

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14 May, 2021 • Claudia Wiens

Walls, Graffiti and Youth Culture in Egypt, Libya & Tunisia

Former Egypt and Turkey-based photographer Claudia Wiens documents street art of the Arab Spring.

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14 May, 2021 • Saleem Vaillancourt

The Murals of “Education is Not a Crime”

Saleem Vaillancourt describes the worldwide mural campaign spearheaded by Maziar Bahari on behalf the Baha'i community to speak out about Iran's persecution of its largest religious minority.

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14 May, 2021 • Jean Lamore

The Wall We Can’t Tell You About

There are some walls we can't discuss freely and openly without inviting censure. This is one of them.

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14 May, 2021 • Farah Abdessamad

The Murals of Yemen’s Haifa Subay

Yemen street artist, activist and mother Haifa Subay speaks to Farah Abdessamad about the state of the country and her work.

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14 May, 2021 • Sheana Ochoa

The Bathing Partition

In this creative exploration of identity and homelessness, Sheana Ochoa faces her own inner walls and travels to Auschwitz.

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14 May, 2021 • Taylor Miller, TMR

Is Tel Aviv’s Neve Tzedek, Too, Occupied Territory?

Taylor Miller explores the aesthetics of gentrification and the "settler colonial hydra that continually displaces, erases, and reinscribes Palestinian space."

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14 May, 2021 • Francisco Letelier

Between Thorns and Thistles in Bil’in

Muralist Francisco Letelier travels to the West Bank to help a Palestinian community confront the Occupation with art.

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14 May, 2021 • Todd Miller

We Are All at the Border Now

Roving reporter Todd Miller, who has published four books exploring the world and its borders, questions the philosophy of walls.

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14 May, 2021 • Sholeh Wolpé

The World Grows Blackthorn Walls

A new poem by Sholeh Wolpé from the forthcoming collection, Abacus of Loss, University of Arkansas Press 2022.

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14 May, 2021 • Aida Y. Haddad

A Home Across the Azure Sea

We accompany a family fleeing civil war for safe harbor, in a short story by Aida Y. Haddad.

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14 May, 2021 • Fadi Kattan

Maqloubeh Behind the Wall in Bethlehem

Chef Fadi Kattan, fed up with walls, Covid and strife with Israel, shares a classic Palestinian recipe.

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14 May, 2021 • Tom Young

Reviving Hammam Al Jadeed

Artist Tom Young who divides his time between Beirut and London, paints in Hammam Al Jadid during its revival after 70 years.

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