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SUMMARY:TMR Conversations: Anna Lekas Miller on "Love Across Borders" with Lina Mounzer
DESCRIPTION:RSVP here \nWhen Anna Lekas Miller met and fell in love with Salem Rizk in Istanbul\, she had no idea that the obstacles they would have to overcome in order to build a life together would include a Muslim Ban and the UK Home Office. The fellow journalists were both in Istanbul covering the fallout from the Syrian war and the ISIS occupation. But when a deportation order for Rizk was issued\, the couple was forced to contend with all the heretofore invisible structural inequalities between them\, a result of the lopsided choices afforded to them by their respective passports (American; Syrian). \nLekas Miller’s book\, Love Across Borders\, is at once a recounting of the couple’s efforts to find a place that would allow both of them to settle down long-term without fear of deportation\, as well as an overview of the borders and laws that have come to shape love stories such as theirs. On the way\, she speaks to a number of other couples—in the US\, Europe\, and Lebanon—about their struggles (some truly harrowing) to build a life together in a world where your worth as a human being is often assessed in relation to your passport. \nFor TMR’s February issue\, appropriately entitled LSD (for Love\, Sex\, Desire)\, Anna Lekas Miller will be in discussion with writer and TMR Senior Editor Lina Mounzer. The discussion\, much to Lekas Miller’s chagrin\, is scheduled for February 15 – as close to Valentine’s Day as possible without foiling anyone’s plans for the big day. \n“Honestly\, I hate Valentine’s Day\,” she confided\, “but because of this book I’m forever associated with it\, for better or for worse.” \nThis led to a brainwave on Mounzer’s behalf\, who will be steering the discussion through the book and the process of writing it\, but will also put Lekas Miller in the hot seat with a series of fun and racy questions about all things love and romance. Audience members are also invited to ask questions pertaining to both facets of the book\, which is at once a serious political manifesto and a series of heart-pounding romantic tales. And given that it’s around Valentine’s Day\, if someone is looking for romantic advice\, perhaps the discussants might also be persuaded to weigh in…Join us on February 15\, 2024 at 5:30pm CET/ 4:30pm UK/ 11:30am EST. \nRSVP here \n_______________________________________________________________________________________________________ \nAbout the speakers \nAnna Lekas Miller is a writer and journalist who covers stories of the ways that conflict and migration shape the lives of people around the world. She has reported from Palestine\, Lebanon\, Turkey\, and Iraq\, covering the Israeli occupation\, the Syrian civil war and exodus to Europe\, and the rise and fall of the Islamic State. Since moving to London\, she has turned her attention to the rise of the far right in Europe and the United States\, investigating immigration systems\, white supremacist ideology\, and the ways that people are standing up to them. She is most interested in stories of love and healing in an unpredictable and unstable world. Her journalism and essays have appeared in Vanity Fair\, the Intercept\, CNN\, the New Humanitarian\, The Markaz Review and New Lines. \nLina Mounzer is a Lebanese writer and translator. She has been a regular contributor to the New York Times and her work has appeared in the Paris Review\, Freeman’s\, Washington Post\, and The Baffler\, as well as in the anthologies Tales of Two Planets (Penguin 2020)\, and Best American Essays 2022 (Harper Collins 2022). She is a senior editor at The Markaz Review. \n_______________________________________________________________________________________________________ \nThis online event is open to all and free to the public; donations are welcome to support The Markaz Review. \nRSVP here
URL:https://themarkaz.org/oldmarkaz/tevent/tmr-conversations-anna-lekas-miller-on-love-across-borders-with-lina-mounzer/
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SUMMARY:TMR Conversations: Resistance in the Face of Annihilation
DESCRIPTION:RSVP here \nLayla Maghribi interviews Palestinian filmmakers Hind Shoufani and Saeed Taji Farouky on activism and art in Palestinian filmmaking today\, and on the role of Palestinian artists in the resistance movement\, as well as how to push back against anti-Arab and Palestinian cancellation and censorship in today’s super-charged media landscape. \nLayla will interview Hind and Saeed live on February 22nd at 1pm EST/ 7pm CET/ 6pm UK. This online event is open to all and free to the public; donations are welcome to support The Markaz Review. \nRSVP here \n_______________________________________________________________________________________________________ \nAbout the speakers \nLayla Maghribi is a British Arab journalist\, currently based in the UK after several years in the Middle East working for international media outlets\, including Reuters and CNN International. Raised in England\, Layla has lived in Italy\, Syria\, Lebanon and the UAE\, and has a special interest in social issues affecting Arabic-speaking communities\, particularly in relation to culture\, immigration and mental health. She is a correspondent with The National News based in London. You can read more of her work here or on Twitter @layla_maghribi. \nHind Shoufani is has been a filmmaker\, writer and poet for the past 25 years. She recently won a BAFTA for the Oscar-nominated short film “The Present\,” and her latest documentary\, Heavy Metal\, premiered at the Tribeca Film\nFestival in 2023. Her first feature film Trip Along Exodus screened in over 30 countries. She is a Fulbright scholar from Jordan\, with an MFA in film from The Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. Hind has won awards for her personal and professional achievements\, helmed commercial projects for corporate and NGO clients\, and influenced the literary cultural scene in the SWANA region through events\, mentorship & publications. She has published creative essays\, prose and poetry in numerous international journals\, magazines and anthologies. \nSaeed Taji Farouky is a Palestinian-Egyptian-British filmmaker\, educator\, and curator. His documentary A Thousand Fires won the Marco Zucchi award for most innovative documentary in the Directors Fortnight of the 2021 Locarno Film Festival. A previous documentary Tell Spring Not to Come This Year premiered at the Berlinale 2015 and won the Audience Choice Panorama Award and the Amnesty Human Rights Award. He runs the Radical Film School in London\, a free film course for participants from backgrounds underrepresented in the film industry.  \nRSVP here
URL:https://themarkaz.org/oldmarkaz/tevent/tmr-conversations-resistance-in-the-face-of-annihilation/
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SUMMARY:TMR Book Club Discusses "Woman Life Freedom: Voices and Art from the Women’s Protest in Iran" with editor Malu Halasa
DESCRIPTION:RSVP here \nWe are on the one-year anniversary of the women’s freedom marches in Iran. \nJina Mahsa Amini’s death at the hands of Iran’s Morality Police on 16th of September\, 2022 sparked widespread protests across the country. Women took to the streets\, uncovering their hair\, burning headscarves and chanting “Woman Life Freedom’ — ‘Zan Zendegi Azadi” in Persian and “Jin Jîyan Azadî” in Kurdish — in mass demonstrations. An explosion of creative resistance followed as art and photography shared online went viral and people around the world saw what was really going on in Iran. \nWoman Life Freedom captures this historic moment in artwork and first-person accounts. This striking collection goes behind the scenes at forbidden fashion shows; records the sound of dissent in Iran where it is illegal for women to sing unaccompanied in public; and walks the streets of Tehran with ‘The Smarties’ — Gen Z women who colour and show their hair in defiance of the authorities\, despite the potentially devastating consequences. Extolling the power of art\, writing and body politics — both female and queer — this collection is a universal rallying call and a celebration of the women the regime has tried and failed to silence. \nPublished by Saqi Books\, London. We meet the editor\, Malu Halasa\, to talk about the book online\, on Sunday\, Feb. 25 at 1 pm Eastern/19:00 CET. \nRSVP here
URL:https://themarkaz.org/oldmarkaz/tevent/tmr-book-club-discusses-woman-life-freedom-voices-and-art-from-the-womens-protest-in-iran-with-editor-malu-halasa/
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