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17 January, 2025 • Yasmeen Hanoosh, Huda Fakhreddine

Huda Fakhreddine & Yasmeen Hanoosh: Translating Arabic & Gaza

A conversation in which two Arabic to English translators and scholars consider language and Gaza with respect to the west's racism and indifference.

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1 November, 2024 • Manal Mahamid

The Palestinian Gazelle

Artist Manal Mahamid shares the evolution of her exhibition, The Palestinian Gazelle, reflecting on the paradox of colonialism.

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24 May, 2024 • Fari Bradley

Our Review of transfeminisms

A major exhibition at Mimosa House aims to address pressing and unresolved issues faced by women, queer, and trans people across the world.

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3 December, 2023 • Naima Morelli

Demolition and Recreation in Benghazi: Interview with Sarri Elfaitouri

Sarri Elfaitouri on urbanism, social reforms, and the legacy of colonialism in Libya after the March 2023 demolition of the city's center.

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23 October, 2023 • Arie Amaya-Akkermans

The Archaeology of War

All the pasts of war are still contemporary, and continue shaping the present, killing its denizens, and erasing their memories.

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14 August, 2023 • Chas Freeman, Jr.

The Middle East is Once Again West Asia

Ambassador Chas Freeman on the dynamism of West Asia and the west's failing geopolitical grip on "the greater Middle East."

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17 July, 2023 • Anis Shivani

The Failure of Postcolonial Modernity in Siddhartha Deb’s Light

Anis Shivani finds that Siddhartha Deb's "outright denial of human agency sets him apart from even the most dire modernists."

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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 October, 2022 • Salma Ahmad Caller

The Postcard Women’s Imaginarium: Decolonizing the Western Gaze

Salma Ahmad Caller reflects on curating a unique museum-quality exhibition of postcards and objects orientalizing women

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15 September, 2022 • Viola Shafik

My Berlin Triptych: On Museums and Restitution

Filmmaker and historian Viola Shafik muses on German art, colonialism and restitution in Berlin.

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