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Where is the Palestinian National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art?

Where is the Palestinian National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art?

Nora Ounnas Leroy reviews the Palestine collection in MO.CO's "Museums in Exile" exhibition, in Montpellier through Feb. 5,...

12 DECEMBER 2022 • By Ani Zonneveld
Changing Colors — Reflections on The Last White Man

Changing Colors — Reflections on The Last White Man

Jordan Elgrably reads a book about white fear and racism and finds that colorism isn't our only problem.

15 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
Joumana Haddad’s The Book of Queens: a Review

Joumana Haddad’s The Book of Queens: a Review

Laila Halaby on the new novel from Lebanon's multilingual feminist poet and powerhouse.

18 APRIL 2022 • By Laila Halaby
Atia Shafee: Raw and Distant Memories

Atia Shafee: Raw and Distant Memories

Artist Atia Shafee hopes that her paintings will "resonate, trigger, and challenge, drawing the observer into the experience,"...

15 FEBRUARY 2022 • By Mike Booth
“Where Are You From?” Identity and the Spirit of Ethno-Futurism

“Where Are You From?” Identity and the Spirit of Ethno-Futurism

Writer and film executive Bavand Karim meditates on Iranian American identity and an alternative vision for self-realization in...

15 FEBRUARY 2022 • By Bavand Karim
Silver Stories from Artist Micaela Amateau Amato

Silver Stories from Artist Micaela Amateau Amato

Artist and writer Micaela Amateau Amato uses art and words to create unique ways of transmogrifying the world.

15 FEBRUARY 2022 • By Hisham Bustani
The Fabulous Omid Djalili on Good Times and the World

The Fabulous Omid Djalili on Good Times and the World

British Iranian actor, comedian and podcast host Omid Djalili opens up about comedy, racism and his beauty secrets...

15 DECEMBER 2021 • By Jordan Elgrably
“Tattoos,” an excerpt from Karima Ahdad’s Amazigh-Moroccan novel “Cactus Girls”

“Tattoos,” an excerpt from Karima Ahdad’s Amazigh-Moroccan novel “Cactus Girls”

In this excerpt from the Amazigh-Moroccan novel "Cactus Girls" by Karima Ahdad, a fierce small-town girl from the...

15 SEPTEMBER 2021 • By Monique El-Faizy
Gaza, You and Me

Gaza, You and Me

A Palestinian student in Gaza and a Palestinian doing post-doctoral work in the States compare their experience of...

14 JULY 2021 • By Abdallah Salha
Why WALLS?

Why WALLS?

"I would like to break the walls of ignorance between East and West." Walls and barriers are what...

14 MAY 2021 • By Jordan Elgrably
The Bathing Partition

The Bathing Partition

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

14 MAY 2021 • By Sheana Ochoa
Are Iranians—Restricted by the Trump Era Muslim-Country Ban—White?

Are Iranians—Restricted by the Trump Era Muslim-Country Ban—White?

Rebecca Allamey reviews "The Limits of Whiteness" by sociologist Neda Maghbouleh, who argues that a white American immigrant...

15 NOVEMBER 2020 • By Rebecca Allamey
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