Fatima was denied even the dignity of death, though it circled close, its breath thick with the dust of earth. She was abducted by ISIS fighters at the age of nine, before she had even fully grown into her childhood. Her thin, fragile body that looked like a bamboo reed was taken to Syria. “The first Daeshi who bought me told me he paid $500 for me,” says Fatima, a...
Some of these women have spent more than a decade in the camp. It’s where they grew up and where they went to school. This life has shaped how they see the world - and how they see themselves. Others have forgotten who they once were, before they were transformed into creatures that slowly decay in their nylon tents. Some escaped death to shelter in tents that could go up...
We constantly ask ourselves: Are we being useful? Are we having any impact, even slightly? Have we done everything we could?
Israel’s assaults on Iran are attacks from an actively genocidal nuclear state on an already oppressed people. We must oppose US involvement and calls for craven acquiescence.
“Smuggling drugs is easier than smuggling a poem or article out of prison.”
In this folder, we attempt to trace how culture interacts with the shrinking political sphere, avoiding generalizations or seeking necessarily "inspiring" models. Some texts illuminate how culture can create alternative...
In a fateful moment overseen by family elders and tribal sheikhs, two young men (17 and 18 years old) decided to surrender themselves to Egyptian authorities in a bid to...
People returning to places like Fallujah or Gaza work hard to rebuild their homes, clearing debris and doing rapid construction, forced to expose themselves to harmful materials that enter their...
