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A ‘Cazuela’ for young audiovisuals in Cuba
A ‘Cazuela’ for young audiovisuals in Cuba
Getting used to a career change
Getting used to a career change

Writer Leen Khoury reflects on her experience navigating career change in and around Jordan.

A Fatal Tradition
A Fatal Tradition

Gun shootings at weddings and funerals in Lebanon persist despite claiming lives

Times of women vs. times of the pandemic
Times of women vs. times of the pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated pre-existing inequality, and women face the devastating consequences

University of Massachusetts Amherst students reacts to the remote fall semester
University of Massachusetts Amherst students reacts to the remote fall semester
The Phoenix that rises
The Phoenix that rises

The American University of Beirut navigates a year of chaos and uncertainty

Pedophilia and its Influence on Body Hair Removal
Pedophilia and its Influence on Body Hair Removal
Reactions to the 2020 U.S. Election
Reactions to the 2020 U.S. Election

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“Is there no context for our lives? No song, no literature, no poem full of vitamins, no history connected to experience that you can pass along to help us start strong? […] Make up a story. Narrative is radical, creating us at the very moment it is being created. We will not blame you if your reach exceeds your grasp; if love so ignites your words they go down in flames and nothing is left but their scald. Or if, with the reticence of a surgeon's hands, your words suture only the places where blood might flow.

"We know you can never do it properly - once and for all. Passion is never enough; neither is skill. But try. For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief’s wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear's caul. You, old woman, blessed with blindness, can speak the language that tells us what only language can: how to see without pictures. Language alone protects us from the scariness of things with no names. Language alone is meditation.”

— Toni Morrison

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