Approaching the 20th anniversary of the attacks, the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center faces a reckoning.
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How Watermelon Became a Symbol of Palestinian Resistance
A new tradition is emerging online, uniting Palestinians worldwide and drawing influence from the 20th-century motif.
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Welcome Back, William Gibson
In Agency, Gibson’s unequaled sequel to The Peripheral (2014), characters return from the future, virtually and with a vengeance.
Posted inOpinion
Why Visiting a Museum Is Like Seeing My Friends in Jail
The development office thinks I love this museum. But no, I come to see the objects, just like I visit my friends.
Posted inOpinion
A Meme Returns, Crying for Justice in Syria
In the wake of Russian and regime-led airstrikes on the already abused Syrian city of Aleppo, I saw it again: the raised hand, a meme I had been obsessed by during the first street protests of spring 2011.
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The Raw DIY Documentaries Transforming Journalism
Jake Hanrahan of Popular Front is part of a new wave of war reporters making their own documentaries and podcasts to offer us a candid look at conflicts around the world.
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Artists and Poets Look at Homelands from a Distance
The Far Shore: Navigating Homelands at the Arab American National Museum amplifies individual immigrant voices, presenting them as fully human rather than as statistical abstractions.
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Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme Create a Poetic, Web-based Space for Mourning
Postscript exudes a rare ease of accessibility, permitting viewers to linger and acknowledge the nuances of grief.
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Let Them Eat Heritage
The rush to restore cultural monuments in Iraq and Syria has papered over the failure to rebuild houses, infrastructure, and people’s lives.
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An Expansive View of Asian Identity at the Asia Society Triennial
Though it occasionally stumbles, the first iteration of We Do Not Dream Alone signals a promising commitment to prolonged investment in art from the Asian diaspora in New York.
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Stark and Moving Illustrations of Refugee Journeys
Journeys Drawn: Illustration from the Refugee Crisis tells the stories of some of the estimated 68.5 million people who have been forcibly displaced worldwide.
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Giving Form to the Stories of Syrian Refugee Children
“I want to take the stories that children really do want many people to hear, and become almost a vehicle that helps these stories be more accessible,” says artist Essma Imady.
