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An apprenticeship in observation
How I discovered writing inspiration in my familiar neighborhood during a pandemic
Home Alone During a Pandemic
In this essay I reflect about my experiences navigating the COVID-19 quarantine within the confines of my home, alone in a foreign land far away from my family.
Balcony Stories
When social distancing is a byword, apartment balconies serve as windows to the world.
Quarantining While Vulnerable: An Intersectional Perspective on Race, Health, and Faith During a Global Pandemic
While my intersectionality vacillates with this new normal, I refuse the old normal rife with various and layered iterations of systemic oppression as I vigilantly hope and pray for a new world where respect, humanity, ...
Body as Disease
COVID-19's spread has made my racially marked body the symbol of the disease.
An Iranian Narrative of COVID-19
Pandemics situation is very similar to life in Iran under a past war and the current sanctions.
Race-Making of COVID-19 in Early Mainstream Frames: The Production of the Epidemic(ed) Transnational Citizen
In adopting discourse tracing as method, this piece shares my initial insight on the reporting of the COVID-19 outbreak by mainstream press (Singapore).
Caught In-Between: Tokyo Terminal
This op-ed introduces how people, who stayed in Japan on short-term visa ended up living in one of the Tokyo international airports, as their flights back to Russia were cancelled and the help they received from local ...
Life on Cloud Nine: How Entertainment During Mass Quarantine in China Provides Potential Insight into the Future of Social Interactions
This opinion piece examines the new format of producing entertainment shows with zero physical contact in China as a result of mass quarantine due to COVID-19 and explores how it may transform our taken-for-granted social ...
Choir Quarantined – Beyond Music Technology and Community building
The quarantine silences our collective musical voice, but a bright world awaits us.