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We were made for these times
(2020-06-09)
An immigrant from ex-Yugoslavia compares her experience of the 1999 NATO bombing of her home country with the experience of living in COVID19 times and invites the readers to connect to their own ancestors and ancestral ...
Expat Life Under Quarantine: Reflections of a Reluctant Cook
(2020-06-06)
This is a reflection on home cooking, and how it intersects with gender, class, education.
Mourning our Collective Space: Reimagining our Community on the Screen
(2020-06-08)
This essay discusses how the Interrupting Privilege program created by the Center for Communication, Difference, and Equity has been forced to change and adapt in the age of social distancing.
Corona on Two Continents: Same and Different
(2020-06-05)
I compare my situation during lockdown with that of a young Afghan named Morteza, who has been living in a refugee camp in northern Greece since 2016.
How do you spend your time in the quarantine?
(2020-06-06)
Walking around a variety of landscapes and contemplating about loneliness and life during the quarantine.
Single, Black and Alone: Thoughts about Sheltering in a Place that Does Not Feel Like Home
(2020-05-30)
Essay about emotions you might feel if you are single and have to shelter in a place where you live, but do not consider to be home.
You have one-minute remaining:” What my parents have taught me about distance, loss, and uncertainty
(2020-05-30)
In this piece, I reflect on how the novel coronavirus has resurfaced conversations around trauma and response to disaster in my family. As the child of refugees, this moment has made clearer how my parents have responded ...
La Frontera de COVID-19
(2020-05-30)
In this essay, I discuss the various fronteras (borders) caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and discuss how it has affected my hometown of El Paso, Texas.
The Long Walk Home: The Covid-19 Triggered Migration of India’s Migrant Workers From The Cities To Their Homes
(2020-05-30)
The Long Walk Home: The Covid-19 Triggered Migration of India’s Migrant Workers From The Cities To Their Homes
Helplessness
(2020-05-30)
A poem about the use of social media during the quarantine and how we can find hope in the matter.