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Pulitzer Center • June 25, 2020

Theater: Giving Incarcerated Women the 'Tools to Save Their Own Lives'

Playwright Sarah Shourd and Rhodessa Jones, director of The Medea Project, tackle trauma, racism, mass incarceration, and the role of art to celebrate - and heal - the individual.
June 21, 2020

Introducing Banjaara

Banjaara ("Wanderer") is a multimedia project documenting the COVID-19 pandemic through poetry, photos, personal essays, and videos.
Image courtesy pixabay.com
freshnewstories • December 22, 2019

Rediscovering Reading, Writing, and Self

I have a love-hate relationship with writing. A literature festival refreshed my outlook and approach.
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ILoveQatar.net • July 18, 2019

A Brief History of Qatari Literature & 10 Writers You Need to Know

While poetry has been a traditional fixture in Qatar's literary landscape, other forms started developing after the discovery of oil in 1950. Here's that story: from past to present.
freshnewstories • December 15, 2018

The Sailing Canvas: Inside the world of Dhow Art

When it comes to dhows, most people associate them with either of two things: the past – pearl diving, or the present – cruises at the Corniche. However, the Red Bull Curates: Dhow Art transformed six tiny boats into six large works of art.
Image courtesy The Art Magazine.
Image courtesy The Art Magazine. 2016.
freshnewstories • September 10, 2018

When art & life intersect: Ai Weiwei’s ‘Laundromat’ against the migrant experience and identity

A look at Ai Weiwei's Laundromat and what it tells us about the history of migration, current politics and migrant identity.
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