'Hakim's Odyssey: Book 1 - From Syria to Turkey' by Fabien Toulme is a wonderful, humane, retelling of one man's story capturing the plight of all refugees.
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Movie Review: ‘Atlantics’ at the 57th New York Film Festival
A terrific film in all respects, Mati Diop’s 'Atlantics' is a hybrid mystery, horror, and magical realism love story that won the Grand Prix at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.
Read More »Asylum-Seeking Refugee Children Placed in Camps, Lady Liberty Weeps
My mother came to this country at the age of six, braving a long steerage boat trip by herself to find the “Goldene Medina.” Her parents had come before her, and landing at Ellis Island, she came through the golden door of the country to find her way. An unaccompanied …
Read More »SXSW 2018 Exclusive Interview: Filmmaker Jason Outenreath on His Immigration Documentary ‘They Live Here, Now’
The human rights filmmaker discusses his new feature-length documentary/narrative hybrid.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story’
This wondrous musical show from Canada defies genre, yet sweeps you up in the tale of two Jewish refugees who more than a century ago made a new home in a new world.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Upheaval: The Refugee Trek Through Europe’ by Navid Kermani
In 'Upheaval: The Refugee Trek Through Europe' Navid Kermani shines a light in the dark spaces of our current world and exposes the dirty and shameful way we treat our fellow human beings.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘A Man of Good Hope’
In one of the show's most emblematic moments, Asad's friends recoil when he sticks to his principles and accepts a cup of tea from a woman of what they see as an inferior clan. This operatic true tale from South Africa of a Somali refugee's harrowing journey of survival resonates ringingly in today's Europe and America.
Read More »A Holiday Gift for Hungry Children
What a holiday gift to the world's children it would be to give them school meals for the year.
Read More »Human Flood from the Third World: Is there a Solution?
The dilemma for developed world, and particularly for Western Europe, is profound, and could shutter its moral foundation.
Read More »Interview with Helga Stipa Madland, Author of ‘You’re Not From Around Here, Are You? Reminiscences’
I am aware that not much has been written in English about the period immediately after World War II in Germany. I hope this book will fill a little bit of that lacuna.
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