By Ben Bennett

Informed by her architectural training and her Sudanese heritage, Elnayal’s art envisions a different, personal kind of futurism in Sudan. And at Studio Black, she doesn’t just imagine what a better future for designers might be, she creates it. 

By Elissa Odeh

What began as background music for diners soon evolved into Barakka, a multicultural band that fuses Turkish folk, Anatolian rock, Middle Eastern classics and Western instrumentation.

By Lauren Abunassar

The insistence on storytelling as testimony of survival, and of survival as a defiant act, is a vibrant throughline in much of Chahwan’s work.

By Ragad Ahmad

For Palestinian-Americans in Philadelphia, this summer's FIFA Club World Cup offered a glimpse of what the sports world could look like as Lincoln Financial Field was transformed into an unexpected space for cultural celebration and political solidarity.

By Elissa Odeh

“Aside from just trying to survive, you’re also dealing with culture shock, the expectations of living in America, language barriers and isolation. All of it only delays the healing process.”

By Lauren Abunassar

According to Sanaz Yaghmai, many of the Iranian-Americans she works with now also feel disillusioned and hesitant to speak out. She wonders whether Iranian suffering can ever be given the space to exist on its own, separate from a broader context.