RAQÍA
An excerpt of a zine by Mika Benesh about his grandfather Shlomo's memories of his childhood in Baghdad - discussing what he remembers and why his Jewish family left.
Shalem / שלם
Three calendars hang in our kitchen: / One begins in spring, one in fall / One in winter. The start and halt / Of a well-used car. A sundial / Someone keeps moving. Summer begins / In my Papa Joon’s memoir.
Screenprint Series 01
Some photographs are easily dateable based off simple clothing, orientation, and film markers. But among these lurk photographs that, when taken out of context, seem to possess an ambiguous sense of timelessness and nostalgia. By experimenting with different combinations of ink color, image scale, and resolution in the screenprints I make, I am hoping to bring new life, perspective, and accessibility to the past.
Aroos // Doomad
Mizrahi Dialects and the Persistence of Collective Cultural Memory
The Spaces in My Togetherness
Gol-e Man / گل من
“Gol” (flower in Farsi) and “aroosak” (doll) are sweet terms, meant to express adoration and affection. They are supposed to be endearing, to show how wonderfully delicate someone is. Then why do they make me feel like a noun, an object, a thing to be looked at?