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Add A Little Lemon: The Food Blog Bringing Iraqi Cuisine Straight To Your Table

September 1, 2017 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on September 1, 2017. Iraqi cuisine is tremendously complex and varied. It reflects a culinary heritage that draws upon the influences of neighbors both

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Sedentary Fragmentation: Toward a Genealogy of Chicago’s Iranian Art Scene

August 22, 2017 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective. In 1951, a young Iranian man named Hannibal Alkhas moved from Tehran to Chicago, where he spent the next decade studying at the Art

Iraq Palestine Reporting

The Iraqi soldiers who sacrificed everything to defend Palestine in 1948

May 15, 2017 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on May 15, 2017. The main road north from the West Bank city of Nablus winds between rolling hills covered in olive groves, abandoned

Iraq Reporting

The Joys of Akitu, the Assyrian New Year

April 5, 2017 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on April 5, 2017. Assyrians around the world marked the festival of Akitu this week, a spring holiday that commemorates the beginning of the

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Yacoub Shaheen, the Assyrian singer from Palestine taking Arab Idol by storm

February 17, 2017 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on February 17, 2017. In just a few short months, Yacoub Shaheen has gone from a local singer in the West Bank town of

Iraq Reporting

Iraq’s Turkmen mobilise for a post-ISIL future

February 13, 2017 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Aljazeera on February 13, 2017. The minority group has long been divided along sectarian lines – but recent events could bring greater unity. When fighters from

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Welcome to the Beef Capital of India

November 20, 2016 by Alex Shams

In Hyderabad, a cosmopolitan culinary culture fights back against the Hindu nationalist current sweeping the nation. A dish of tallava gosht slow frying in peanut oil on a cast-iron tava

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The Arab heart of Mexico City

November 15, 2016 by Alex Shams

Originally published on Middle East Eye on November 15, 2016. Arab immigrants have become a normal part of everyday life, but in many ways they remain a community apart A

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“Obama Built the Structures for Trump”: A Terrifying Legacy of Mass Deportation

October 16, 2016 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Truthout on October 16, 2016. Jose Juan Moreno sits in the room at the University Church on Chicago’s Southside where he has sought sanctuary from Immigration and

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Iran Hits the Beach

September 13, 2016 by Alex Shams

Tourism is booming, and millions of Iranians are re-discovering the seductions of their northern Caspian Sea coast.

Add A Little Lemon: The Food Blog Bringing Iraqi Cuisine Straight To Your Table

Sedentary Fragmentation: Toward a Genealogy of Chicago’s Iranian Art Scene

The Iraqi soldiers who sacrificed everything to defend Palestine in 1948

The Joys of Akitu, the Assyrian New Year

Yacoub Shaheen, the Assyrian singer from Palestine taking Arab Idol by storm

Iraq’s Turkmen mobilise for a post-ISIL future

Welcome to the Beef Capital of India

The Arab heart of Mexico City

“Obama Built the Structures for Trump”: A Terrifying Legacy of Mass Deportation

Iran Hits the Beach

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