Events upcoming
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July 24, 2024 , 7:00 PM
[IN PERSON] IN PURSUIT OF LIGHT: BYE BYE TIBERIAS
Join us for a screening of Bye Bye Tiberias and a discussion with filmmakers Maryam Mir and Munir Atalla!
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July 25, 2024 , 7:00 PM
[IN PERSON] IN CELEBRATION OF I WILL GREET THE SUN AGAIN
Join us for a celebration of writer Khashayar J. Khabushani's I Will Greet the Sun Again in conversation with Niki Afsar!
Must Watch events videos
Our Existence is a Rebellion
Organized and curated by Sham-e-Ali Nayeem
In Celebration of Disorientation
With Elaine Hsieh Chou & Sabrina Imbler
Martial Law at 50: To Remember is to Resist
Curated by 2022 Open City Fellow Vina Orden
Remember To Return
A reading and fundraiser for Palestine
Events upcoming
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July 24, 2024 , 7:00 PM
[IN PERSON] IN PURSUIT OF LIGHT: BYE BYE TIBERIAS
Join us for a screening of Bye Bye Tiberias and a discussion with filmmakers Maryam Mir and Munir Atalla!
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July 25, 2024 , 7:00 PM
[IN PERSON] IN CELEBRATION OF I WILL GREET THE SUN AGAIN
Join us for a celebration of writer Khashayar J. Khabushani's I Will Greet the Sun Again in conversation with Niki Afsar!
Must Read
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before she could contemplate doing something for herself with her time
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لكن المنـفى ينبت مرة أخرى كالحشائـش البرية تحت ظلال الزيتـون | Exile sprouts anew, like untamed grass beneath the shade of olive trees
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With plans for a new jail in Chinatown underway, community trust in the police erodes.
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Once a Maoist dry-goods business, the store has become a hub for Asian American culture and community
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It’s no wonder / that so very few / survive / the experience of being / cast out / into the blinding light.
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Writers share the books they have turned to when imagining a world without without cages
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The layered histories of Black and Asian communities in the Queens neighborhood.