The Limits of Witness
What a surgeon’s 1989 memoir tells us about working in Gaza and Lebanon
Commons People
Making radical ideas a reality
Yuri Kochiyama
an American civil rights activist
Building the Moroccan Court
In 2011, The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened the New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia, which house the Museum's…
Traditional Syrian Home in Damascus
🏡 What You’ll See in This Video: ✅ A traditional courtyard home with classic Syrian design ✅ Beautiful mosaic tiles, wooden ceilings, and historic charm ✅ The cultural significance of…
Frieda Belinfante
When the Nazis invaded the Netherlands in 1940, 36-year-old conductor Frieda Belinfante disbanded her orchestra and dedicated herself to helping others. She forged IDs to save Jews from deportation and…
Written in the Waters
Tara Roberts
Carnival Collection
Tulane university library catalog
The Woman’s Building
Los Angeles
The Brutalists
A film about a struggling architect, a style the world loves to hate—The Brutalist and Brutalism itself share more than just a name. Is it bold vision or concrete failure?