As more Mediterranean restaurants draw in customers with the promise of live belly dance, belly dancers struggle to perform in a precarious and racialized gig work economy.

“‘I moved outside the city to be able to live more freely and experience the queer arts without vigilance.’”

“Lines of words, calligraphy, and blood-flow all mirror each other in the worlds that I straddle.”

What does it mean for a Palestinian to be indulgent and taking up so much space?

The museum recreates the experience of a colonial-era traveler seeing the SWANA region as a place stuck in time.

“We are looking for a candidate who says: ‘I see you and I hear you.’”