Karima Qias was seventeen years old when her family arrived at the Moria refugee camp, on Lesvos Island, Greece. She knew immediately that they had to get out to survive, and this is how they did it.
Protecting the forest is a responsibility that is not only of the Indigenous peoples, not only of the Huni Kui people. Protecting the forest, protecting biodiversity, is a responsibility of all of humanity.
The 15th piece in the Polity of Literature series tells, in video, the story of Muhammed, a deaf, mute boy who experienced the Syrian war.
In this addendum to the 14th piece in the Polity of Literature series documents a lived, embodied experience of a polity of literature in refugee camps in Greece.
The 14th piece in the Polity of Literature series shares examples of zine-making in refugee camps in Uganda and Greece, and by exiled Bangladeshi and Iranian writers in Scandinavia.
The 11th piece in the Polity of Literature series looks at the various rules set by courts and immigration authorities, from the perspectives of artists working to critique those systems.
This addendum to the 10th piece in the Polity of Literature series describes the unique challenges of queer asylum seekers facing adjudicators skeptical of their credibility.
The 10th piece in the Polity of Literature series studies the encounter of the asylum seeker with the host nation, and the processes that determine the refugee’s legal fate.
The 9th piece in the Polity of Literature series reports on the power of writing to heal human bonds ravaged by the inhumane conditions of asylum detention.
The 8th piece in the Polity of Literature series surveys a collection of prison books—from the ancient Greeks to Civil Rights leaders and the incarcerated refugees of today.
A journalist offers insight on the COVID-19 response in Africa, while struggling to explain social distancing to her young daughter.
In the spring of 2020, as the Covid-19 pandemic swept across the planet, refugees and humanitarian aid workers raised alarms that if the virus spread to the camps it would wreak devastating consequences on one of the world’s most vulnerable populations.