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Itto Outini
Feb 105 min read
My First Valentine's
Have you ever wondered how Valentine's Day is celebrated at a Moroccan school for the blind? Now's your chance to find out!


Mekiya Outini
Jan 245 min read
Thinking I Was Privileged Hurt Worse than Knowing I Was Poor
The concept of "privilege" is a blunt instrument. Let's rethink the word—and the reasons it's used.


Itto Outini
Nov 23, 20246 min read
Not Just an Aphorism: Hard Work Always Does Pay Off
Americans, please remember what you knew about hard work, not so very long ago.


Mekiya Outini
Nov 10, 20245 min read
So You Want to Change the World?
When they said, "Get involved," what did they mean?

Itto Outini
Oct 20, 20244 min read
Is He Racist? My Take on the Most Important Film of the Year
Just how racist is Matt Walsh, really?


Itto Outini
Sep 12, 20249 min read
Do We Really Have to Go with the Flow? – The Reality Behind Remittances
What are remittances, and where are they going?


Peppur Chambers
Jun 29, 20246 min read
Sins of Our Fathers
"When people are told no enough, and at the wrong times in their lives, they never recover. At least, some don't."


Mekiya Outini
May 26, 202410 min read
The Purpose of The System: An Education in Three Parts
We call it education. But what are we really doing?


Itto Outini
Mar 10, 20244 min read
To Be or Not to Be Is Not the Question: Why We Need the Meritocracy
Were you hired to do? Or to be?


The Outinis
Feb 25, 20245 min read
A Case for Brussels Sprouts
"Brussels sprouts sabji represents both our Indian AND our American sides. It is my mom, and it is also me."

Richard Vogel
Feb 11, 20245 min read
Do I Know You?: A Rant about Labels and the Conflicts They Feed
"Prejudice happens when we start to believe that we know each other simply because we know each other’s labels."


Mekiya Outini
Jan 21, 202411 min read
A Good Olfaction Romance: Noses, Telegraphs, Christian Virtue, and Uncanny Vice in Ella Cheever Thayer’s Wired Love
Noses remind us of all that the Puritans hoped to repress, which telegraphy promised to replace.


Abdelghafour ben Lahbib
Jan 14, 20246 min read
Beyond Barcodes: A Cultural Odyssey through the Market of Sidi Kacem
"Trips to the market at Sidi Kacem are more than errands. They’re the beats of an enormous heart whose pulse keeps me and my city alive."

Sarwa Azeez
Dec 31, 202313 min read
Double-Edged Tongues: The Limits of Language in a Border-Strewn World
"Language is a bridge, and the chasm that crosses it. It isolates and wounds, and it unites us in pursuit of healing."


The Outinis
Dec 10, 202322 min read
Mark Bookman: We Miss Knowing That You're There
We remember our late friend Mark Bookman, a historian, advocate, teacher, partner, mentor, and son.


Abdelghafour ben Lahbib
Dec 3, 20234 min read
The Amazigh Wedding: Time-Honored Traditions on the Path to Extinction
Against all odds, some traditional Amazigh wedding practices still endure.

Mekiya Outini
Nov 26, 20237 min read
The Anonymous Affliction: How to Name and Tame a Chronic Pain
John Koenig created the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows…but where is the Dictionary of Obscure Aches and Pains?

Peppur Chambers
Nov 19, 20234 min read
Waiting for Her Own Gust
After years of catering to others’ needs, writer, producer, and educator Peppur Chambers finds herself at center stage.

Sarwa Azeez
Nov 5, 20237 min read
Lost Treasures: Beauty, Repression, and Womanhood in Iraqi Kurdistan
Sarwa Azeez explores the connection between jewelry and clothing, bodily autonomy, and women's political freedom in Iraqi Kurdistan.


Abdelghafour ben Lahbib
Oct 8, 20235 min read
The Marks They Make: Traditional Tattooing Practices Among the Amazigh
Abdelghafour ben Lahbib charts the history and evolving significance of traditional tattooing practices among Morocco's indigenous Amazigh.
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