Photo by Mistervlad / Stock.adobe.comAn Argentine in Stockholm marvels over the Swedish language and Sweden’s culture.
The first time I ever heard Swedish spoken was on a visit to Stockholm. I was in…
Culture
Photo of the village of Oia by Baret MagarianThough Santorini is a place where the sensory gets top billing, it’s an island of sweeping contrasts. After an extended stay, Baret Magarian explores its h…
Photo of fry bread courtesy of the authorDesperately wanting to find a space to further her relationship with Native American food culture, a writer travels to Tahlequah, Oklahoma, thinking it might h…
Photo by Sergi Reboredo / Alamy Stock PhotoEscaping the Khmer Rouge, Chantha Nguon’s family moved to Saigon, where they lived as refugees. There, restoring flavor to the drab palate of their lives fel…
Photo of Edel Rodriguez by Mecky CreusIn Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey (Metropolitan, 2023), acclaimed artist Edel Rodriguez illustrates a story of displacement, longing, and artistic aw…
Maysaloun Faraj, The Orange, 2002.Four artists of Iraqi descent are achieving global recognition for their paintings and handbag design. Both proud of their culture of origin and open to reso…
In this remembrance with a recipe, a writer in California traces her inclination for growing back through her father and his father, a retired baker and confectioner from Syria. The San Francisco Bay…
Italo Lanfredini, Piroghe-Mari (2019–21), 55 x 440 x 82cm, no. 2, pieces of poplar, gilding, shavings, and 56 poetic cards, Villa Medici del Vascello, San Giovanni in Croce, Italy / Courtesy of the ar…
At certain times of day, around summer, there are peculiar, soft bursts of sunlight that beam through the leaves of fig and plane trees on the coast of the Sea of Marmara. Its rays fall gently over th…
An ancient Babylonian recipe for cooking turnips survived in one of the three cuneiform tablets dating from around 1700 BC. THIS IS A SUBSTANTIAL DISH of a creamy vegetable s…
Rawan Anani / Courtesy of the artist A Palestinian-American writer reflects on pieces of Palestinian culture—embroidery, food, dance, a cartoon character—and how they help restore to her a deep a…
No portrait of Palestine is complete without an understanding of its cuisine. Here, British Palestinian chef Joudie Kalla introduces two classic dishes. Mussakhan – Auntie Lamia’s…
Still from Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Lilies Films / Arte / Hold Up Films, 2019) What to make of the arrival of an LGBT period drama from the time of Louis XV into the twenty-first cent…
Giannina Braschi, sitting in the Flying Carpet Armchair (1972) by Ettore Sottsass at R&Company in New York City in 2019. The avant-garde writings of Giannina Braschi are popping up i…
