by snicoll2027 | Jun 6, 2024 | Stories, Stories (2024)
Argo is an American biographical historical drama thriller film directed, produced by, and starring Ben Affleck released in 2012. The movie is about the Iranian hostage crisis that occurred in 1979. It focuses on the six escapees and the...
by vxie2026 | Jun 5, 2024 | Stories (2024)
In the poem Refugee Blues by W.H. Auden, the author writes about his experience as a German Jew who has fled from Germany in search of a new home. He discusses antisemitism and the refugee experience. When Auden “Walked through a wood, saw birds in the trees / They...
by edavidkhanian2025 | Jun 5, 2024 | Stories (2024), Uncategorized
The 2022 film, “The Swimmers”, depicts two Syrian sisters, and their journey as they flee their war-torn home in Damascus, in hopes of seeking asylum in Europe. All while enduring this journey, youngest sister, Yusra Mardini, remains dedicated to her...
by hdiao2026 | Jun 5, 2024 | Stories (2024)
In my group, we analyzed the poem “Mediterranean Blue” by Naomi Shihab Nye (2019). The author is an Arab-American, and the poem responds to the refugee migrant crisis (of people from the Middle East to Europe). The poem addresses the reader as...
by pbremm2026 | Jun 5, 2024 | Stories (2024)
While driving and walking through Brighton Beach, it felt like we were not in the US anymore. Every store was Russian, with not only Russian products, but there were also people who really only spoke in Russian. The writing on almost all of the stores was in Russian...
by sdavidkhanian2027 | Jun 5, 2024 | Stories (2024)
During our trip to Chinatown, we saw many beautiful murals along the streets. We soon learned that these were all painted under the Chinatown Mural Project, which aimed to help Chinatown during the COVID-19 pandemic, a time when many Chinese businesses closed. This...
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