Local groups say it’s essential for people to participate even if they don’t see a racial/ethnic category on the form that fits them.
Tag: Iraq
Posted inMusic
Rahim AlHaj and Sahba Motallebi create music to heal the wounds of war
During the Iran-Iraq war, Baghdad-born oud master Rahim AlHaj was imprisoned and tortured by Saddam Hussein’s government for his political activism. He fled to Jordan and eventually found refuge in the U.S., settling in Albuquerque in 2000, and there he’s continued to preserve and develop the music of the oud—the pear-shaped, double-coursed string instrument at […]
Posted inFood & Drink
Assyrian Kitchen revives an ancient cuisine in modern Chicago
Atorina Zomaya wants to share her family recipes with everybody.
Posted inFilm
Vice, Adam McKay’s gonzo anti-biopic of Dick Cheney, earns our attention
The story itself is less revealing than the telling.
Posted inNews & Politics
Report from a Syrian refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan
An excerpt from the comics journalism collection Escaping Wars and Waves.
Posted inBlogs
Chicago Underground Film Festival at 25: A look back
As the 25th Chicago Underground Film Festival approaches, here are ten stand-out features from festivals past.
Posted inArts & Culture
Ghosts of War narrates more than it represents
This adaptation of an Iraq war memoir by a “GI Joe Schmoe” is strangely lifeless.
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Speaker Mike Madigan fires aide for alleged sexual harassment, and other Chicago news
Also, CPS alters plans to shut down three Englewood high schools over the summer.
Posted inFood & Drink
The foodways of Chicago’s new immigrants
Newcomers from five countries discuss the differences between eating here and in their homelands, where they dine out and shop for ingredients, what kinds of adaptations they’ve had to make, and which American foods they’re learning to love.
Posted inFood & Drink
These Armenian-Iraqi immigrants tried tacos for the first time in Chicago
“She likes them, I don’t.”
Posted inFood & Drink
Enemy Kitchen, a food truck and public art project, serves up hospitality in place of hostility
Michael Rakowitz’s family recipes are bringing Iraqis and Americans together for free meals in front of the Museum of Contemporary Art.
Posted inArts & Culture
Michael Rakowitz forges bonds over Baghdad at the MCA
A major survey of the Iraqi-American, Chicago-based artist finally arrives.
Posted inBlogs
Nowhere to Hide is the most essential documentary of the year
Zaradasht Ahmed’s eye-opening film takes viewers as close as possible into postoccupation Iraq.
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An Iraqi-American professor remembers his complicated midwestern youth
DePaul’s Laith Saud describes his American life during a seemingly endless war.
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Alderman Ameya Pawar promises to run on a progressive platform in 2018 Illinois gubernatorial race, and other news
Also, 15 percent of Eli’s Cheesecake employees are war refugees.