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Newsday on America to Zanzibar

Here is a Newsday article on the exhibit America to Zanzibar: Muslim Cultures Near and Far, at The Children’s Museum of Manhattan, for which I was the lead academic advisor. It’s a good chance to shout out my friends from high school. “Our goal is to have children deal with differences in a healthy, positive way and encourage them to be inquisitive while exploring the world instead of running away from its differences,” Rashid said, an experience not so different from his years growing up in Elmont.  

Cairo and Beyond: Looking for Independent and Grassroots comics in the Middle East Region

Large scale comic productions such as The 99 have important potential for mainstream and world-wide distribution. However, as a fan of independent and community media, I find it particularly inspiring to see that grassroots work is also flourishing in the Middle East, particularly in this moment in the regions history. [From Cairo and Beyond: Looking for Independent and Grassroots comics in the Middle East Region]

Iranian Comic-Book Artists Seek a Unique, Local Identity – NYTimes.com

Iranian Comic-Book Artists Seek a Unique, Local Identity – NYTimes.com. Many young Iranian artists admit to a passion for comic books from the United States and Europe. They can be purchased in Tehran, though they are expensive and often covered with the censors’ black ink. But local artists say they are trying to stamp their work with an Iranian identity.

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