2012.01.28

My visit to Afghanistan was one of the most meaningful in my life. The subject I was there to cover [...]
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I never miss an opportunity to write about Los Angeles, my hometown. And so I was particularly thrilled when I [...]
Read More2011.12.09

I had a chance to visit the South Korean city of Gwangju last year for the city’s biennale (10,000 Lives [...]
Read More2011.10.18

I am in Paris getting ready to speak at a conference called the Girls 20 Summit (www.girlsandwomen.com). I have been [...]
Read More2011.09.29

I traveled to Istanbul in honor of the openings of the Istanbul Biennial and Art Beat, a new art fair [...]
Read More2011.08.22

During one of my recent visits to Morocco, I headed south to Ouarzazate to see what life was like in [...]
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I had a chance to have lunch with Saad Mohseni (CEO of the Moby Group) in Dubai en route to [...]
Read More2011.07.06

Words for Change concluded it’s most recent round this June in Casablanca and Fes. It was a wonderful trip. Those [...]
Read More2011.06.27

Having worked in Casablanca, Morocco for several years now, it was exceptionally interesting to be here in the midst of [...]
Read More2011.06.08

A fun trip to the uptown Park Avenue restaurant for a new installation from Creative Time was how this article [...]
Read More2011.05.05

My trip to Haiti this year was one of the most interesting of my career. I was so struck with [...]
Read More2011.03.27

I have been working in Morocco for the past three years. It has been some of the most rewarding work [...]
Read More2011.03.25

Mary Angela Schroth is truly one of the most ambitious people I have ever encountered. Her passion for the arts [...]
Read More2011.03.22

It is the first time I have been back to see Art Dubai since 2009. Under the helm of Antonia [...]
Read More2011.02.27

On a recent trip to Los Angeles I had a chance to meet with Linda Komaroff, PhD, curator of the [...]
Read More2011.02.18

My Syrian great grandparents came straight from Aleppo to the Lower East Side–after, of course, the authorities on Ellis Island [...]
Read More2010.12.26

As a long time fan of Mexico City, with even some family members from Syria who have lived in the [...]
Read More2010.12.21

Marc Newson’s first stab at maritime design–the ‘Aquariva’ boat–elicits a satisfying nod to all the adjectives the London-based designer uses [...]
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