Conflict Zones

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  Op-Ed

  The Veteran Artist: Caught Between Creativity and Therapy

  November 4, 2013 - 

  BR McDonald, founder of the Veteran Artist Program, asserts that veterans can and often do work through trauma with art, but they also innovate and communicate their unique experiences without therapeutic purposes in mind.  More

  By BR McDonald

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  Feature

  An Ongoing Exodus: Syrian Kurds Flee to Northern Iraq

  October 21, 2013 - 

  As over two million Syrians seek refuge in neighboring countries, photographer Lynsey Addario focuses her camera on the tens of thousands of Syrian Kurds who have crossed into Iraqi Kurdistan since a border was reopened in August.  More

  By Lynsey Addario

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  Op-Ed

  Afghanistan: Parable of the Garden

  October 7, 2013 - 

  As Afghanistan prepares for the 2014 withdrawal of most American troops, and potential economic collapse, Mariam Ghani reveals the layers of history that the divided nation’s citizens will need to sift through in the coming moment of self-determination.  More

  By Mariam Ghani

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  Feature

  Palestine: Cartography of an Occupation

  September 16, 2013 - 

  Artist-activist collective MTL’s clickable collages connect disparate aspects of Palestine’s geographical and political landscape, offering provocative insight into “how Palestinians suffer and struggle in ways that are parallel to those elsewhere” according to philosopher Michael Hardt.  More

  By MTL and Michael Hardt

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  Op-Ed

  The Slow, Sure Death of Palestine

  September 3, 2013 - 

  As the United States presides over peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian officials, artist-activist collective MTL crafts a searing portrait of life in the occupied West Bank from on-the-ground testimony and photos of a militarized landscape.  More

  By MTL