Writing

Whether writing about her mixed Palestinian-Jewish family that was brought closer by war, the Southeast Asian migrant workers who live in the shadow of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the swimming holes far from the Dominican Republic’s famed beach resorts, or the democratization of the G-string, Mya’s work revolves around considering the unconsidered. By making the familiar strange and the strange familiar, Mya nudges the frame through which readers see the world a little to the side.

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Who Gets to Wear G-Strings Now?

Codi Maher noticed that bikini bottoms were shrinking a few years ago. “First it was cheeky cut, then Brazilian,” said Ms. Maher, a 30-year-old real…

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Israelis Fear Their Democracy Is Crumbling — and the U.S. Isn’t Coming to Help

As Shabbat comes to a close and Tel Aviv stirs back to life, protesters begin to gather on HaBima Square. At a nearby cafe, I…

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I’m Israeli, my ex-husband is Palestinian – and our union has never been stronger

It’s a Monday afternoon – just two weeks since 7 October – and I’m floating somewhere outside myself as I teach my weekly multimedia class…

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