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Million Shillings – Escape from Somalia was featured in VICE Video

Alixandra Fazzina (@alixandrafazzinanoor) tells us about her series A Million Shillings – Escape from Somalia for a new series on @vice & @vicevideo. In it she recalls the harrowing details of the stories behind her photographs; from meeting the smugglers, witnessing executions, and capturing the many lives lost. She titled her work A Million Shillings because a million Somali shillings, about the equivalent of $50, is the price paid by emigrants, or tahrib, risking their lives to embark with smugglers on a perilous voyage across the Gulf of Aden in the search of a better life.

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Jon Lowenstein featured on Channel 4 News

We’ve been speaking to one African-American man about the very ordinary, everyday racist attack he faced.

Vauhxx Booker, a young black activist in rural Indiana was assaulted and threatened with a lynching – the age-old means of terrorising black people – when he went for a walk in the woods with his friends.

For the full story, watch here: channel4.com/news/black-activist-threatened-with-lynching-in-rural-indiana

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I exist: European stories of islamophobia

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I exist is a group exhibition of five NOOR authors. The narratives of I exist seek to perform a challenging task: amplify the voice of those often marginalised in the contemporary discussion of Islam and its role in Europe.

Bringing together the work of Nina BermanTanya HabjouqaOlga KravetsBénédicte Kurzen and Sebastián Liste, I exist shares the personal stories of Muslims in Spain, France, Belgium and Italy, hoping to live as citizens but othered in a hyper-visible and critical reality.

The exhibition will take place from the 4th of September to 10th of October, 2020 (Tuesday to Sunday from 12:00 to 21:00) at Melkweg Expo, Marnixstraat 409 1071PJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

To visit the exhibition, a free online reservation by email is required. Claim your reservation by sending an email to rsvp@melkweg.nl with your time of arrival and your name and mobile number. In addition, we kindly ask everyone above the age of 13 to wear a face mask in the exhibition space.