The Markaz Review May 24, 2021 I was a French Muslim, Memories of an Algerian Freedom Fighter, by Mokhtar Mokhtefi Translated by Elaine Mokhtefi Other…
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Leave a CommentAn Armenian and An Armenian
Published April 25, 2021 by Mischa Geracoulis
TMR WeeklyColumn Armenian Eyes Mischa Geracoulis Though it had been on my reading list for years, I’d held off entering into Aram Saroyan’s Last Rites:…
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Leave a CommentGatekeepers of Truth: A filmmaker, a guitarist, their friendship and her run for governor
Published April 25, 2021 by Mischa Geracoulis
by Mischa Geracoulis Apr 21, 2021 Sometimes, artistic testimony gives greater pause for reflection than in-your-face dramatics. Case in point: The Man Behind the White Guitar.…
Leave a CommentThe Revolution Sees its Shadow: 10 Years Later
Published February 15, 2021 by Mischa Geracoulis
From Zahra to Yasmin, from the Islamic Revolution to the Green Movement and the Arab awakenings, Spring is inextinguishable Just as Punxsutawney Phil saw his…
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Leave a CommentInterview with Barbara McVeigh of CMCM TV on President Carter’s 96th Birthday
Published October 3, 2020 by Mischa Geracoulis
Racialization and the US Census in Trump Era
Published April 30, 2017 by Mischa Geracoulis
Despite broad consensus that previously long-held beliefs about race that emerged from social, economic and political agendas rather than anthropological, historical or biological facts, and…
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Leave a CommentThe other F-word on history, memory and experiments in Armenian-Turkish conciliation
Published April 26, 2017 by Mischa Geracoulis
IT WAS LATE APRIL in the Capital, a time of blossoming cherries, daffodils, and other imported botanical cheer. The annual White House Easter egg hunt…
Leave a CommentMary Mazzio Discusses Her Documentary on Child Sex Trafficking, the CDA, and Backpage
Published February 14, 2017 by Mischa Geracoulis
Mary Mazzio, attorney-turned-humanitarian documentarian, impassioned founder of 50 Eggs Films, and producer of such films as Underwater Dreams, The Apple Pushers, and Contrarian, spotlights another…
Leave a CommentCatholic Worker walks out the Gospels in secular San Francisco
Published September 27, 2016 by Mischa Geracoulis
San Francisco’s Temenos Catholic Worker house, the ministry founded by the Rev. River Sims, takes the Worker mission to the city’s front lines. Sims was…
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Leave a CommentANALYSIS: ‘Reorientalism’ is finding a new East
Published November 11, 2015 by Mischa Geracoulis
The Latin adage Ex oriente lux, ex occidente lex (“from the East, light, from the West, law”) expresses a yin-yang-like balance, signifying that both Orient…
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