BCB alumna Aya Ibrahim has been chosen to be one of Medium Magazine’s “ Top 30 bis 30” (Top 30 under 30), a highly prestigious award given to 30 outstanding journalists under 30 years of age. This is Medium Magazines' seventeenth year presenting this award.
From Deutsche Welle: Aya Ibrahim has worked for DW for nearly 10 years, currently as a freelance reporter for DW News. The magazine particularly highlighted DW's "Seitenwechsel" format, developed by Ibrahim, which aired in the run-up to the 2021 German federal election and provided voters with a platform to discuss relevant issues.
In the featured article on the Top List in the magazine’s current issue, Ibrahim was asked what drives her in her journalistic work. She replied, "Curiosity. And the idea that quality journalism is crucial to the development of more just societies."
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BCB alumnus and former PIESC scholar Karam Alhamad has published an article in
Newsweek on the anniversary of the Syrian revolution. The article, “Eleven Years Later, War Rages on in Syria. It Won’t Stop if the West Remains Silent | Opinion,” is a personal piece documenting Karam’s own experiences in the war, inlcuding the impact being tortured and detained had on him and his family.
“Assad has taken a large portion of our land. He has taken many of our lives. But he will never win the trust of Syrians, and—most importantly—he can never take our stories. This emboldens my belief that art is also a source of hope on the journey toward a free Syria.”
Karam is a photographer, editor, journalist and activist. He received his Bachelors in Economics, Politics, and Social Thought from Bard College Berlin in 2020. Karam is currently completing a Masters in Public Policy at Yale University.
Read the full article on Newsweek >>Bard College Berlin’s Program for International Education and Social Change (PIESC), is a scholarship program for students from areas of crisis and conflict.
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Theater director
Marie Schleef (Bard College ’14, BCB Spring ’13) has been named as one of the recipients of the inaugural Chanel Next Prize.
The Chanel Next prize is a new biannual award initiated by the French fashion label as part of the Chanel Culture Fund, which aims to support cultural innovators in advancing new ideas and greater representation in culture and society. 10 artists who are deemed to be redefining their respective fields receive 100,000 EUR prize money and also benefit from access to a network of mentors selected by the brand. The winners hail from a wide range of disciplines, including: music, dance, film, visual arts, and theater.
Marie Schleef completed her bachelor's in Theater and Performance at
Bard College and spent the spring of 2013 at Bard College Berlin as part of the
Study Abroad Program. She went on to study directing for theater at the
Hochschule für Schauspielkunst “Ernst Busch” in Berlin. Schleef directs and produces innovative and unconventional performance theater pieces. Her most newest piece:
Die Geschichte einer Stunde//The Story of an Hour recently showed at the Ballhaus Ost in Berlin.
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ARTnews >> Photo: © Hendrik Lietmann
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BCB alumnus Ido Nahari (EPST '19) wrote comments on the evacuation of Sharbat Gula, subject of Steve McCurry’s famous portrait “Afghan Girl,” from Afghanistan in an article for German newspaper taz.
End of November 2021 Steve McCurry announced that Sharbat Gula had been evacuated from Afghanistan with the help of the NGO Future Brilliance, the Italian government and the NFT Platform Metagood.
In his article Ido Nahari reflects critically on McCurry’s 1984 portrait of Gula well as the commercial success he has enjoyed thanks to the image, arguing that that this has resulted in the glamourizing of Gula’s hardship. He questions involvement of private companies such as Metagood in humanitarian actions stating that it was fame of Gula’s image which motivated her evacuation.
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BCB Professor of Art History
Geoff Lehman is a guest on the podcast On the Green Track hosted by BCB alumna Ditke Grønvald (Humanities, Arts, and Social Thought ’18). The podcast explores the topics of travel and tourism from a intersectional and philosophical point of view, touching on the cultural and social aspects as well as issues of sustainability.
In the first of a two part episode, titled: “Travel and the Imagination” Prof. Lehman discusses how our dreams and internal life, including our response to art and media, influence us our travel choices and experiences.
Listen to the first part on Spotify
here >>Find out more about Dikte’s work on travel and tourism on the On The Green Track
website >>
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