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This past week has been punctuated by a series of horrifying events. Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate of Columbia who was…
Heba Gowayed
Heba Gowayed is an associate professor of sociology at CUNY Hunter College and Graduate Center. Her award-winning book Refuge takes readers into the lives of displaced Syrians who sought refuge in the U.S., Canada and Germany. She is currently working on her second book, The Cost of Borders. Her writing has also been published in The Guardian, In These Times, Slate, Al Jazeera English, The New Humanitarian and Teen Vogue.
As the sun streams through the windows of our New York apartment, I watch our now five-month-old son grab his newly found feet. He…