The New Context

The Student Journal of International Affairs at The New School

Month: January 2014

#Archive #Community #Context #Opinion

After Two Fine Arts Degrees, Why International Affairs?

By Mai Perkins Thirteen years ago in a small off-Broadway theatre, I was captivated by Sarah Jones’ provocative one woman show “Women Can’t Wait.” In the play, Jones portrays eight different women from around the world, each living under laws […]

#Archive #Context #Opinion

Salam Neighbor – Bridging the Gap Between Two Worlds?

From January 19 through February 15, American filmmakers Chris Temple and Zach Ingrasci will be living alongside recently displaced families in a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan. Realizing the severity of their own lack of understanding and misconception of the Syrian […]

#Archive #Context #Media

Inside Za’atari Camp: A Photo Essay

Ben Homer visited the Za’artari Refugee Camp in Jordan in August 2013.  The media has seized on Za’atari Refugee camp as a focal point of the Syrian refugee crisis. Aerial photographs show the massive scale of the camp  which today […]