Jennifer Utz
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Thousands Race for the Cure at the Pyramids
The Urban Art of Tel Aviv
Beyond Arab Stereotypes: My Diary from Damascus
The Cult of Nasrallah: Bizarre Hezbollah Propaganda
Art and Political Graffiti of the West Bank Separation Wall
Religious Minorities Under Siege in Iraq
Iraqi refugees to government's return offer: "No, thanks."
From Baghdad to Brooklyn: My Journey with an Iraqi Refugee
Jennifer Utz: Traditional forms of media are finding second homes and new audiences on the web
Interview with Jennifer Utz on International Journalists' Network (IJNET)
American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein
American Radical is a probing documentary about American academic Norman Finkelstein. Delving into both sides of the ideological spectrum, the film explores his life as both a devoted son of Holocaust survivors and an ardent critic of Israeli and US Mid-East policy. The film premiered in NYC in February 2010 to a packed house. (Jennifer Utz: Supervising Producer and Cinematographer)
The Invisible Iraqis
Rent has skyrocketed in many places, and Jennifer Utz, who runs the phenomenal and heartbreaking website Iraqi Refugee Stories (www.iraqirefugeestories.org), writes at AlterNet (Nov. 15, 2008) that "Iraqi refugees are taken advantage of by just about every crooked landlord who realizes how desperately they don’t want to be sent back—war profiteering on a new level."
From Baghdad to Brooklyn: My Journey with an Iraqi Refugee
From 2007 to 2008, I spent five months in Syria with Mohamed, an Iraqi refugee. Now, we are roommates in New York City.
Introducing Iraqi Refugee Stories: Voices Missing From Media Describe Life in Exile
Beyond the violence and instability of Iraq is the largely untold story of Iraqi displacement and exile and its enormous human consequences. A new website, Iraqi Refugee Stories, is now giving voice to the growing crisis and providing concerned individuals viable avenues to take action.
Imperfect Strangers
An article about my time advocating for and living with two Iraqi Refugees who were granted asylum in the United States.
Shipmates: Soul Sisters
The story of my time teaching video production to members of a women's empowerment organization in India.
Ready.Aim.Shoot
It’s 7:00 a.m. in India. The temperature is approaching 113 degrees. I’m the only Westerner in a tightly-packed jeep, swerving in and out of every one of the four lanes of this frantic highway — dodging buses, trucks, cars, rickshaws, cyclists, pedestrians, shepherds, cows, goats, and the occasional camel-drawn goods carriage. Apart from the heat, I would normally find this type of situation exhilarating. But, right now, I’m disturbed by the awkward quiet of my fellow passengers...