Jennifer Utz

Print Articles by and About Jennifer Utz



Thousands Race for the Cure at the Pyramids

Read the post

The Urban Art of Tel Aviv

Read the post

Beyond Arab Stereotypes: My Diary from Damascus

Read the post

The Cult of Nasrallah: Bizarre Hezbollah Propaganda

Read the post

Art and Political Graffiti of the West Bank Separation Wall

Read the post

Religious Minorities Under Siege in Iraq

Read the post

Iraqi refugees to government's return offer: "No, thanks."

Read the post

From Baghdad to Brooklyn: My Journey with an Iraqi Refugee

Read the post

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)

Read the Interview

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)

Read the New York Times Review

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."

Read the Article

Iraqi Refugee Stories Featured in Mother Jones

Read the Article

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.

Read the Article

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.

Read the Article

Imperfect Strangers

An article about my time advocating for and living with two Iraqi Refugees who were granted asylum in the United States.

Read the Article

Shipmates: Soul Sisters

The story of my time teaching video production to members of a women's empowerment organization in India.

Read the Article

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...

Read the Article