It’s Time for America to Join the ICC

Take some dirt. Mix with water. Add heat. Make a brick, or a work of art. Build a civilization. The simple artistic elements of world-making and the complex political drama of world-building are the dynamic core of The Dam, Lebanese artist and first-time filmmaker Ali Cherri’s chimerical excursion into the mythology of mud and the conflicted mind of humanity. The Dam is set in a brickmaking camp along the Nile...

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Water Security in the Nile Basin

Take some dirt. Mix with water. Add heat. Make a brick, or a work of art. Build a civilization. The simple artistic elements of world-making and the complex political drama of world-building are the dynamic core of The Dam, Lebanese artist and first-time filmmaker Ali Cherri’s chimerical excursion into the mythology of mud and the conflicted mind of humanity. The Dam is set in a brickmaking camp along the Nile...

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Al-Bashir’s Escape: Why the African Union Defies the ICC

Take some dirt. Mix with water. Add heat. Make a brick, or a work of art. Build a civilization. The simple artistic elements of world-making and the complex political drama of world-building are the dynamic core of The Dam, Lebanese artist and first-time filmmaker Ali Cherri’s chimerical excursion into the mythology of mud and the conflicted mind of humanity. The Dam is set in a brickmaking camp along the Nile...

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A History of Violence: African Asylum Seekers in Israel

Take some dirt. Mix with water. Add heat. Make a brick, or a work of art. Build a civilization. The simple artistic elements of world-making and the complex political drama of world-building are the dynamic core of The Dam, Lebanese artist and first-time filmmaker Ali Cherri’s chimerical excursion into the mythology of mud and the conflicted mind of humanity. The Dam is set in a brickmaking camp along the Nile...

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Implications of Iran and Sudan’s Growing Alliance

Take some dirt. Mix with water. Add heat. Make a brick, or a work of art. Build a civilization. The simple artistic elements of world-making and the complex political drama of world-building are the dynamic core of The Dam, Lebanese artist and first-time filmmaker Ali Cherri’s chimerical excursion into the mythology of mud and the conflicted mind of humanity. The Dam is set in a brickmaking camp along the Nile...

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Youth: From Problem to Asset

Take some dirt. Mix with water. Add heat. Make a brick, or a work of art. Build a civilization. The simple artistic elements of world-making and the complex political drama of world-building are the dynamic core of The Dam, Lebanese artist and first-time filmmaker Ali Cherri’s chimerical excursion into the mythology of mud and the conflicted mind of humanity. The Dam is set in a brickmaking camp along the Nile...

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