Author Jasmine Bager @JasmineBager Jasmine Bager is an independent journalist who writes about the arts with a focus on Saudi women. She is based in Manhattan and the Middle East. Newest Americans: stories of immigrants who help make the country great The collaborative project asks: "What could be more salient at a time when our nation is debating what it means to be American and who deserves to claim that mantle?” April 3, 2018 As Saudi Arabia modernizes, an expat child of its “Little America” creates a time capsule In "Aramco: Above the Oil Fields," photographer Ayesha Malik finds the beautiful in the ordinary of its past -- and present January 23, 2018 Poetry finds a (calming) home in the hurly-burly of 21st century New York The Poets House is a hidden literary gem in the city where an "old-fashioned" art and nonfiction thrive — and marginalized voices can learn to freely speak December 7, 2017 5(ish) Questions: “Bodega Stories” creator talks about her love for the corner store As a Silicon Valley startup outrages Latinos and others with its automated "bodega," journalist Amaris Castillo speaks up for the human connection October 12, 2017 New York’s “Subway Therapist” and his collage of a city’s hopes and fears As the scribbled sticky notes come out in book form, Levee talks about spending his days collecting tiny fingerprints of commuters' psyches October 5, 2017 5(ish) Questions: Iran’s “Blogfather” talks algorithms, hyperlinks and the lost art of communication Hossein Derakhshan spent six years in an Iranian prison cell; when he came out, the online world had changed -- for the worse, he believes April 6, 2017 A Saudi feminist’s spoken-word performance finds its power in protest Waad Janbi, a Saudi feminist and aspiring filmmaker, has long fought against misogyny using her hands–furiously typing on her smartphone or laptop. But last month, for the first time, she… February 16, 2017 Dying along with Whitney Houston at the Future of Storytelling Festival Along with "Famous Deaths," the virtual-reality gathering offered an immersive Black Lives Matter experience and a chance to fly like a bird (wings included) October 13, 2016 The badass women of the Qur’an: “An Emancipatory Reading” Want an end-of-summer beach read that’ll turn heads faster than a Burkini ban? Consider Asma Lamrabet’s book, Women in the Qur’an: An Emancipatory Reading, which has just been translated into English… September 12, 2016 How Saudi Millennials are using social media to revive an ancient literary tradition In a region with a strong oral storytelling history, a young, tech-savvy population brings a festival into the 21st century August 18, 2016