Bio
Mandy Shunnarah is an Alabama-born, Palestinian-American writer who calls Columbus, Ohio, home. Their essays, poetry, and short stories have been published in The New York Times, Electric Literature, The Rumpus, The Columbus Anthology from Belt Publishing, and more. Their first book, Midwest Shreds: Skating Through America’s Heartland, is forthcoming from Belt. Read more at mandyshunnarah.com.
Recent Articles
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Tiny Town, Big Diversity: How One Rural Iowa Town is Celebrating Cultures
February 14, 2024
Young people in Hampton, Iowa, home to Latino immigrants and exchange students from around the world, hosted a unique event to celebrate diversity, difference, and culture.
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Ohio is Getting a Much-Needed and Long-Overdue State Park
February 1, 2024
The new Great Council State Park, complete with a longhouse and educational exhibits on the Indigenous people expelled from Ohio over 200 years ago, is an essential step in righting historical wrongs.
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Overcoming Addiction Sometimes Starts With a Meal and Art
January 22, 2024
How a community in Indiana is bringing creativity and other much-needed resources to adults in recovery, one meal and art class at a time.
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Artist Residencies Plant Seeds for the Future in Indiana
January 8, 2024
Painter Yemina Concepcion and photographer Daveed Holmes have been hard at work this last year at For the Love of the Arts, building positivity for young people by encouraging their creativity.
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An Arab Indy Cultural Tour with Historian Edward Curtis IV
November 28, 2023
There’s a century-old history of Arab life and culture in Indianapolis. The author shares some of the city’s rich Arab history, and its cultural and culinary treasures.
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Chicago’s Neo-Futurists Celebrate 35 Years of Experimental Theatre
October 17, 2023
Their dedication to astonishment and awe has kept audiences coming back to see more than 12,000 plays since 1988.