January 30, 2020
Yalla Falafel: Green Revolution
Istanbul | By Dima Al Sayed
By Dima Al Sayed
IstanbulA commuter hub right on the Bosphorus, Beşiktaş courses with energy. In addition to the masses streaming on and off the ferries and the cars inching up and down the steep thoroughfare of Barbaros Boulevard, the neighborhood is overrun with students – Bahçeşehir University sits a few steps from the main ferry terminal. Of the…
January 15, 2020
Saruja: Return to Mom’s Kitchen
Istanbul | By Dalia Mortada
By Dalia Mortada
IstanbulPerhaps nowhere else is it clearer that as many as one million Syrians have settled down in Istanbul than in the city’s historic Fatih district. The neighborhood is home to the city’s immigration headquarters (Fatih Emniyet), and the backstreets leading up to it are among the most transformed, since Syrians and other new arrivals end…
October 18, 2019
“Meet Me in Yusufpaşa”: Breaking Bread with Istanbul’s Migrant Communities
Istanbul | By Tara Milutis
By Tara Milutis
IstanbulEditor’s note: Tara Milutis, an American filmmaker based in Istanbul, shares the inspiration behind her new short film “Meet Me in Yusufpaşa,” which tells the story of Istanbul’s Yusufpaşa neighborhood, where food knits communities together and expresses the experience of migration and assimilation. When I first visited Istanbul in the spring of 2016, I was…