Posts By Lise Olivarius

(Up)rooted, in the absence of men

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BY LISELOT KATTEMÖLLE • ILLUSTRATIONS BY FATIMA MOALLIM FROM FLYKTINGLANDET, FLYKTINGLANDET.TUMBLR.COM   “A woman is like a flower and a man is like her roots.” Aisha unfolds her hands and moves a little forward towards the…

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في انتظار اللجوء • Waiting for asylum

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بقلم ريم زقزوق  • BY REEM ZAKZOUK   المستحيل The impossible   بين الصخر والجدار between the rock and the wall يوجد شق فيه مسمار there is a nail in a crack أعلق عليه ندفاً من…

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Ziba’s story

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This is the story of my mother, Ziba, and our family’s struggle to be reunited. BY SOLMAZ FARNIAN HAMADANI • ILLUSTRATION BY MARIE BOYE THOMSEN   In 2009 I was allowed to send an invitation to…

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Editorial #13

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visAvis #13 is out now! Pick up a printed copy somewhere in Copenhagen. The rest of the magazine will be published online during the next months. BY VISAVIS • PHOTOS BY PAULA DUVÅ • 2018…

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A burning taste of exile

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Recommendation: Warsan Shire: Teaching My Mother How To Give Birth. Poems. flipped eye publishing 2011 By Lise Olivarius The first words of Warsan Shire’s collection of poems read: “I have my mother’s mouth and my…

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The border produces the violence that surrounds it

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Recommendation: Reece Jones: Violent Borders. Refugees and the Right to Move. Verso 2016 By Lise Olivarius • 2017 Why are states so obsessed with restricting the movements of people, and particularly poor people? This is…

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