Migration and Borders

Editorial - Illustration by Andrea Gaidano

Introducing visAvis no. 14

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BY THE EDITORS • ILLUSTRATION BY ANDREA GAIDANO • NOVEMBER 2022 Standing on one leg is no way to live, but it is a skill. There are those with a firm piece of this Earth on…

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Danish Kurdistan

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BY SHAHLÂ • ILLUSTRATION BY MARÍA MEIGA • MARCH 2021 Hello, I am Shahlâ from Danish Kurdistan. Ever since I can remember (but also before me), the Kurds have lived on the borders and in deprivation.…

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Recommendation: Uledsaget

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BY VIBEKE NIELSEN • 2018 Uledsaget (Unaccompanied) is a comic book anthology about taking flight, and about life as an unaccompanied young refugee in Denmark. The anthology is the outcome of a collaboration between unaccompanied…

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(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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Causes of blindness

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BY LILLTREZ, AMARA AND AUGUSTINE • ILLUSTRATIONS BY SIGRID ASTRUP The authors were participants in Free Home University’s two-week residency, Performing the Struggle, at Ammirato Culture House in Lecce, Italy. At the end of 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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