Differences between the colonizers and the colonized manifest in many ways in our world today. Across many types of discourse pertaining to this dynamic, the constant creation of dichotomies is extremely harmful as it simplifies and…

One of the earliest memories of my childhood is my sister and I trying on belly dancing attire in Damascus, Syria, and trying to move our hips and shoulders to the beats vibrating off of my cousin's darbuka. At that moment, for us, it…