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Issue 06

Welcome to Issue 6 of Speak. Cover feature is graffiti art by Afghan artist Shamsia Hassani. In all our times of uncertainty and change, we continue to seek voices that speak. Thank you for reading.

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Speak The Mag - Issue 05

Issue 05

Welcome to the fifth and our first fully online issue of Speak. After two years of printing the magazine, a shout out to our distributors — especially Small Changes and book stores such as McNally and Jackson in New York. We are moving into uncertain times with the only certitude we have — the power […]

Issue 04

Issue 04

Dear Readers, This summer I moved to London with my children, mother, dog and husband. I am in pursuit of a higher degree. These early days are days of optimism for me in this new country. On a walk from Wimbledon station to the Wimbledon tennis grounds, ready to sit outside the courts, I was […]

Issue 03

Issue 03

That Which Cannot Be Spoken As I write this, Notre Dame burns in Paris. I walked by it a couple of days ago when I was visiting my sister who lives outside the city. I had thought it would always be there, a timeless monument, and I didn’t enter it. At the core of my […]

Issue 02

Issue 02

Dear Readers, On October 28th, I ran Marine Corps Marathon in Washington D.C. The race began and I ran by flags of all countries participating in the run. Thirty thousand runners. In the twelfth mile, the blue mile, we ran by photographs of fallen soldiers. Many runners wept openly. I did too. America, notwithstanding the […]