Zohra Saed Projects

Literature by ZohraDecember 4, 2008January 3, 2009

This Day: Diaries from American Women

This Day: Diaries from American Women Ed. Joni B. Cole, Rebecca Joffrey, and B.K. Rakhra “What is a day in the life really like for a CEO, a single mom, a TV celebrity, an inmate?” This was the question that inspired This Day, a book project that invited a cross-section of women to create a […]

Literature by ZohraDecember 3, 2008August 26, 2016

Living American: Suitcase Installation by Chanika Svetvilas

In 2004, I was invited by visual artist, Chanika Svetvilas to include my story in her installation “Living American” for the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. She found a powder blue hard plastic suitcase, just like the one I remembered we came to America carrying. The installation was a collection of immigrant stories. Each suitcase […]