Ramy El-Etreby
Ramy Eletreby is a writer, performer, director and arts-based facilitator. He engages communities across Southern California in art-making, dialogue and critical thinking.
"Dear members of the new administration...This queer artist of color wants you to know that LGBTQ artists will not be silent."
"Spa Night" director Andrew Ahn says that a major force driving him to make films is a desire to tell the stories of queer people of color not represented in mainstream media.
A 9-year-old's visit to her school library sparked a lifelong quest to collect the history and cultural works of African-Americans.
During Ramadan, when sunset comes, Muslims gather to break their fast together. We bond over the struggle, we eat "Iftar" (breakfast, literally), we laugh, we pray, and we make memories.