Bio
Maïra al-Manzali was born in New York city on a dark and stormy night, the same night that Norman Vincent Peale, author of “The Power of Positive Thinking” died. She thus represents the death of optimism. Al-Manzali hails from the Oranian bey Mustapha el-Manzali, the Yemenite Rabbi Saliman Almanzali of Sana’a, and the Moroccan Sufi order which takes it line of spiritual descent from ‘Ali al-Manzali. She is Yiddish-Tupi.
Contact
Interested in publishing something by Maïra? Or just in sending a friendly message? Email: maira.manzali@gmail.com
Publications:
Palmyra and Syrian Archaeology:
http://www.mangalmedia.net/english//palmyra
republished in Italian at
http://www.erodoto108.com/palmira-e-la-storia-politica-dellarcheologia-in-siria-dai-colonialisti-ai-nazionalisti/
On the Possibility of a Rainbow:
http://www.mangalmedia.net/english//on-the-possibility-of-a-rainbow
An interview with Mirage:
http://7iber.com/culture/mirage-back-in-jordan-after-20-years/?utm_source=yarpp&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=related
Review: Workshop at Daraat al-Funun
https://bi-abwab.org/blog-1/2016/11/17/workshop-review-visual-culture-in-the-middle-east
Review: Salaam Neighbor
http://www.mangalmedia.net/english/salam-neighbor-come-visit-zaatari-and-see-authentic-real-life-syrian-refugees
Xenophobia at the Academy
http://www.mareonline.nl/archive/2018/10/18/opinion-xenophobia-at-the-academy
Housing in Leiden: a Survey
http://www.mareonline.nl/archive/2018/12/06/was-it-easy-to-find-a-room-yes-or-no
almanzali 