Author: Hassan Harazi
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The Stairway 2004 elections
It was the Gothenburg Post that famously remarked on Iceland’s “democracy deficit”. I can say that this all completely unfounded….
HASSANS WORLD
A black woman wearing an Icelandic national costume, but actually she’s Italian, a member of the Icelandic Alþingi with adopted…
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SARCASM AND THE CITY:
Reykjavík’s Carrie Bradshaw with BirkenstocksUnlike other well-known photographers who prefer their work to be silver gelatine prints, mounted on fibreboard,…
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A revolution on Laugarvegur
After battling first against Kringlan and then Smáralind shopping malls, Laugavegur seemed to be on a downward trend, but there…
WHERE IS THE MULTICULTURALSOCIETY
If G. Pomrenke travelled from Virginia, USA expecting to engage in the social and cultural activities and expected to find…