Maya Gürler

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    Nazar is Not a Fashion Statement

    The nazar bead, more commonly known as the evil-eye, is often worn as an amulet, but there is more to the concept of nazar than an eye-shaped blue-white glass bead

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    I Am Othered by You and I Always Will Be

    As Turkey was rocked by multiple earthquakes, the silence of my peers and university was incredibly disturbing. The activism I saw was extremely lacking when compared to reactions to crises that have happened in other parts of the world—specifically the West.