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From Islamabad to Santa Fe: Finding the elegance in my difference
Ready for my next leap
Shaheer Naveed is BSR’s summer 2021 intern. He remembers what he learned about fitting in during his first trip to the United States from his home in Pakistan.
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Essays
4 minute read
![Katie Samson, a white woman, is outdoors with a group of about 6 smiling people. She uses a wheelchair & wears a blue hat](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/Katie-Samson_BSR_7_20_21.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.6582&fp-y=0.1718&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=124dd5e5891449d127d55e467f9b9645)
Witnessing the Impact: What will post-pandemic life be like for disabled people?
A world not built for me—until now?
BSR is partnering with the Witnessing the Impact of COVID-19 in Disabled People’s Lives archive project. Writer, educator, and disability self-advocate Katie Samson asks whether we’ll keep considering accessibility when the pandemic wanes.
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Essays
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![The Walnut Street Theatre today. It has a gray exterior with columns and large windows. American flags fly on poles in front](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/Walnut-Street-Theatre_BSR_7_13_21.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=998863833df73ec21382208bfe8287db)
As artists continue to rally against the Walnut, it’s time to ask: who is “America’s Oldest Theatre”?
Staging history
Most coverage of protests against the Walnut Street Theatre ignores a key fact: the building may be historic, but the theater company there started in the 1980s. Alaina Johns thinks that matters.
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Editorials
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