BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251003T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133401Z DTSTART:20251002T223000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842891296821 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251003T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133401Z DTSTART:20251003T170000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985347046 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251004T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133401Z DTSTART:20251004T170000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985348071 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251008T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133401Z DTSTART:20251008T170000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985349096 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251009T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133401Z DTSTART:20251009T170000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985350121 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251010T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133401Z DTSTART:20251010T170000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985351146 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251011T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133401Z DTSTART:20251011T170000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985352171 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251015T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133401Z DTSTART:20251015T170000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985353196 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251016T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133401Z DTSTART:20251016T170000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985354221 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251017T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133401Z DTSTART:20251017T170000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985355246 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251018T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133401Z DTSTART:20251018T170000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985356271 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251022T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133401Z DTSTART:20251022T170000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985357296 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251023T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133401Z DTSTART:20251023T170000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985358321 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251024T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133401Z DTSTART:20251024T170000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985359346 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251025T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133401Z DTSTART:20251025T170000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985360371 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251029T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133401Z DTSTART:20251029T170000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985361396 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251030T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133401Z DTSTART:20251030T170000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985362421 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251031T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133401Z DTSTART:20251031T170000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985363446 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251101T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133401Z DTSTART:20251101T170000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985364471 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251105T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133401Z DTSTART:20251105T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985365496 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251106T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133401Z DTSTART:20251106T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985365497 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251107T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133401Z DTSTART:20251107T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985366522 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251108T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133401Z DTSTART:20251108T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985367547 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251112T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133401Z DTSTART:20251112T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985368572 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251113T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133401Z DTSTART:20251113T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985369597 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251114T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133401Z DTSTART:20251114T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985370622 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251115T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133401Z DTSTART:20251115T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985371647 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251119T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133401Z DTSTART:20251119T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985371648 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251120T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133401Z DTSTART:20251120T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985372673 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251121T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133401Z DTSTART:20251121T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985373698 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251122T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133401Z DTSTART:20251122T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985374723 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251126T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133401Z DTSTART:20251126T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985375748 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251127T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133402Z DTSTART:20251127T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985376773 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251128T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133402Z DTSTART:20251128T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985377798 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251129T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133402Z DTSTART:20251129T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985378823 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251203T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133402Z DTSTART:20251203T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985379848 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251204T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133402Z DTSTART:20251204T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985380873 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251205T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133402Z DTSTART:20251205T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985381898 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251206T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133402Z DTSTART:20251206T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985381899 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251210T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133402Z DTSTART:20251210T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985382924 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251211T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133402Z DTSTART:20251211T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985383949 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251212T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133402Z DTSTART:20251212T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985384974 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251213T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133402Z DTSTART:20251213T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985385999 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251217T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133402Z DTSTART:20251217T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985387024 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251218T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133402Z DTSTART:20251218T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985388049 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251219T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133402Z DTSTART:20251219T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985389074 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20251220T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133402Z DTSTART:20251220T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985390099 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20260103T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133402Z DTSTART:20260103T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985398299 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20260107T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133402Z DTSTART:20260107T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985399324 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20260108T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133402Z DTSTART:20260108T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985400349 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20260109T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133402Z DTSTART:20260109T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985401374 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20260110T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133402Z DTSTART:20260110T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985401375 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20260114T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133402Z DTSTART:20260114T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985402400 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20260115T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133402Z DTSTART:20260115T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985403425 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20260116T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133402Z DTSTART:20260116T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985404450 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20260117T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133402Z DTSTART:20260117T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985405475 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20260121T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133402Z DTSTART:20260121T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985406500 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20260122T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133402Z DTSTART:20260122T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985407525 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20260123T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133402Z DTSTART:20260123T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985408550 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20260124T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133402Z DTSTART:20260124T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985409575 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibition DESCRIPTION:For more than two decades\, Peter van Agtmael and Wesaam Al-Bad ry have found their Americas through photography. In Al-Badry's pictures\, it is in the bodies of the laborers\, farm workers\, strippers\, families a nd others that we find America — bodies connected through immediacy and phy sical touch\, or alone between isolation and rapture. Van Agtmael’s picture s question the larger contexts\; the forces unleashed after the September 1 1th attacks and their roots in our unresolved history of violence at home. \n\nAl-Badry came to the United States as an immigrant from Iraq after the first war in 1991. From that upheaval he became a citizen and has devoted h is work to expressing a great tenderness towards the many communities that serve America while remaining largely invisible in the American story. \n\n Van Agtmael grew up in the DC suburbs\, and discovered his America on milit ary embeds as the civil war in Iraq took hold. The stories he heard and the things he saw led him home\, to excavate the many layers of how we became who we are. \n\nThese photographers have witnessed how the uneasy mix of an ger\, hope\, fear\, pride\, and shame of participating in such contradictio ns make fertile ground for violence. What makes American myths so seductive ? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its lay ers of darkness? Scouring the country\, Americas asks: whose realities need to be repressed\, silenced\, or disappeared for the myths to persist? DTEND:20260125T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T133402Z DTSTART:20260125T180000Z GEO:38.895809;-77.040024 LOCATION:Flagg Building\, Atrium SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Americas UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50842985410600 URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/copy-of-americas-opening-reception END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR