Joseph Huff-Hannon

My friend the Iraqi

With my friend, an Iraqi refugee who lives in NYC, as he  becomes a US citizen -- on the 10th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. Salon 3/20/2013

Sifting through the bones, searching for truth

The Ballad of Billy Lee: The Untold Story of an American 'Desaparecido' in Argentina. The Indypendent. September 29, 2010.

Joseph Huff-Hannon

A Dream Act deferred

Hunger strikers' American dreams
The Guardian (UK). June 11, 2010

In Exile

Behind the Camera Lens in Honduras
GlobalPost. June 2, 2010
A profile of two Central American documentary filmmakers I met in Argentina, finishing up their feature film on the 2009 coup d'etat in Honduras.

Joseph Huff-Hannon

Honduran Immigrants Sound Off

The NationJuly 29, 2009.

The Shine is Gone

Hard Days for a Buff and Shine Man
The New York Times City Section, February 6, 2009.
Thanks to Marcelo, for tipping me off to this trend in the Brazilian Diaspora, a massive reverse-migration ... [Full Text]

Free Lunch

Photo by Jonathan Fickies / The New York Times

A Bolt of Cloth and an Enduring Ritual
New York Times City Section, October 17, 2008.
Listening in at a Gurdwara in Richmond Hills, a Sikh house of worship, where I ate well, and met new friend Sonny Sundeep, a community organizer with the Sikh Coalition. [Full Text]

From Baghdad, with Style

Imperfect Strangers
Cover story in New York Press, October 8, 2008.
Down and out with two gay Iraqi refugees, transplanted to Brooklyn. [Full Text]

Perfume Blues

The Semisweet Smell of Success
The New York Times City Section, September 6, 2008.
Sniffing around the perfume district, I met Ali Afzal, scent master of Broadway and 31st. [Full Text]

No Refuge Here

No Refuge Here: Iraqis Flee, But Where?
Dissent, Summer 2007.
Looking at the Iraqi refugee crisis, and the politicized history of American refugee policy. [Full Text]