Samine Joudat The movement that has shaped Samine Joudat’s upbringing in the world—born in Iran before immigrating to different parts of the United States and Europe via Ecuador—now shapes the way he thinks of home. Beyond a place locked into land, he finds home in moments, people, notes, and words, too. His mind is never far from pondering the forces that uproot, displace, and transfigure notions of home and the longing we often feel for it. He finds duty, meaning, and joy in the negotiation between looking back in search of recovery and looking forward in search of transformation. He hopes that all beings are afforded the dignity to do the same.
