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Yale Schwarzman Center, TSAI City Present Online Artist Series, March 24, 2021
Kojo Namdi Show: On Exhibit: Museums One Year After The Pandemic, March 11, 2021
Niskanen Center: How Overpoliced Communities Become Politically Engaged, July 1, 2020
The Washington Post: We listened to people in highly policed U.S. communities: Here’s what we learned, June 17, 2020
World Economic Forum: Cultural Leaders Envision a Post-COVID World, June 8, 2020
New Lab: New Social Infrastructure: Empathy Through Technology May 16, 2019
The State Press: Step into a portal across the world in downtown Tempe, March 14, 2019
Greenwich Time: Greenwich Academy teachers stop by South by Southwest Mar 16, 2018
Bennzinga: Portal Project Coming to Hood College Mar 8, 2018
Andover Townsman: 'Portal' to other parts of the world Mar 2, 2018
Cuesta's Portals project connects people across the globe Mar 2, 2018
Imagine Solutions Conference promises 'wow' moments Feb 26, 2018
Editorial: Imagine cures for cancer; living 100 years Feb 12, 2018
A golden opportunity in Times Square ends today Jan 9, 2018
Portales te lleva hasta Veracruz con Jugos Del Valle Dec 16, 2017
A Portal To The Past Dec 10, 2017
Avixa: How the Portals Project Really Opened Doors with Its its Milwaukee Superstar Nov 30, 2017
A golden opportunity in Times Square ends today Nov 22, 2017
What’s Inside This Curious Gold Shipping Container? Nov 21, 2017
Lunis: Refugees Nov 20, 2017
Cambridge Portals Nov 13, 2017
Harvard Divinity School: Face Time With Refugees Nov 10, 2017
The Boston Globe: High-tech shipping container Portal links Harvard students, Gaza youth Nov 10, 2017
The Republic: High-tech shipping container lets students, refugees connect Nov 10, 2017
Fortune: High-Tech Shipping Containers Put U.S. Students and Syrian Refugees Face-to-Face Nov 10, 2017
Metro: Portal allows Boston-area residents to 'FaceTime' with refugees around the world Nov 10, 2017
Harvard Gazette: Face time with refugees Nov 10, 2017
WGBH News: "Skype on Steroids’: From Harvard Square To Jordan Through A Portal Nov 10, 2017
The Harvard Crimson: Portals Project Connects Cambridge Students with Refugees Nov 10, 2017
ArtNet: Right Now, a Golden Shipping Container in Times Square Is Connecting People Around the World Nov 10, 2017
Avenue Magazine: Things to Do the Weekend of 10/20 Oct 24, 2017
NowThis Future: This art installation lets you talk to strangers 1,000 miles away Oct 17, 2017
SinoVision.Net: “穿梭时空”集装箱亮相纽约时报广场 Oct 12, 2017
UPI: TimesSquare_Portal interactive art installation in New York Oct 12, 2017
PIX 11: Times Square Arts Installation Allows People To Chat Across The World Oct 12, 2017
WNBC: TimesSquare_Portal Oct 12, 2017
Brighton Beach News: Самое крутое и интересное посетить бесплатно в Нью-Йорке 11 октября 2017 года Oct 12, 2017
Forbes: Step into another part of the world at the opening of the TimesSquare_Portal Oct 12, 2017
CBS New York: Happenings, October 10 Oct 10, 2017
USA.One: Times Square объединит мир с помощью видеочатов Источник Oct 10, 2017
AM New York: NYC events, concerts and more to hit this week Oct 10, 2017
Paper Magazine: 10 Must-See Art Shows Opening This Week Oct 5, 2017
The Upsider: Australia's Answer to SXSW Interactive Kicks Off This Weekend Oct 5, 2017
CNET: This high-tech shipping container can beam you across the world Oct 5, 2017
Track That Travel: Shared_Studios - Portals to Countries and Creativity Sep 30, 2017
TimeOut New York: You can video chat with people from across the world in Times Square this fall Sep 26, 2017
GalleryTalk.Net: Zuviel des Guten ist auch ganz geil Reeperbahn Festival 2017 Sep 26, 2017
BroadwayWorld: TimesSquare Portal Brings the World to Times Square Sep 22, 2017
Reeperbahn Festival: Shared Studios Sep 18, 2017
UCCS Communique: How I traveled the world without leaving campus Sep 14, 2017
Curbed SF: Golden shipping container portal moving to Presidio Sep 13, 2017
KRCC: Colorado Springs Portal Forges Musical Connections Around The World Sep 11, 2017
Fox21: 8th Annual What If Festive On Fox21 Morning News Sep 11, 2017
InDaily: Destruction and 'activation' side-by-side at old RAH Sep 7, 2017
7x7: Step into the SF Portal to chat with strangers from across the globe Jul 25, 2017
Freethink: Would you talk to a stranger on the other side of the world? Jul 23, 2017
NBC4: 'Golden Portal' Project Brings Strangers Together for Discussion Jul 22, 2017
San Francisco Magazine: This Public Art Installation Will Take You to Mexico (Almost) Jul 20, 2017
San Francisco Chronicle: Global connections in SF’s Crissy Field Jul 20, 2017
SFist: 'Portals' Art Installation Lets You Talk To Strangers Across The Globe Jul 19, 2017
NBC Bay Area: Crissy Field Portal Connects People from Across the Globe Jul 17, 2017
Patheos: Writing a Poem Together from Gaza City to Colorado Springs Jul 7, 2017
Andreas Müller: Opening Doors to Dialog Jul 7, 2017
SFGate: New Crissy Field 'Portal' installation to connect locals to people in India, Iraq, Mexico Jul 5, 2017
Fox 21: Portal transports people around the world without leaving Colorado SpringsJul 3, 2017
KOAA: Downtown portal connects Colorado Springs to cities worldwideJul 2, 2017
PeakRadar.com: Portal Presented by Imagination Celebration at Colorado Springs Pioneers MuseumJul 1, 2017
The Gazette: Portal outside Pioneers Museum connects Colorado Springs with the worldJul 1, 2017
KSAT: Golden portal builds new connections across the globe Jun 23, 2017
ZDF: EU: Gemeinsam Reformen voranbringen Jun 22, 2017
ONE UN Rwanda: On World Refugee Day, the Kigali Portal connects Congolese refugees to Europe Jun 21, 2017
Metro: Les Bruxellois invités à discuter avec des réfugiés Jun 20, 2017
Eldario.es: Los Verdes europeos instalan portal para hablar con refugiados en tiempo real Jun 20, 2017
Progrss: Shared_Studios Connects Detroit With Communities Worldwide Jun 20, 2017
Digital Journal: Prison Portal Project to be Presented at Governor’s Criminal Justice Conference Jun 9, 2017
M Live: 7 Ways Shipping Containers are Being Used in Unique Detroit Building Projects May 24, 2017
Detroit WXYZ: Portals Project Connects Detroiters with People Around the World May 24, 2017
Univision: Los 'portales' que están alentando conversaciones reales sobre la policía y la raza May 15, 2017
City Lab: The 'Portals' Encouraging Real Conversations About Policing and Race May 8, 2017
VOA Russia: Almost Teleportation May 8, 2017
Vancouver Sun: TED Talks opens portals for attendees to make connections across globe Apr 27, 2017
Step Feed: This golden box brings Americans face-to-face with the Middle East Apr 24, 2017
CNN: The Portals Project: This gold box is 'better than Facebook' Apr 23, 2017
LA Courthouse News: Art ‘Portal’ Connects LA With Iraqi Refugees – in Real Time Apr 21, 2017
The Better India: Marathon Runners Unite Apr 18, 2017
Daily Camera: Golden 'portal' lets CU Boulder students speak with Iraqi refugees Apr 18, 2017
The Better India: Empowering the Autistic through Cooking Apr 14, 2017
The Better India: Indian army officers connect with a US Army veteran Apr 11, 2017
The Better India: A Historic Cross-Border Jam Apr 7, 2017
The Better India: Kranti connects with Gaza Sky Geeks Apr 4, 2017
ProgressTimes: From Mission to Berlin, MEDC Portal connects residents to people around the world Mar 31, 2017
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: The unlikeliest neighborhood Mar 29, 2017
Nuqat: Portal Founder Amar C. Bakshi on Spurring a Global Creative Economy Mar 28, 2017
Perdiz Magazine: Portals Mar 28, 2017
Future of Storytelling: A Doorway Into Future Discourse Mar 28, 2017
Rye's Hamletub: The Rye Arts Center’s Newest Public Art Installation Mar 28, 2017
Los Angeles Magazine: This Giant Gold Shipping Container Lets You Befriend a Stranger Halfway Across the World Mar 28, 2017
FastCompany: The Next Genius Idea Is Creating Global Empathy Mar 13, 2017
The Washington Post: An American in D.C. A refugee in Iraq. And a powerful exhibit that let them talk face-to-face. Feb 28, 2017
NPR Marketplace: Brooklyn and Berlin partner up to drive tech growth Feb 22, 2017
CBS: A Chance To Connect With The World In The Baltimore Portal Feb 20, 2017
WUSA: 'Portal' brings you face-to-face with Syrian refugees Feb 16, 2017
ABC: Portal that connects people around the world unveiled at Lexington Market Feb 15, 2017
Baltimore Magazine: Baltimore Portal Aims to Connect Locals with Strangers Around the World Feb 14, 2017
La Informacion: Myrna y Osama sí sueñan con estudiar desde el campo de refugiados Feb 1, 2017
Mumbai Mirror: Mumbai Marathon is On Its Way! Jan 26, 2017
Star World: Over 42,000 runners set to cross the finish line at the 14th edition Jan 26, 2017
AFAQS: chlorophyll Innovation Lab to host 'The Mumbai Portal' Jan 26, 2017
Everything Experiential: Features life-size portal to 20 cities around the world Jan 26, 2017
The Times of India: Over 42,000 to be at starting line for Mumbai Marathon Jan 26, 2017
The Hindu: Portal to connect strangers across continents Jan 26, 2017
ABC: Portals Humanizing Conflicts Around the World Jan 19, 2017
Al Jazeera: Is Interactivity the Future of Refugee Fundraising? Dec 24, 2016
Chicago Tribune: A portal in Daley Plaza can take you to Rwanda during Chicago Ideas Week Oct 13, 2016
Greenwich Free Press: Rejiggered Shipping Container Offers Wormhole Travel for Greenwich Academy Girls Sep 30, 2016
Technical.ly: The 16 best photos of the New Lab grand opening on Saturday night Sep 28, 2016
Greenwich Time: A Door to Human Connection Sep 23, 2016
Time Out Chicago: A 'portal' to the world will open in Daley Plaza in October Sep 21, 2016
Global Citizen: Displaced Iraqi Children Call on US Leadership for Help Sep 14, 2016
Hilltop Views: Inside the Portal Conversing with 2 Honduran Girls Sep 12, 2016
Jesuit Refugee Service: Iraqi Children Ask U.S. Lawmakers for Help Sep 9, 2016
UNICEF: Virtual Obama meets a young Iraqi entrepreneur Jul 14, 2016
Universal Cargo: Golden Shipping Containers Instantly Transport People To Other Parts Of The World Jul 12, 2016
Forbes: How Two Artists Are Using Shipping Containers To Talk To Refugees Around The World Jul 10, 2016
TipInfo: Milwaukee, Newark Make Community Connections Through A Digital Portal Jul 3, 2016
The Atlantic: Is Reason Losing Out to Instinct and Emotion? Jul 1, 2016
Aspen Public Radio: Portal project connects communities Jun 28, 2016
TMJ4-TV Milwaukee: High tech equipment aids crime prevention Jun 24, 2016
United Nations Radio: ‘Portals’ connects people from all over the world Jun 21, 2016
Jun 20, 2016
United Nations: Exhibition ‘Refugees’ Opens at United Nations Headquarters on 20 June Jun 17, 2016
Vigin: The Global Entrepreneurship Summit is nearly here Jun 16, 2016
Aztec Container: People Walk Through Shipping Container Portals to Connect to Distant Cultures Jun 8, 2016
AP: Experimental Installations Put the Social in Social Science, 5/30/2016 [Print]
NJTV News: Through Newark Art Installation, a Portal to the World, 5/17/2016 [TV]
Next City: Gold-Painted Shipping Containers Create a Global Public Space, 5/11/2016 [Print]
NJ.com: What is the Portal and Why Is it in Newark? 5/10/2016 [Print]
The Stanford Daily: Crothers Portal Connects Students Worldwide, 5/6/2016 [Print]
Angela's Capsule: I TELEPORTED in Kigali, 5/5/2016 [Video]
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Artist's Portals to Connect Milwaukee and Newark, 4/12/2016 [Print]
Yale News: Step Inside the Portal and Enter a Global Gateway, 4/12/2016 [Print]
WSHU Public Radio: Digital Portal Connects New Haven with Northern Iraq, 4/11/2016 [Radio]
The Muse: How a Shipping Container Can Connect You to Anyone in the World, 2/29/2016 [Print]
artnet News: An Artwork Links Miami to Afghanistan, Iran, and Mexico City, 12/7/15 [Print]
Haute Living: Inside the Sagamore Hotel Art Events, 12/15/15 [Print]
artnet News: Best of Art Basel in Miami Beach, 12/8/15 [Print]
Newsweek: What we saw at Art Basel Miami Beach Ranked from Least to Most Ridiculous, 12/9/15 [Print]
The Miami Hurricane: Art Basel Project ‘Portals’ hosts International Conversations, 12/8/15 [Print]
KALW: A Public Art 'Portal' Connects Bay Area Residents to Citizens Across the World, 12/3/15 [Radio]
Miami Art Watch: Art at the Sagamore: The Portal, 12/2/15 [Print]
Miami Herald: Best bets for Art Basel Week Miami 2015, 11/27/15 [Print]
BrokeAssStuart: SF Portal Connects You to People Around the World, 11/9/15 [Print]
FOX: Creating global community center one conversation at a time, 10/11/15 [TV]
Newsweek: Digital Portal Lets U.N. Visitors Step Inside Za'atari Refugee Camp, 9/23/15 [Print]
Quartz: The UN is using virtual reality and an immersive “wormhole” to connect diplomats with Syrian refugees 9/21/15 [Print]
The Tennessean: Step into gold box at Vanderbilt, be transported to Mexico, 9/16/15 [Print]
Juxtapoz: Portals Opens Gateway from SF to Tehran, 9/16/15 [Print]
McClatchy: Who’s that in the room with me? A virtual stranger, 9/15/15 [Print]
Washington Post: Portal on U-Md. campus connects Americans to strangers worldwide, 9/14/15 [Print]
Baltimore Sun: Portal on UMD campus connects Americans to strangers worldwide, 9/13/15 [Print]
SF Weekly: Chat Live With Cuban (or Afghanis, or Iranians) in Shared Studios' Portal at Proxy SF, 9/8/15 [Print]
PSFK: Step Inside an NYC Shipping Container and Chat With Someone in Tehran, 9/8/15 [Print]
7x7: #SFPortal Connects Locals With Strangers Around the Globe, 9/8/15 [Print]
Shipped: Step Inside A Shipping Container Portal, 9/4/15 [Print]
Washingtonian: This Art Installation Uses Shipping Containers to Introduce You to People Around the World, 9/2/15 [Print]
Hoodline: A 'Portal' To Other Countries Opens Today In Hayes Valley, 9/1/15 [Print]
Creative Disturbance: Amar Bakshi discusses Art, the Law, Diplomacy and the Sharing of Linked Virtual Spaces, 8/25/15 [Podcast]
Hoodline: PROXY 'Portal' To Create Conversations With Strangers Across The Globe, 8/19/15 [Print]
PBS Newshour: Strangers step inside this portal to make global connections 8/11/15 [TV]
CityKickstarts: How Portals is forging connections in the most unlikely places, 8/1/15 [Print]
ABC News: Thinking Inside the Box, 7/28/15 [TV]
Wichita Eagle: Art project that connects people shows promise for telemedicine 7/24/15 [Print]
CBC: Beyond the headlines, what life is really like in Iran, 6/24/15 [Radio]
Huffington Post Impact: 'Portals' Opens New Channel Between U.S. and Iran, 6/24/15 [Print]
Al Jazeera: The Washington DC Portal, 6/15/15 [Video]
Washington Post: At Woodrow Wilson Plaza, a Portal to connect with faraway strangers, 6/14/15 [Print]
Monocle: The Portal, 6/11/15 [Radio]
Patch: From Georgetown to Afghanistan: Artist Creates Connections, 4/13/15 [Print]
Georgetown Hoya: 7,500 Miles in 15 Minutes, 4/10/15 [Print]
Huffington Post: Wormhole in a Cargo Container, 3/23/15 [Print]
Huffington Post, Step Inside A Shipping Container And Speak Face-To-Face With Strangers Around The World, 3/18/15 [Print]
Yale Herald: Take Me to Tehran, 3/6/15 [Print]
Yale Daily News: YUAG 'portal' connects New Haven, Iran, 2/24/15 [Print]
Vulture: Skyping as Art, 12/16/14 [Print]
DNAInfo: Talk to People in Iran Through New Lower East Side Exhibit, 12/4/14 [Print]
New York Times: A New Exhibition Offers a Virtual Link to Tehran, 12/3/14 [Print]
Vanderbilt News: Vanderbilt Portal to Mexico City bridges cultures with video technology, 9/11/15 [Print]
WBAL: Portals connect people a world apart, 9/17/15 [TV]
Hyperallergic: A Portal to the Other Side of the Earth, 9/16/15 [Print]
DCist: 'Portals,' An Art Project Connecting Strangers Across The Globe, Returns Next Week, 9/4/15 [Print]
WAMU: A Shipping Container-Turned-Art Project Connecting People Across the Globe, 7/3/15 [Radio]
DCist: Close Encounters: From The Inside Of A Shipping Container To Havana, 6/16/15 [Print]
Foreign Policy: The Gold, Skype-Equipped Shipping Container Being Used to Connect America With Iran, 6/15/15 [Print]
GW Hatchet: Repurposed train cars make an otherworldly art exhibit, 5/18/15 [Print]
Blouin ArtInfo: “Portals” Public Art Project Seeks to Connect Havana and DC, 3/19/15 [Print]
ArtNews: Art Portal Edition [Print]
New York Times: The Iran Nuclear Talks, and a Matter of Trust, 3/27/15 [Video]
NPR: Art Installation Opens Passage To A Different World, 1/7/15 [Radio]
CNN: A Portal to Iran, 12/16/14 [TV]
PRI: This New York art installation opens up a new gateway to Tehran, 12/8/14 [TV]
Artforum: Barely Legal, 3/4/15 [Print]
The Art Newspaper: Artists create new medium by making and breaking law, 4/1/15 [Print]
Yale Daily News: Art and Law Come together at weekend conference, 2/25/15 [Print]
Clancco: Art and Law In Dire Need of Relevancy, 3/5/15 [Print]
NPR: Blogger Researches 'How the World Sees America', 3/23/08
CSPAN: Interview About How the World Sees America [TV]
CSPAN: Interview on the Future of Journalism [TV]
CNN: Interview About Turkish Views of America [TV]
WBUR: The New Anti-Americanism, 11/7/07
Gallup: Interview About World Views of America [TV]
NPR: Anti-American Ambivalence, 3/28/08 [Radio]
BBC: How the World Sees America [Radio]
WBAI: Wake Up Call [Radio]
Washington Post: Online Conversation between David Ignatius and Amar on Anti-Americanism, 3/27/07
PMc Magazine: Truth and Perspective, 6/12/12
Religion Writer: Part I, An interview with Amar on British v. American religiosity
Religion Writer: Part II, An interview with Amar on religion and anti-Americanism in Pakistan
World Politics Review: On the 23-Year-Old Global Reporter, 5/18/07
Just On Apprentice: On learning about lives for the religious person, 3/28/08
Indian New England: Voicing the World's Ire, 9/16/07
Harper's Magazine: Ahmed Rashid and the Bushies, 8/22/07
Harvard Crimson: Big Men on Campus, 6/7/06
The Millions: On a dream job