In her search for the presence of the Jews in Seville after the expulsion, Sophie Freedman gets answers about its past, present and future from a History teacher and members of the Beit Rambam community.
For some years now, more and more businesses in Spain have been looking to offer their customers sustainable products that can be enjoyed without damaging the environment. Pedro Sierra, owner and barista of the organic coffee shop, Virgin Coffee, in Seville brings his clients the experience of enjoying the best coffee, while transmitting his passion…
El Pianillo is the antique shop that Antonio González Silva has run on Seville’s Calle Feria for seventeen years. On Thursdays, he takes his diverse repertoire of objects that never expire outside the premises to become a part of the namesake street market. Every time someone passes by the door, Antonio meets them with a…
One way to give voice to the protagonists of a documentary is to let them be in charge of part or all of its production. In the case of Bella Humphreys’s final project, the author gives them her camera so that they can record all the images. The decision is not capricious: Bella wants to…
In Seville, Spain, on March 8, 2018, a group of more than 100,000 people takes to the streets to march for International Women’s Day. Within this crowd are three women from three different generations who share stories about their experiences with gender discrimination, their plights, and their ideas on how to win this battle with…
Molly Hostetler, Sarah Stein, and Harrison Wills are English teaching assistants at public elementary, middle, and high schools in Seville. As participants in CIEE’s fully immersive program Teach in Spain for teachers and recent college graduates, they gain valuable experience teaching abroad for a year, while still being able to explore their new city and…
Homosexuality has been the subject of mistaken viewpoints in different areas, such as in cultural life. The position of the brotherhoods of Seville’s Holy Week in this matter is characterized by a rejection based on ignorance. Borja, a young member of a brotherhood, lives his sexual orientation based on the foundation of these religious organizations….
Discrimination agains women has generally declined in different professional fields, but it still coexists in established practical methods. Culture, specifically music, has lacked feminine figures that represent the collective in this area since its existence. Clarisa Guerra belongs to a sevillian band, and has experienced firsthand the problems that result from the sexism that creates…
Mercedes, Nani, Marisa, and Filly, volunteers at Fundación Benéfica Virgen de Valvanuz / TAYLOR FAUST Behind a facade that does not attract anyone’s attention on Pagés del Corro Street in the neighborhood of Triana, Filly and her peers work to help the needy from Seville and beyond. It’s a Tuesday afternoon. Two women enter the Fundación…
The Mexican food restaurant Mano de Santo is one of the new places that continue to fill with international color the increasingly popular Alameda de Hércules in Seville. Anna Stauffer speaks with Ricardo, one of its owners, and offers us an excellent collection of images that convey the enthusiasm she feels for this type of…
