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Author: Mauricio Ruiz

Mauricio Ruiz

Mauricio Ruiz


Mauricio Ruiz is a writer and journalist who has lived in the US, Belgium, Mexico and Norway. He's been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize and Myriad Editions Competition in the UK, as well as the Fish Short Story Prize in Ireland. His work has appeared in Electric Literature, The Rumpus, River Teeth, Literal Magazine, among others. He has received fellowships from OMI Writers in New York, and from the Three Seas Council in Rhodes. His second book, Silencios al sur, was published in early 2017.

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Fashion In focus Lifestyle Portugal Portugal Fashion 

Portugal Fashion 2019 at the forefront of textile innovation

17 March 201918 March 2019 Mauricio Ruiz

The waters from the Douro river stay still and observe without blinking, they are in awe. The soft breeze blowing

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Freiraum
Cult'Art Germany In focus Opinion 

“My father voted to leave the EU, even if he migrated from Poland years ago” — How do we narrate Europe?

13 March 2019 Mauricio Ruiz

Imagine your passport had to be controlled when traveling from Paris to Amsterdam, from Brussels to Strasbourg, from Frankfurt to

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CATS
Art Entertainment Music 

“It’s still considered the most difficult music to dance to” — an interview with CATS’ producer Frank van Paridon

13 March 201913 March 2019 Mauricio Ruiz

The first time I saw CATS the musical I was seven. My mom received tickets as a birthday present from

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Belgium Entertainment In focus Refugees 

Refugees for Refugees: Music as a gift to society

7 February 2019 Mauricio Ruiz

Tammam Al Ramadan was 19 when the civil war broke out in Syria. He stayed in Aleppo for another two

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Richard Powers
Belgium Cult'Art In focus USA 

“I came to Belgium to write about phantom limbs” — An interview with American novelist Richard Powers

7 February 20197 February 2019 Mauricio Ruiz

  I have to start from the beginning. Before being blown away by the sculpted, pristine sentences found in his

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Antimigrant
Belgium Cult'Art Opinion 

What are the roots of hate? Why do some people threaten to kill, rape, kidnap or hurt others?

31 January 201931 January 2019 Mauricio Ruiz

What are the roots of hate? Why do some people threaten to kill, rape, kidnap or hurt someone whose existence

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Luka Okros
BOZAR Cult'Art Georgia In focus Music 

“I was born the year the USSR collapsed. The piano at home was a gift from my grandfather to my mom,” — Pianist Luka Okros in Brussels

27 January 2019 Mauricio Ruiz

Imagine being 18 and walking into a sea of applause at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Imagine sitting on

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Bader Ginsburg
Cinema Entertainment Festival Film 

Ruth Bader-Ginsburg: A woman who changed history – Opening night of Elles Tournent Festival

25 January 201925 January 2019 Mauricio Ruiz

In coats and turtleneck sweaters the audience trickled in through both doors of Bozar’s Studio and walked down the carpeted

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The big conversation
Belgium Cult'Art Europe European Union Opinion 

How much do you care about problems in other European cities?

22 January 201922 January 2019 Mauricio Ruiz

Ask a 25-year old Belgian living in Brussels whether she approves of the European Union and any of the programs

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Pascal & Antonio
Belgium Brussels Interview News Opinion 

Interview with Brussels Express’ Editor-in-Chief Pascal Goergen

15 January 201915 January 2019 Mauricio Ruiz

António Buscardini, passionate traveler and tireless entrepreneur, is pursuing his dream of gazing at the world through the eye of

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The Belgian masterpiece that became the most stolen work of art in history

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Exclusive early release of The Refugee Journal

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“I take with me the feeling of the colorful and lively city Brussels is” — Marek Šindelka at Passa Porta

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