Author: 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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