Foreign Bodies

Foreign Bodies is an online community and newsletter focused on the experiences of immigrants and refugees. Its goal is to break the stigma surrounding mental health issues and promote personal storytelling. This initiative was created by Fiza Pirani during her reporting fellowship with The Carter Center Mental Health Program.

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Until next time

Jan 1, 2025 | foreignbodies.substack.com | Fiza Pirani

This newsletter began over seven years ago with a herculean mission: to use storytelling as a tool to strip mental illness stigma among migrant communities and make care more accessible for populations oft-overlooked and underfunded.
Eyes on Rafah: on pause to refocus efforts on Gaza

May 6, 2024 | foreignbodies.substack.com | Fiza Pirani

Eyes on Rafah: on pause to refocus efforts on Gazaforeignbodies.substack.com
Monday Matter: Crows, chaos and ecocide

Apr 22, 2024 | foreignbodies.substack.com | Fiza Pirani

Every other Monday, I send subscribers and gift recipients of immigrant mental health and storytelling newsletter Foreign Bodies stories I recently inhaled and adored. This is also a chance to do some housekeeping and give shout-outs and all that jazz. Last Sunday, a group of five girlfriends and I roamed the largest urban rainforest in the world: Rio’s Tijuca National Park.
Monday Matter: Fruit bowls and flat places

Apr 1, 2024 | foreignbodies.substack.com | Fiza Pirani

Every other Monday, I send subscribers and gift recipients of immigrant mental health and storytelling newsletter Foreign Bodies stories I recently inhaled and adored. This is also a chance to do some housekeeping and give shout-outs and all that jazz.
Monday Matter: Dead stars and the disaster-verse

Mar 18, 2024 | foreignbodies.substack.com | Fiza Pirani

Every other Monday, I send subscribers and gift recipients of immigrant mental health and storytelling newsletter Foreign Bodies stories I recently inhaled and adored. This is also a chance to do some housekeeping and give shout-outs and all that jazz. This morning at Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital, Al Jazeera journalist Ismail al-Ghoul was beaten and arrested by Israeli forces.
Monday Matter: Like a f*cking meteor

Mar 4, 2024 | foreignbodies.substack.com | Fiza Pirani

Every other Monday, I send subscribers and gift recipients of immigrant mental health and storytelling newsletter Foreign Bodies stories I recently inhaled and adored. This is also a chance to do some housekeeping and give shout-outs and all that jazz.
Monday Matter: Dispatch from group therapy

Feb 19, 2024 | foreignbodies.substack.com | Fiza Pirani

Every other Monday, I send subscribers and gift recipients of immigrant mental health and storytelling newsletter Foreign Bodies stories I recently inhaled and adored. This is also a chance to do some housekeeping and give shout-outs and all that jazz. Today’s issue, a departure from the typical Monday letter, is public.
Admitting I'm not OK

Jan 8, 2024 | foreignbodies.substack.com | Fiza Pirani

Friends, I need a break. My heart is in pieces and my body is telling me to stop before it shuts down. I have been in constant fight-or-flight mode since an attempted robbery at my house in September and now — as of this writing, it’s day 93 — we are still witnessing the genocide of Palestinians as they scream into their phones for the world to step in, to make it stop. The sounds of planes or choppers overhead, fireworks, any kind of burst at all makes me panic.
If you're seeking clarity and solidarity, read this

Dec 18, 2023 | foreignbodies.substack.com | Israeli authorities |Fiza Pirani

Here is/are the stories, voices, art that I’ve shared in my newsletters so far. This is the work I’m seeking to learn from, works offering some semblance of clarity, knowledge, understanding or solidarity. This growing resource is free. If you’d like to help financially support Foreign Bodies by becoming a paying subscriber, click here. ‘We Cannot Cross Until We Carry Each Other’ (Arielle Angel, Jewish Currents Mag): “The violence of apartheid and colonialism begets more violence.
Reflections from a vigil

Dec 18, 2023 | foreignbodies.substack.com | Fiza Pirani

Every other Monday, I send subscribers and gift recipients of immigrant mental health and storytelling newsletter Foreign Bodies stories I recently inhaled and adored. This is also a chance to do some housekeeping and give shout-outs and all that jazz. Today’s issue, a departure from the typical Monday letter, is public. On Saturday, a team of three Atlanta journalists and I organized a vigil for the news workers killed in Gaza, Israel and Lebanon since Oct.