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Met Stories: Resilience

Tomás Vega, Sue Jeiven, and Ahmed Badr share their Met Stories.

Watch episode nine of Met Stories in which Tomás Vega, a paralegal, describes his lifelong dream to work at The Met and how he finally had the chance to make that a reality when he received DACA status; Sue Jeiven, a tattoo artist, explains how vitally important The Met became to her when faced with a diagnosis of terminal breast cancer; and Ahmed Badr, founder of Narratio.org, and author of While the Earth Sleeps We Travel, tells how being a resettled Iraqi refugee gave him a unique understanding of the tensions at play in the Ancient Near Eastern galleries, which helped him gain power over his own story of displacement.

Made for The Met's 150th anniversary, Met Stories is an award-winning video series and year-long social media initiative that shared unexpected and compelling stories gathered from the many people who visit The Met, whether artists, teachers, curators, actors, Museum staff, designers, thought-leaders, or public figures.

Do you have a Met Story? Share it with us.


Contributors

Tomás Vega
Sue Jeiven
Ahmed Badr

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Dariel Vasquez shares the story of his first visit to The Met, on a class trip with his professor Teju Cole.
Dariel Vasquez
December 17, 2020
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Maira Kalman and others share their stories of finding romance at The Met.
Maira Kalman, Lillian Tong, Chris Hosea, Jared Spencer, Joshua Dumas, and Jim Kuhlman
December 31, 2020
Composite image with Tim Gunn in a blue pin striped suit on the right, with an image of an Egyptian sphinx and gold sandals on the left
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Tim Gunn sees fashion history in art at The Met.
Tim Gunn
January 6, 2020

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Healing Scroll, Parchment (vellum), pigment, Amhara or Tigrinya peoples
Amhara or Tigrinya peoples
19th century
Healing Scroll, Parchment, pigments, Amhara or Tigrinya peoples
Amhara or Tigrinya peoples
19th century
Body Mask (Det), Fiber, sago palm leaves, wood, paint, Asmat people
Asmat people
mid-20th century
Human-headed winged bull (lamassu), Gypsum alabaster, Assyrian
Assyrian
ca. 883–859 BCE
Human-headed winged lion (lamassu), Gypsum alabaster, Assyrian
Assyrian
ca. 883–859 BCE