How These Refugee Women Taught Me the True Meaning of Motherhood

When I landed in Berlin on a snowy morning in January, there was a new voicemail from my mom on my phone. We didn’t get the chance to talk before my flight, but I travel often and didn’t think much of the missed call. I had just embarked on a trip through Germany and Greece with a small group of filmmakers to chronicle the stories of women and girl refugees for She Is Syria, a…

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My writing and photography has appeared in Vanity Fair, The Ringer, VICE, AAWW, and elsewhere. I’m currently at work on a book about Anna May Wong for Dutton.

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Katie Gee Salisbury

Katie Gee Salisbury

My writing and photography has appeared in Vanity Fair, The Ringer, VICE, AAWW, and elsewhere. I’m currently at work on a book about Anna May Wong for Dutton.