Melvin Guirhem’s fabric art
Failed Reconciliation may have been a personal story of pain, but mirrors the pain of many Filipino families.
“It’s a family portrait and was not necessarily created [to win an award]. It was our life. It is our life,” Melvin tells Manila Bulletin Lifestyle in a phone interview after the Dec. 18 virtual awarding ceremony.
Melvin and his fabric art
Failed Reconciliation
What may be a colorful and vibrant collage of sewn fabric is the paradox of inter-personal relationships among family members in adulthood during the Christmas season. It weaves between the physical and emotional connections or the lack of it between Melvin, his parents, his brothers, and sister.
Yousuf Hasan's mugshot from Dec. 16, 2020. Photo courtesy of Orange County Corrections.
The driver who struck and killed UCF student London Harrell in 2019 while she was walking near campus has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Yousuf Hasan pled no contest to one count of leaving the scene of a crash involving death and was sentenced on Wednesday, the Orlando Sentinel reports.
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The driver who struck and killed #UCF student London Harrell while she was walking near campus in 2019 was sentenced to 12 years in state prison on Wednesday.
Yousuf Hasan pled no contest to one count of leaving the scene of a crash involving death. This is a #developing story. pic.twitter.com/yhYVBAy63L— UCF Knight News (@UCFKnightNews) December 17, 2020