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House Arrest

House Arrest

I knew this lockdown business was serious when they cancelled my convocation.

15 OCTOBER 2021 • By Claire Berlinski
The New Politics of Exclusion: Gaza as Prologue

The New Politics of Exclusion: Gaza as Prologue

Gaza’s small size, its misery, and continued vulnerability belie its profound significance, which has always been misunderstood and...

15 OCTOBER 2021 • By Ivar Ekeland
Prison Letters From a Free Spirit on Slow Death Row

Prison Letters From a Free Spirit on Slow Death Row

With his letters from maximum security on death row, Tiyo Attallah Salah-El reveals what the prison experience is...

15 OCTOBER 2021 • By Tiyo Attallah Salah-El
Guantánamo—The World’s Most Infamous Prison

Guantánamo—The World’s Most Infamous Prison

An excerpt from Sarah Mirk's graphic novel describes life in the infamous US prison in Cuba.

15 OCTOBER 2021 • By Sarah Mirk
Faraj Bayrakdar, Once Syria’s Prisoner, is Freedom’s Poet

Faraj Bayrakdar, Once Syria’s Prisoner, is Freedom’s Poet

India Hixon Radfar reviews the newly-translated collection of poetry from a former prisoner in Syria.

15 OCTOBER 2021 • By India Hixon Radfar
Memoirs of a Militant, My Years in the Khiam Women’s Prison

Memoirs of a Militant, My Years in the Khiam Women’s Prison

An exclusive excerpt from the memoirs of Nawal Qasim Baidoun, the Lebanese militant imprisoned by Israel.

15 OCTOBER 2021 • By Nawal Qasim Baidoun
The Untold Story of Zakaria Zubeidi

The Untold Story of Zakaria Zubeidi

Ramzy Baroud writes of a whole generation of Palestinians in the West Bank who are caught up in...

15 OCTOBER 2021 • By Ramzy Baroud
Interview With Prisoner X, Accused by the Bashar Al-Assad Regime of Terrorism

Interview With Prisoner X, Accused by the Bashar Al-Assad Regime of Terrorism

A Syrian refugee successfully resettled in Brussels shares part of his story.

15 OCTOBER 2021 • By
Khalida Jarrar—How to Resist and Win inside Israeli Prisons

Khalida Jarrar—How to Resist and Win inside Israeli Prisons

Ramzy Baroud presents an excerpt of the memoir by former Israeli prisoner and attorney Khalida Jarrar.

15 OCTOBER 2021 • By Ramzy Baroud
Displaced: From Beirut to Los Angeles to Beirut

Displaced: From Beirut to Los Angeles to Beirut

Ara Oshagan I am walking along the narrow and labyrinthine Armenian neighborhoods of Bourj Hammoud in Beirut—spaces with...

15 SEPTEMBER 2021 • By Ara Oshagan
Hasteem, We Are Here: The Collective for Black Iranians

Hasteem, We Are Here: The Collective for Black Iranians

  Twelve Gates Arts and the Collective for Black Iranians are hosting “Hasteem: We Are Here” from September 3-24,...

15 SEPTEMBER 2021 • By Aimée Papazian
For Somalia’s Sagal Ali and Her Country’s Future, Art Triumphs Over War

For Somalia’s Sagal Ali and Her Country’s Future, Art Triumphs Over War

  Art historian Sophie Kazan speaks to Sagal Ali about the importance of art-making for the future of...

15 SEPTEMBER 2021 • By Sophie Kazan Makhlouf
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