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The Red and the Blue

15 October, 2020 • Monique El-Faizy

Trump’s “Favorite Dictator” Imprisons Journalists

Trump's "favorite dictator" is Egyptian president Abdefattah el-Sisi, who calls for journalists critical of his regime to be severely punished.

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15 October, 2020 • Melissa Chemam

A Conversation with Arundhati Roy & Colson Whitehead

The novelists and essayists discuss these difficult times, the rise of neo-fascism in India and the U.S., and "What Lies Ahead."

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15 October, 2020 • TMR

Artists on the Trump Era

Three American artists, Daliah Ammar, Sandow Birk and Jos Sances, share their work, created during the Trump administration.

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15 October, 2020 • Laila Halaby

Dear Neighbors With the Trump/Pence Sign

Novelist and poet Laila Halaby reconciles herself with the neighborhood.

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15 October, 2020 • Rana Asfour

The “Surreal Hell” That Made Tahar Ben Jelloun a Writer

The Punishment is a first-person account from an author who considers writers to be "witnesses of history."

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15 October, 2020 • Malu Halasa

Arabs & Race in America through the Short Story Prism

The best writing in "Alligator & Other Stories" starts a different conversation about Arab belonging and assimilation in America, through the prism of Syrian experience.

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15 October, 2020 • Jordan Elgrably

How Are You Feeling? Have the Trump Years Been Good to You?

We asked Arab and Iranian Americans how they view the Trump years and which way folks are voting.

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