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Tag: freedom

5 March, 2023 • Leila Aboulela

“Raise Your Head High”—new fiction from Leila Aboulela

Cairo-born novelist Leila Aboulela weaves the sad story of two sisters' alienation on the eve of the uprising in Tahrir Square.

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30 January, 2023 • TMR

Letters From Tehran: Braving Tehran’s Roundabout, Maidan Valiasr

A journalist in Tehran walks defiantly without covering her hair through one of the city's busiest thoroughfares.

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15 December, 2022 • Melissa Chemam

Gultrah Sound System: Tunisia’s Sound of Freedom

Melissa Chemam explores the Tunisian neo-rap and reggae group from Tunisia that sings for social and political freedom.

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15 August, 2022 • Abdullah Chahin

Letter to the Editor Re “Questionable Thinking on Syria”

Dr. Abdullah Chahin, author of a book on the Syrian quagmire, responds to the TMR review of his book.

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4 July, 2022 • Sahar Mustafah

“The Peacock” — New Fiction from Sahar Mustafah

A Palestinian woman battles both the patriarchy and the occupation to free herself from the toxic jurisdiction men have claimed over her.

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15 June, 2022 • Bakytiyar Ali

Bakhtiyar Ali: “The Prisoner and the Plague”

From one of the most prominent contemporary authors and poets from Iraqi Kurdistan comes an unforgettable tale of oppression, and freedom.

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15 October, 2021 • India Hixon Radfar

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

India Hixon Radfar A Dove In Free Flight, Selected Poems of Faraj Bayrakdar Edited & introduced by Ammiel Alcalay and Shareah Taleghani Upset Press (October 2021)   The truth is… Continue reading Faraj Bayrakdar, Once Syria’s Prisoner, is Freedom’s Poet

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1 October, 2018 • TMR

They Came for Muslims and Immigrants, Then They Came for Me

When a repressive government moves against the most despised in society, if left unchecked, no one is safe and it will move against its own citizens.

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