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Tag: protest

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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15 December, 2022 • Malu Halasa

Don’t Be a Stooge for the Regime—Iranians Reject State-Controlled Media!

Malu Halasa reports on the myriad ways Iranians circumvent Iran's heavy-handed media to get their news.

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15 October, 2022 • TMR

Homage to Mahsa Jhina Amini & the Women-Led Call for Freedom

In HEROINES, artists pay homage to the late Mahsa Jhina Amini and the women-led uprising for freedom in Iran.

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15 October, 2022 • Sara Mokhavat, Salar Abdoh

Defiance—an essay from Sara Mokhavat

When an oppressive, insulting cleric makes life unbearable at a university campus in Tehran, students rebel. Pandemonium ensues.

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15 September, 2022 • Abir Kopty

Unapologetic Palestinians, Reactionary Germans

Abir Kopty argues that German guilt is being used to silence Palestinians and others who protest on their behalf.

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1 August, 2022 • Farah Abdessamad

Poem for Tunisia: “Court of Nothing”

Farah Abdessamad responds to Tunisia's July 25 constitutional referendum with a poem for her country.

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