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The Imagination Interviews

15 October, 2021 • Ramzy Baroud

The Untold Story of Zakaria Zubeidi

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

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15 October, 2021 • Anthoney Dimos

“The Passion of Evangelina”—fiction from Anthoney Dimos

Protests, jails and death characterize this short story set in Athen's Syntagma Square, the site of many 20th-century dramas.

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15 October, 2021 • Jordan Elgrably

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.

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15 October, 2021 • India Hixon Radfar

Poetry: Mohammed El-Kurd’s Rifqa Reviewed

India Hixon Radfar reviews the first collection of poetry from Palestinian firebrand Mohammed El-Kurd.

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15 October, 2021 • Mischa Geracoulis

Gitmo and Abu Ghraib, Infamous Symbols of US Human Rights Violations

Mischa Geracoulis reviews Maria Armoudian's "Lawyers Beyond Borders, Advancing International Human Rights Through Local Laws and Courts."

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15 October, 2021 • Ramzy Baroud

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.

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15 October, 2021 • Fadi Kattan

The Story of Jericho Sheikh Daoud and His Beloved Mansaf

Palestinian chef Fadi Kattan recounts the tale of famed imprisoned leader Sheikh Daoud Iriqat and his beloved dish, mansaf.

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11 October, 2021 • Hadani Ditmars

Iraq’s Tishreen Movement Lives, Despite Government Corruption, Oppression

October marks the second anniversary of Iraq’s thawra. The non-violent Tishreen movement continues to demand all the things many of us take for granted. Tens of thousands of Iraqis have… Continue reading Iraq’s Tishreen Movement Lives, Despite Government Corruption, Oppression

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11 October, 2021 • Jordan Elgrably

Will Love Triumph in the Midst of Gaza’s 14-Year Siege?

Jordan Elgrably reviews the new film from the Nasser brothers, starring Hiam Abbass and Salim Daw.

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4 October, 2021 • Jordan Elgrably

Kurdish Poet and Writer Meral Şimşek Merits Her Freedom

Jordan Elgrably   Imagine, if you will, being put on trial for publishing poems and stories extolling the values of human rights and equality — or rotting in prison as… Continue reading Kurdish Poet and Writer Meral Şimşek Merits Her Freedom

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4 October, 2021 • Brett Kline

Water-Deprived Palestinians Endure Settler Rampage, while Army Punishes NGO Protesters

Brett Kline   In the last days of September, violent incidents in the South Hebron Hills area of the Occupied West Bank attracted media attention across the political spectrum in… Continue reading Water-Deprived Palestinians Endure Settler Rampage, while Army Punishes NGO Protesters

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15 September, 2021 • Ara Oshagan

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 names like Nor (new) Marash, Nor Sis, Nor Yozgat. These are the… Continue reading Displaced: From Beirut to Los Angeles to Beirut

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15 September, 2021 • Maryam Sophia Jahanbin

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, 2021.   Maryam Sophia Jahanbin Content warning: enslavement, land and labor acknowledgement.… Continue reading Hasteem, We Are Here: The Collective for Black Iranians

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15 September, 2021 • Sophie Kazan Makhlouf

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 Somalia and her founding of the Somali Arts Foundation.   Sophie Kazan… Continue reading For Somalia’s Sagal Ali and Her Country’s Future, Art Triumphs Over War

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15 September, 2021 • Ava Homa

Flagbearer of a Stateless Nation, from “Daughters of Smoke and Fire”

The following is excerpted from Chapter 14 in Ava Homa’s Daughters of Smoke and Fire and appears in TMR by gracious arrangement with the author. Ava Homa   When his… Continue reading Flagbearer of a Stateless Nation, from “Daughters of Smoke and Fire”

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