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#12: 'White feminism created the myth that Muslim men are inherently more violent'
Shahed Ezaydi on the Muslim alt-right, white feminism and her upcoming book The Othered Woman
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#11: 'I am stateless, and I carry that with me wherever I go'
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#3: "There's no such thing as cool music. What makes music cool is your connection to it"
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#4: 'I'd always railed against the idea of tradition. But maybe tradition is the thing that holds you while you question it'
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#5: 'A unique trauma accompanies being Armenian because the genocide is still denied by most of the world'
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#11: 'I am stateless, and I carry that with me wherever I go'
Mona Kareem on writing oneself into existence, the problem with individualistic activism, and taking a proletariat approach to creating poetry.
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#10: "Islam doesn’t speak, they speak for Islam."
Dr Ziba Mir-Hosseini on becoming an Islamic feminist, Iran's protest movement and a divorce that led to a rich anthropological career
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#9: “What is grief if not love persevering?”
Film critic and author, Hanna Flint, on mixedness, movies as a healing balm, and why white men are the real tokens
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#8: 'It's not okay to break into someone's home, kill them and take that house. Why do I have to explain that?'
Deana Hassanein on dealing with 'stupid men' online, what she learned from reaching burn out, and the songs you should add to your Spotify playlist
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Some changes around here (and a big thank you, reader!)
A new schedule and additional posts
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#7: 'I look for examples of queerness in Iran's 19th century Qajar dynasty'
Kasra Jalilipour on searching for queerness in Iran's Qajar dynasty, Christian sainthood, and what it means to be Iranian enough.
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#6: How to help with earthquake relief efforts
A message of solidarity, resources, and a call to keep momentum going
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#5: 'A unique trauma accompanies being Armenian because the genocide is still denied by most of the world'
Stephanie Shakay Tierney on the Scottish witch trials, the Armenian Genocide, and the importance of remembering the past
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#4: 'I'd always railed against the idea of tradition. But maybe tradition is the thing that holds you while you question it'
Alya Mooro on what it means to be your most authentic self, a move away from oversharing, and what romantic relationships can tell us about the world
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SWANA speaks
SWANA speaks
South West Asian and North African diasporic thinkers, writers, movers and creators on what shapes their identity, influences, and ideas. SWANA speaks is a collation of conversations on life, work and identity, plus topical personal and guest essays.
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