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"Trauma in a society becomes a culture"
Rose Eskafi on intergenerational trauma, talking to your inner child, and how mindfulness can help with ADHD
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Parisa Hashempour
'When giving birth, refugee mothers' wishes are not being honoured'
Sarah Shemery on refugee maternal rights, loneliness, why she loves Arabic, and the feminist theorists you need to read
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Parisa Hashempour

November 2023

'We talk about Palestine as an abstract idea, not about Palestinian people'
Illustrator and writer, Aya Ghanameh, on trauma and exile, discovering family video footage, and what she wishes people understood about Palestinian…
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Parisa Hashempour

October 2023

'As Afghan women, we begin to fight within our family, then our workplace, then society'
Fereshta Abbasi on growing up with refugee status in Iran, how Kabul taught her to fight for her rights, and the indomitable women protesting the…
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Parisa Hashempour

September 2023

'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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Parisa Hashempour

April 2023

'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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Parisa Hashempour
"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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Parisa Hashempour

March 2023

“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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Parisa Hashempour
'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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Parisa Hashempour

February 2023

Some changes around here (and a big thank you, reader!)
A new schedule and additional posts
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Parisa Hashempour
'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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Parisa Hashempour
How to help with earthquake relief efforts
A message of solidarity, resources, and a call to keep momentum going
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Parisa Hashempour
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