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Ream Shukairy on Telling Muslim Stories in an Islamophobic World

Ream Shukairy on Telling Muslim Stories in an Islamophobic World

“May we speak up the veins in our necks bulge. May we walk confidently into rooms demanding to be heard.”

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“From the River to the Sea.” A Poem by Samer Abu Hawwash, translated by Huda Fakhreddine

“From the River to the Sea.” A Poem by Samer Abu Hawwash, translated by Huda Fakhreddine

"every whisper, every touch, every street, every house, every room"

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In Defense of Food Memory in Immigrant Fiction

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Jessica Yu on the Power of an Oft-Maligned Trope

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Kathleen Schmidt on Getting Real About Book Publishing

Kathleen Schmidt on Getting Real About Book Publishing

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Kiley Reid on Why Fiction Isn't Activism

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