Dissecting life to understand its core—has always represented the pinnacle of intellectual achievement for me. To dissect each strand of existence, much like light refracted through a prism into a spectrum, is to truly comprehend the world. wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/wome…

The beauty of truly understanding something lies in its ability to transcend local confines, forging a connection with the broader human experience.

'To those who insist on homing their pigeons during the war, have your pigeons come home?' Fady Joudah reading a small snippet of his beautiful poem 'Dedication.' #palestinewillbefree

I wish children didn't die.

—Ghassan Kanafani
▪︎ Palestinian poet ▪︎

Our new issue, WHAT IS THE STATE FOR?, asks whether the nation-state can serve social justice.
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò leads a forum with Thea Riofrancos NYC Tw*tterati Andrea Ritchie also @dreanyc123.bsky.social Ishac Diwan Bright Simons Tara Raghuveer Martin O'Neill Joe Guinan gianpaolo baiocchi Claudio Lomnitz

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Watch authors Sola Mahfouz and Malaina Kapoor discuss DEFIANT DREAMS: The Journey of an Afghan Girl Who Risked Everything for Education.

#unCommonAuthors is a video series highlighting exceptional and unique authors talking about their books.

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When you trained in scientific research and then write prose, what do you do? You try to understand the phenomena of everything. You want to measure the meaning of everything.

In her poem “Dear Sparrow, Take Me Home!”, Palestinian poet and human rights defender Haya Abu Nasser embodies the majority of Palestinians' experiences during the war in #Gaza , including the destruction of their homes and memories - forced to live in tents under the shadow of

[READ] Global Fellow Sola Mahfouz (Sola Mahfouz) shares insights into the resilience of Afghan women amid the country's turbulent history in her essay for Service95.

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It dawned on me on this path, like the first ray of light, how young Western civilization is—a baby that hasn’t yet even learned to crawl. The Enlightenment began in the 17th century—how astonishingly recent!

1. My book Defiant Dreams: The Journey of an Afghan Girl Who Risked Everything for Education (with Sola Sola Mahfouz) is out today in paperback.

It's the story of Sola's secret education, the history of Afghanistan, and the lives of Afghan women & girls today.

'If I lived by the sea I would never be really sad. I get an immense sense of eternity and peace from the ocean. I can lose myself in staring at it hour after hour.'

Sylvia Plath

Alone in Rafah

Or rather, it creates new problems for you, so you forget your old ones :)

On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, Rukhshana Media spoke with journalists about their experience of working under Taliban rule. Their stories relay an encroaching sense of doom that women are being eradicated from the media in Afghanistan.

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Modesty aside, here is a brief and delightful piece by me celebrating the bold women of Afghanistan Service95

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After years of foreign footsteps crisscrossing its lands, shaping and reshaping its politics, it is surprising that no cultural studies center dedicated to Afghanistan exists anywhere in the world, a place that could capture and reflect the ever-evolving spirit of Afghan culture.

THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF MUSLIM BOYHOOD is now available to preorder! Argues that the construction of Muslim boys as proto-terrorists is integral to the story of American racial capitalism. 40% off code MN91350 z.umn.edu/9HG3 1/5
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“We are constantly producing the past. We are factories for the past. Living past-making machines, what else? We eat time and produce the past. Even death doesn’t put a stop to this. A person might be gone, but his past remains.”
― Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter