In Samayeh's story, a schoolgirl faces forced marriage in rural #Iran: "Then she turned around and let the wind blow the hair away from her face and style it however it wanted. The wind didn’t attack her like her mum would after each shower..Read it: thegoatpol.org/story/i-couldn…

In another chapter of Sana Nassari's sequence about current-day Iran, the island's poetry society meets in "Q&A" but they're interrupted by the minister's request: "The man spoke loudly, 'Sorry for the inconvenience, but it’s time for..Read it at thegoatpol.org/story/q-and-a/

"After a period of despair, Espoir explains how he went from awaiting change to deciding to become the protagonist of his life. In "The Protagonist", he highlights how he made some simple but necessary decisions that changed his life in a refugee camp.. thegoatpol.org/story/the-prot…

Why were you laughing when you shot at me? Sara braided her long hair and put it behind her head, drew her eye line carefully and winked at herself in the mirror and sent a kiss to herself, put her head out of the window and told her boyfriend… thegoatpol.org/story/why-were…

“Shaping a Fighter” is the latest story by Andrew Curran. Like his earlier story, “Therapy on the Baltic Sea”, this one describes events experienced in Poland, where Andrew Curran went to undergo therapy. Read it here: thegoatpol.org/story/shaping-…

Click here to read Derike Ingabire’s new story Beaten for #Love, about how difficult it can be to love someone from another community. thegoatpol.org/story/beaten-f…

Sustaining a relationship as a university student can be difficult especially when financial resources are limited. As many university boys are fighting to meet the social standard for Valentine`s Day treatment for their girlfriends, many of them… thegoatpol.org/story/a-ubas-v…

Am I for real? Or a reflection meant to dwell? Coz I got nothing to tell Or commodity to sell Just a soul running from the violence You can call me immortal For all I have survived Survived the war, hunger, drought, and famine. thegoatpol.org/story/mirror-o…

Emmanuel Ushindi shows how this simple and storied snack not only makes mouths water and bellies full but also offers people living in the Dzaleka #refugee camp opportunity and inspiration… thegoatpol.org/story/for-the-…

Aida's Dreams is the story of students who couldn't continue their education because of their gender. If you are eager to read my story, go the site below.😊 thegoatpol.org/story/aida-s-d… The GOAT PoL

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@AEAkinwumi Atefa Qorbani, Herat, Afghanistan: thegoatpol.org/story/i-am-not…

Here is a good example of how much traction the word "literature" has in our understanding of writing's virtues and vices. It's difficult to compass the hostility some feel toward discussing "literature." theguardian.com/books/2023/aug…

Thank you ARC – Artists at Risk Connection and Ayesha Ali for this generous assessment of our fledgling attemps to create a living polity of literature. Check us out at thegoatpol.org

A beautiful tribute to the most important people of all. Seconded!

We were held on Suella Braverman’s Bibby Stockholm barge – and we’re terrified of going back there | Anonymous theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

theguardian.com/world/2023/sep… "Above all, he does not think the west understands what Iran has become. 'A totalitarian government is established here. Maybe because this is a modern totalitarianism, it has not come to the attention of the west.'"

URGENT: theguardian.com/world/2023/sep… "...prosecutors have launched a civil investigation into one of the country’s largest banks’ historical links to slavery, in an unprecedented move to hold Brazilian institutions to account for their role in the enslavement of millions of Africans."