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Saving Brown Women (2002)

The Taliban’s treatment of Afghan women has long horrified the Western world in its brutality and oppressiveness. While the Western world tries to help these

Middle Eastern Literature (2000)

With Western influences and increasing modernity in the Middle East, the concept of literature expanded to include previously unexplored genres. Beginning with European colonization, cooke

Living in Truth (2000)

This article highlights some strong similarities between modern day Syria and post-Soviet Eastern Europe in the political propaganda and the way Syrian intellectuals are struggling

Mapping Peace (1999)

If we care about not remaining intellectuals without history, we must write the unspeakable.” These words were written by a Lebanese novelist and journalist in