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(3+7) (Q&A) WITH POET DUNYA MIKHAIL ON THE WOMEN HELD CAPTIVE BY ISIS, REFUGEES, AND CENSORSHIP

(3+7) (Q&A) WITH POET DUNYA MIKHAIL ON THE WOMEN HELD CAPTIVE BY ISIS, REFUGEES, AND CENSORSHIP

Dunya Mikhail returned to her home country of Iraq after 20 years in the United States to understand the lives of women who were held captive by ISIS. Their stories are the subject of her latest book. 

(3+7) (Q&A) WITH TAMIL POET R. CHERAN ON POETRY IN THE FACE OF OPPRESSION

(3+7) (Q&A) WITH TAMIL POET R. CHERAN ON POETRY IN THE FACE OF OPPRESSION

Writer and lawyer Gowri Koneswaran spoke with Tamil poet R. Cheran for THE ALIGNIST about his writing, the current human rights situation in Sri Lanka, and an Amnesty International poetry contest on enforced disappearances in the country.