Immigration
Morning Joe on Immigration
This morning’s “Morning Joe” program on MSNBC offered several interesting observations on the future of immigration policy in the aftermath of Tuesday’s election. Here are ……Read More
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Remembering Mahmoud Albayaty, 1944-2014
According to Iraqi playwright Hassan Abdulrazzak, today a wake is being held for short story-writer and novelist Mahmoud Albayaty. Albayaty, who died on the last day of October in ……Read More
Books
Gulf Women’s Writing: On Slavery, Migrant Labor, and Statelessness
On Nov. 10, Mona Kareem will give a talk at Binghamton University on how Gulf women writers adopt — or challenge — nationalist narratives: How, ……Read More
Immigration
Party of the (Would-Be) Working American?
The 2014 election season has shown that a stance of putting our fellow countrymen first by reducing legal immigration toward traditional levels is a welcome ……Read More
Books
Dubai Opens International Writers’ Centre
Last Monday, the Emirates Literature Foundation launched the Dubai International Writers’ Centre (DIWC) to “support aspiring writers and host inspiring literary events”: Photo credit: DIWC. The ……Read More
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All-new Serialized, Satirical, Sci Fi Comic Has Its Own Answer to ‘Where Is Egypt Headed?’
Today marks the launch of Sherif Adel’s “Foot 3aleyna Bokra” (“Pass By Tomorrow”), an all-new satirical SF comic that will be published on the first ……Read More