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Bringing Cordoba into the Future: Three Somali Women Create Publishing House


Posted by sharrae on 14 Mar 2016 / 0 Comments
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  The producing and dissemination of images by mainstream media has a direct impact on society. It affects the ways that we view ourselves and the way we perceive others. Television, film, advertising, and even education all play a role in spreading specific versions of reality. Communities who experience state-violence, police brutality, and increased rates […]

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Diversity & Books: Reading, Publishing, and Telling More Stories


Posted by Shereen Malherbe on 08 Mar 2016 / 5 Comments
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At the start of 2016, The Guardian reported a ‘survey of workforce at 34 book publishers and eight review journals in [the] US reveals 79% of staff are white’. It isn’t a surprise that bookstores around the UK tend to reflect this lack of diversity, with few non-dominant narratives or books by people of colour, […]

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How to make a killing in veiled cliches


Posted by Guest Contributor on 09 Oct 2008 / 0 Comments
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This was written by Amal Awad and originally published in The Sydney Morning Herald. As I spot one veiled cliche after another in the bookshop, I realise that when it comes to Muslims in print, if kidnapped children and enslavement were the flavour of the ’80s and ’90s, honour killings are the leitmotif of the […]

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