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“In the Belly of the Queen” by Karosh Taha

May 7, 2023

A conversation with the author.

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“Dawn” by Selahattin Demirtaş

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Demirtaş’s 2017 short story collection “Seher,” published in English in 2018 as “Dawn”

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Haithem Hussein, novelist and literary critic

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“Mem û Zîn,” the Kurdish epic

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Mem û Zîn (Mem and Zin) is foundational text of Kurdish literature. An epic tale, it likely originated around 1450 and was handed down over the generations by dengbêj, or traditional

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“The Last Pomegranate Tree” by Bachtyar Ali

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