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About Elif Shafak

Elif Shafak is a novelist and essayist, and currently professor in the department of near-eastern studies at the University of Arizona.

Articles by Elif Shafak

Wednesday 24th January

Hrant Dink's funeral

Rakel Dink and Elif Shafak, 24 January 2007
Istanbul’s tribute to the murdered Armenian-Turkish journalist was a model of what Turkey could be, says Elif Shafak. The most personal farewell of all follows, in the eulogy of Rakel Dink, Hrant Dink’s wife.
Monday 24th July

Turkey 's home truths

Elif Shafak, 24 July 2006
After Orhan Pamuk, another of Turkey's foremost novelists is facing trial for "insulting Turkishness". Elif Shafak warns that the roots of this attack on her human rights lie not just in the murky politics of her country but in a global politics of fear.
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