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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe violence of the word refugee
Words have power. The meaning of the word ‘refugee’ must be challenged to represent the experiences of the millions...
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The writer reflects on the role of language, foreign and Arabic, colloquial and classical, in Morocco; and on the...
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Calling the natural world ‘it’ absolves us of moral responsibility and opens the door to exploitation.
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