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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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Published on: 24 April 2015

Written by: Robin Wall Kimmerer All articles by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Calling the natural world ‘it’ absolves us of moral responsibility and opens the door to exploitation.

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