Hope Is a Woman’s Name: My Journey as a Bedouin Palestinian Activist in Israel

Hope can be a woman’s name, and it can also be a motivating force. For Amal Elsana Alh’jooj, hope was bestowed upon her at birth when her father decided to call her Amal, which means ... Read More »

October 2, 2024 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Race & Ethnic Relations, Reviews

When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance

By Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel; with Sean Carleton

The summer of 1990 was bookended by one of the most dramatic events in Canadian history. Thousands of paramilitary Quebec police and Canadian Armed Forces laid siege to the unceded territories of Kanehsatà:ke and Kahnawà:ke, ... Read More »

September 25, 2024 | Filed under: History, Indigenous Peoples, Memoir & Biography, Race & Ethnic Relations, Reviews

Gendered Islamophobia: My Journey With a Scar(f)

By Monia Mazigh

There’s something about Monia Mazigh’s Gendered Islamophobia that is reminiscent of texts such as The Communist Manifesto and Witches, Midwives, and Nurses. These works – short and to the point – were intended by their ... Read More »

November 1, 2023 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Politics & Current Affairs, Race & Ethnic Relations

★ Kinauvit?: What’s Your Name? The Eskimo Disc System and a Daughter’s Search for her Grandmother

By Norma Dunning

“The naming of a child for Inuit is ceremonial,” writes Norma Dunning in her new nonfiction work Kinauvit?: What’s Your Name? The Eskimo Disc System and a Daughter’s Search for her Grandmother. She describes how ... Read More »

October 26, 2022 | Filed under: History, Memoir & Biography, Native Peoples, Race & Ethnic Relations

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Hope Is a Woman’s Name: My Journey as a Bedouin Palestinian Activist in Israel

When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance

Gendered Islamophobia: My Journey With a Scar(f)

★ Kinauvit?: What’s Your Name? The Eskimo Disc System and a Daughter’s Search for her Grandmother

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