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alien from sudanese origin | author of The January Children ( 2017) | mgmt: | my name is pronounced SAAH-fya eL-HILL-oh

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    10 Nov 2018

    yesterday i received an Arab American Book Award for my bb, The January Children, & i’m grateful & honored but also felt it would be irresponsible to not make the following statement (pt 1/2)

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    I’m always struck by ppl who express admiration for those like Douglass & Tubman while labeling policies that attempt to build a more just & moral society “unrealistic.” Do these ppl think abolishing slavery was widespread & popular policy proposal in the 19th century? It wasn’t.

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    BREAKING: US Congressman & head of House Foreign Affairs committee comments on human rights situation in Sudan amid crackdown on protests against the regime.

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    Jan 3

    Our report on the "shoot to kill" strategy of armed forces & persecution of doctors in the . Produced by the genius , edited by & reporting by me.

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    Jan 3

    In Farsi we say jaya shomah khallee when a beloved is absent from our table — literally: your place is empty. I don’t know why I waste my time with the imprecision of saying anything else, like using a hacksaw to slice a strawberry when I have a razor in my pocket  

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    21 hours ago

    “Worshippers left Wad Nubawi (Omdurman) mosque in protest, but were shut down in minutes by security forces using copious amounts of teargas”

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    Also, poor wasn't even trying to be quotable. This wasn't from and interview or article, just the kind of advice she gives over lunch! She didn't know I was frantically scribbling down her wisdom to return to later. 😂

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    Jan 2

    Our friends are having a winter sale--50% OFF some awesome books, including lots of our African poetry titles (for US and Canada shipping only, sorry others!):

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    20 hours ago

    The January Children by : 50% off from through Feb 15 with code 6JFP:

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    Jan 2

    National Media, please cover the murder of . She was 7 years old and was killed on Sunday in a Walmart parking lot outside of Houston. The suspect is a white male in his 40’s with a beard, driving a red pick up truck. He is still at large. Please tell the world.

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    Jan 3

    If you are watching & you feel angry, hopeless, or driven to action, consider a donation to Chicago-based org . They work directly with girls & young women of color to fight sexual violence, intimate partner violence &abuse.

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    Absolutely well meaning, but folks let’s stop listing “people of color” as a separate category from women. People of color are also women. And refugees, immigrants, etc. Just say “white women” when you mean that.

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    23 hours ago

    Our latest report on the with is now on YouTube here pls share widely. It’s terrible what is happening to people there.

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    22 hours ago

    Activists: protests in Kassala (city in eastern Sudan) and Rufa’a (city in central Sudan)

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    Photo I just received from Wad Nubawi, Omdurman

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    Jan 3

    Loved this piece by soulful and brilliant // I think a lot about how our internet interactions obscure our wounds and traumas

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    Jan 3

    "It’s about nurturing the idea of being nurtured, and understanding that it’s two-fold: to be and to nurture are a part of the same device." Revisiting this in the new year as well:

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    Jan 3

    Looook!!!! Thrilled to be publishing this shiny wonder in the UK next month!

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