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English
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In July 2014, Washington Post Tehran bureau chief Jason Rezaian was arrested by Iranian police, accused of spying for America. The charges were absurd. Rezaian's reporting was a mix of human interest stories and political analysis. He had even served as a guide for Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown. Initially, Rezaian thought the whole thing was a terrible misunderstanding, but soon realized that it was much more dire as it became an eighteen-month...
13) The lizard cage
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Imprisoned in solitary confinement after being arrested by the Burmese secret police, Teza, an activist who used his music to protest the repressive dictatorship, is unaware that his life has a profound influence on those around him.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The author describes her return to the world after twenty years in a Moroccan jail, as she struggled to adjust to the modern world, understand the reality of freedom, fall in love, and experience an intimate relationship for the first time.
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Verso
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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With race and the police once more burning issues, this classic work from one of America's giants of black radicalism has lost none of its prescience or power The trial of Angela Davis is remembered as one of America's most historic political trials, and no one can tell the story better than Davis herself. Opening with a letter from James Baldwin to Angela, and including contributions from numerous radicals and commentators such as Black Panthers...