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counting) of a complete communication blackout of internet, phones, and other media. 68 days (\u0026amp; counting) where Kashmiris have been unable to hear from family\/friends. 68 days (\u0026amp; counting) of thousands of additional Indian soldiers added to the already-present ~600,000 Indian troops administering a violent and merciless military occupation of the tiny region of Kashmir since the Indian partition in 1947.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003EIn light of this ongoing and accelerating military occupation, lack of media attention, and urgent calls for international solidarity, #BecauseWeveRead is honored to be partnering with Stand With Kashmir to host this 'Emergency Read' on Kashmir.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-HRx-q2Z-92w\/XZ-_VCLUVTI\/AAAAAAAALs4\/keZsZP0Czr0StLp9S0qJhc0gyQbxM5DlQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/kashmir%2B-%2Bbwr.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"908\" data-original-width=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-HRx-q2Z-92w\/XZ-_VCLUVTI\/AAAAAAAALs4\/keZsZP0Czr0StLp9S0qJhc0gyQbxM5DlQCNcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/kashmir%2B-%2Bbwr.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EEMERGENCY READ ON KASHMIR:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EUNTIL MY FREEDOM HAS COME\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EUntil My Freedom Has Come: The New Intifada in Kashmir\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;is a composition of beautiful, painful, inspiring, and compelling essays written in various styles (poetry, short narrative, autobiographical, academic, etc) by Kashmiris in Kashmir and around the world. While this text was published in 2013 and is generally themed around the tumultuous 2010 uprisings in Kashmir, the voices and stories presented in its essays are both timeless and integral to contextualize and better understand the contemporary situation unfolding before our eyes.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003EWe are excited to be collaborating with\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.standwithkashmir.org\/\" style=\"text-decoration-line: underline;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EStand With Kashmir\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;for this Emergency Read. #SWK is a Kashmiri diaspora-driven grassroots collective dedicated to building solidarity with the people of Kashmir in ending the occupation and supporting their right to self-determination.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003EBOOK\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E+\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EUntil My Freedom Has Come: The New Intifada in Kashmir \u003C\/i\u003E(2013), Sanjay Kak, editor.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThank you to our amazing publishing partners, \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/bwrkashmir\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EHaymarket Books\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E, for providing #BecauseWeveRead members with a FREE E-book (\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/bwrkashmir\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eavailable here\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E) as well as \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/bwrkashmir\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ea 30% off discount\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E for those wanting to purchase a hardcopy!\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003EADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED RESOURCES\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E+ #StandWithKashmir \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/standwkashmir\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Einstagram\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E, \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/standwkashmir\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Etwitter\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E, and \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.standwithkashmir.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ewebsite\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E for regular updates on the current situation in Kashmir as well as ways to get involved and stand in solidarity with the people of Kashmir\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E+ The \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.standwithkashmir.org\/the-kashmir-syllabus\" style=\"text-decoration-line: underline;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EKashmir Syllabus\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;-\u0026nbsp;an INCREDIBLE and incredibly detailed 14-week syllabus covering everything from general background and timelines to cultural production to women's organizing to borders and bodies and everything in-between, curated by Hafsa Kanjwal\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/player.fm\/series\/why-is-this-happening-with-chris-hayes\/the-lockdown-of-kashmir-with-hafsa-kanjwal\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"The Lockdown of Kashmir With Hafsa Kanjwal\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E interview on\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EWhy is this Happening \u003C\/i\u003EPodcast\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2019\/08\/05\/indias-settler-colonial-project-kashmir-takes-disturbing-turn\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"India’s settler-colonial project in Kashmir takes a disturbing turn\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E, - article by Hafsa Kanjwal in \u003Ci\u003EThe\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EWashington Post\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E+ \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2019\/8\/8\/kashmir\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"Kashmir Under Siege: India Moves to Annex Territory, Heightening Tensions with Nuclear Rival Pakistan\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u0026nbsp;- interview with\u0026nbsp;Sanjay Kak, Mirza Waheed, and Siddhartha Deb on Democracy Now\u003C\/div\u003E+\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uV95tdawYuU\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EInterview with Hafsa Kanjwal\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u0026nbsp;on The Dean Obeidallah Show\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qwsryTV_WnQ\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EInterview with Mohamad Junaid\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E on SABC\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/08\/india-revokes-kashmir-special-status-latest-updates-190806134011673.html\" style=\"text-decoration-line: underline;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"Kashmir under lockdown: All the latest updates\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;-\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EAljazeera\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E+\u003Ci\u003E \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2019\/08\/05\/india-kashmir-autonomy-status\/\" style=\"text-decoration-line: underline;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"India Moves to Strip Kashmir of Autonomy, Potentially Setting up Conflict in Disputed Territory\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;- article by\u0026nbsp;Murtaza Hussain in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EThe Intercept\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E+ \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_pvybxwOj5k\" style=\"text-decoration-line: underline;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"State and Political Subjectivity in Kashmir\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;-\u0026nbsp;lecture and panel conversation with Hafsa Kanjwal \u0026amp; Mohamad Junaid\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E+ Kashmiri Dictionary \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kashmiridictionary\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Einstagram page\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ccenter\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: , , \u0026quot;segoe ui\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;roboto\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;helvetica\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"instagram-media\" 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7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B2uEsIiHuB0\/?utm_source=ig_embed\u0026amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EA post shared by Kashmiri Dictionary (@kashmiridictionary)\u003C\/a\u003E on \u003Ctime datetime=\"2019-09-22T16:17:34+00:00\" style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\"\u003ESep 22, 2019 at 9:17am PDT\u003C\/time\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/center\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E+ \u003Ci\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.upenn.edu\/pennpress\/book\/15098.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EEveryday Occupations Experiencing Militarism in South Asia and the Middle East\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;(2013) - collection of essays edited by\u0026nbsp;Kamala Visweswaran\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E+\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.upenn.edu\/pennpress\/book\/15810.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EResisting Occupation in Kashmir\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E (2018) - collection of essays edited by Haley Duschinski, Mona Bhan, Ather Zia, and Cynthia Mahmood\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/scroll.in\/article\/807015\/they-want-us-to-write-in-blood-four-poems-on-kashmir\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"They want us to write. In blood.\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E - poetry by\u0026nbsp;Ather Zia\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.warscapes.com\/poetry\/last-call-audio-postcards-kashmir\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"The Last Call: Audio Postcards from Kashmir\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E - poetry by\u0026nbsp;Uzma Falak\u003C\/div\u003E+\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wandemag.com\/student-protests-photo-essay\/\"\u003E\"Student Protests\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u0026nbsp;- photo essay by Faisal Khan\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nv-Bm6VbHS8\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EHere Still\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E(2019) - film by Tara Dorabji and Jamie DeWolf\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E+\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kJnwGEk1fzQ\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EJashn-e Azadi: How We Celebrate Freedom\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E \u003C\/i\u003E(2007) - film by Sanjay Kak\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E+ \u003Ci\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6Q1rd6jaIRY\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EKashmir - Inside A Friday Protest\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E,\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;Ep. 6\u003Ci\u003E \u003C\/i\u003E(2016) - 30min short film\u003Ci\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Eby\u0026nbsp;Sahil Ali \u0026amp; Avalok Langer\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ccenter\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6Q1rd6jaIRY?controls=0\" width=\"860\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E \u003C\/center\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003ESOCIAL MEDIA\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E+ Instagram: \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/BECAUSEWEVEREAD\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E@BecauseWeveRead\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E \u0026amp; \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/standwkashmir\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E@StandWKashmir\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E+ Twitter: \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/becauseweveread\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E@BecauseWeveRead\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E \u0026amp; \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/standwkashmir\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E@StandWKashmir\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cmjD_n\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESubscribe to our email updates\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E(We're giving away copies of \u003Ci\u003EUntil My Freedom Has Come\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;on social media, so be sure to follow us for a chance to win! 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In 2017 he curated, edited and published the critically acclaimed photobook, \u003Ci\u003EWitness – Kashmir 1986-2016, 9 Photographers\u003C\/i\u003E, published independently under the imprint of Yaarbal books. He is the editor of the anthology \u003Ci\u003EUntil My Freedom Has Come – The New Intifada in Kashmir\u003C\/i\u003E (Penguin India 2011, Haymarket Books USA 2013). A self-taught filmmaker, he writes occasional political commentary, and reviews books that he is passionately engaged by. He has been active with the documentary cinema movement in India and the Cinema of Resistance project.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHAFSA KANJWAL\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003Eis an assistant professor of South Asian history at Lafayette College. She received her PhD from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in History and Women's Studies. Her research focuses on post-Partition state-building in Indian-occupied Kashmir. She has written and spoken on Kashmir for a variety of news outlets including The Washington Post, Al Jazeera English, and the BBC.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMOHAMAD JUNAID \u003C\/b\u003Eis an assistant professor of Anthropology at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. He specializes in political movements, militarization, space and place, memory studies, and visual anthropology, and his previous work analyzed youth activism, political subjectivity, \u0026amp; practices of state violence in Kashmir. Junaid is currently working on an ethnographic study of the visual economy of violence in South Asia.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003ECHAPTERS \/ DISCUSSION GROUPS\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003EOur amazing #BecauseWeveRead official chapter leads are listed below, along with their email addresses to get in touch! They will be releasing the date for their meetup and additional information as the month progresses, so be sure to get in touch letting them know you're interested in joining! (We also share all of their events on our social media!)\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003EWe're also excited that many of our chapters will also be collaborating with local Stand With Kashmir groups globally to lead discussions, support with community organizing efforts, and host public events in their cities!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EDon't see your city listed below and want to start your own #BecauseWeveRead chapter? 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text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Q9oDNL8yJoc\/XFcS8hN0sSI\/AAAAAAAALN4\/KAfiXiXA7F0P5hhc5UKk8Cx1vS_s1JnSACLcBGAs\/s1600\/arundhati-roy.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"510\" data-original-width=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Q9oDNL8yJoc\/XFcS8hN0sSI\/AAAAAAAALN4\/KAfiXiXA7F0P5hhc5UKk8Cx1vS_s1JnSACLcBGAs\/s1600\/arundhati-roy.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EReferred to in the New York Times as “India's most impassioned critic of globalization and American influence,”Arundhati Roy stands as one of the most influential writers in the world today. Her writing includes the award-winning\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EThe God of Small Things,\u0026nbsp;Field Notes on Democracy: Listening to Grasshoppers, Capitalism: A Ghost Story, \u003C\/i\u003Eand \u003Ci\u003EThe Ministry of Utmost Happiness\u003C\/i\u003E, among other fiction and non-fiction work. But beyond her writing, her work also extends into the streets: Roy is an outspoken activist, frequently working on and discussing issues related to India's illegal military occupation of Kashmir, anti-Zionism, political repression, caste and class, and a myriad of environmental and human rights issues -- many of which are discussed in \u003Ci\u003EThe End of Imagination\u003C\/i\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWe love a principled, badass woman.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHer book \u003Ci\u003EThe End of Imagination \u003C\/i\u003Eis a collection of Roy's essays that intertwine the beauty and flow of her fiction writing with her articulate and scathing political non-fiction writing. The result is a composition that is both a deeply emotional and wildly powerful deconstruction and analysis of empire, capitalism, and power.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs Haymarket Books, our official partner for this unit, comprehensively describes \u003Ci\u003EThe End of Imagination\u003C\/i\u003E:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"This new collection begins with her pathbreaking book The Cost of Living,— published soon after she won the Booker Prize for her novel The God of Small Things—, in which she forcefully condemned India’s nuclear tests and its construction of enormous dam projects that continue to displace countless people from their homes and communities. \u003Ci\u003EThe\u003C\/i\u003E \u003Ci\u003EEnd of Imagination\u003C\/i\u003E also includes her nonfiction works Power Politics, War Talk, Public Power in the Age of Empire, and An Ordinary Person’s Guide to Empire, which include her widely circulated and inspiring writings on the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, the need to confront corporate power, and the hollowing out of democratic institutions globally.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EFEBRUARY \/ MARCH\u003Cbr \/\u003EBOOK OF THE MONTH:\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThe End of Imagination, \u003C\/i\u003EArundhati Roy\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Ch4\u003EBOOK\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2D73bQ7\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThe End of Imagination\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;(2016), Arundhati Roy - Free Ebook here\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E, graciously provided by one of our all-time favorite radical publishers, Haymarket Books (based right here in Chicago)! \u003Ci\u003EThank you for all that you do to publish and support radical literature that challenges the status quo!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2G77aA3\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EHaymarket Books is also providing #BecauseWeveRead members 50% off\u0026nbsp;a hardcopy of The End of Imagination! Grab this amazing discount here!\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003E(As always, please email us at bwr@joojooazad.com if you are not financially (or politically) able to purchase a book and cannot access the ebook linked above, and we can mail you a free copy while supplies last, courtesy of \u003Cb\u003EHaymarket Books\u003C\/b\u003E!)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ch4\u003EADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED RESOURCES\u003C\/h4\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=27X8NFHxuFk\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"Arundhati Roy on The End of Imagination\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E, (video) interview on Democracy Now\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2018\/jun\/17\/arundhati-roy-interview-you-ask-the-questions-the-point-of-the-writer-is-to-be-unpopular\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"Arundhati Roy: ‘The point of the writer is to be unpopular’\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E Q\u0026amp;A with famous fans \u0026amp; readers, \u003Ci\u003EThe Guardian\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E+\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.haymarketbooks.org\/books\/953-the-end-of-imagination\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECapitalism, A Ghost Story\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E(2014), one of my favorite books by Arundhati Roy\u003Cbr \/\u003E+\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3tkQyqLnFbk\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"Capitalism: A Ghost Story - An Evening with Arundhati Roy and Siddhartha Deb\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u0026nbsp;(video), lecture at The New School\u003Cbr \/\u003E+\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.haymarketbooks.org\/books\/686-field-notes-on-democracy\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EField Notes on Democracy\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E(2015), Arundhati Roy\u003Cbr \/\u003E+\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.haymarketbooks.org\/books\/1301-my-seditious-heart\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMy Seditious Heart\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E(2019), Arundhati Roy\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/lithub.com\/what-is-the-morally-appropriate-language-in-which-to-think-and-write\/?fbclid=IwAR1BuMmTTcvzmWdyS9B2GF1mWOJQg-vYYOT5FOC8em0NG5cfXl9saYRU3GE\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"What is the Morally Appropriate Language in Which to Think and Write?\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E essay by Arundhati Roy, \u003Ci\u003ELiterary Hub\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/01\/arundhati-roy-on-walking-with-the-comrades\/#more-22846\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/01\/arundhati-roy-on-walking-with-the-comrades\/#more-22846\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EArundhati Roy on 'Walking with the Comrades'\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E, interview, \u003Ci\u003EThe Paris Review\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/caravanmagazine.in\/government-policy\/me-too-urban-naxal-statement-by-arundhati-roy\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"#MeTooUrbanNaxal: An Open Statement by Arundhati Roy\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E, \u003Ci\u003ECaravan Magazine\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HbHiMXKqdm0\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"Arundhati Roy on the Rise of Fascism \u0026amp; Trump’s Embrace of India’s Robber Barons\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E (video), Democracy Now interview\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-kH6NBHqcdE\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFull extended interview\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E with Arundhati Roy on Democracy Now (video)\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/arundhati%20roy%20with%20anthony%20arnove%2C%20conversation\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"Arundhati Roy in conversation with Anthony Arnove\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E (video)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch4\u003ESOCIAL MEDIA\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E+ Instagram,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/becauseweveread\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E@BecauseWeveRead\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E+ Twitter,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/becauseweveread\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E@BecauseWeveRead\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E+\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cmjD_n\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESubscribe to our email updates!\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E(We're giving away copies of \u003Ci\u003EThe End of Imagination\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;on Instagram, so be sure to follow us for a chance to win! 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Use the hashtag #BecauseWeveRead and tag us to join the conversation on social media, and we might just repost you!)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch4\u003ELIVE, GLOBAL DISCUSSION\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDATE:\u003C\/b\u003E Sunday, April 7th\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETIME:\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;10:00 am CST \/ 8:30pm India Standard Time\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPLATFORM: \u003C\/b\u003EYoutube Live (\u003Cu\u003Elinked here\u003C\/u\u003E, and embedded below)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGUEST: \u003C\/b\u003EArundhati Roy\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NkdWnORpjQI\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch4\u003ECHAPTERS \/ DISCUSSION GROUPS\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EOur beautiful, fabulous #BecauseWeveRead official chapter leads are listed below, along with their email addresses and social media to get in touch! They will be releasing the date for their meetup and additional information as the month progresses, so be sure to follow them on social media, email them letting them know you're interested in joining, and\/or keep this page bookmarked as we continue to update as information arises!\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003ENORTH AMERICA\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003EAnn Arbor\/Detroit, Michigan: Samantha Rahmani \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.detroit@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003EBoston, Massachusetts:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EReza Mirsajadi \u0026amp; Joubin Khazaie \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.boston@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEdmonton, Canada: Shahroze \/ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.edmonton@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMontreal, Canada: Mona Ghassemi \u0026amp; Sarah Ben Amar \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.montreal@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blue_mona\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Etwitter\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1461377137317656\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003EMontreal Facebook Group\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003ESeattle, Washington: Anisa Jackson \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.seattle@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/anisa.jackson\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Einstagram\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_anisa_jackson\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Etwitter\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; font-size: small; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/BecauseWeveReadSea\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESeattle Facebook Group\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003EVancouver, Canada: Julia Al-Kuwatli, Dyalla Popatia, Catherine Campos \/ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.vancouver@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/335180650658286\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EVancouver Facebook Group\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cu style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003EAFRICA\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;;\"\u003ECairo, Egypt: Hana Ehab Hassanein \u0026amp; Shahd Sherief \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:h.e.hassanein@aucegypt.edu\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;;\"\u003ECape Town, South Africa: Surekha Bhugeloo \/\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cu style=\"font-family: poppins;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:surekhabhugeloo@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003EMauritius, Mauritius: Soufia Bham \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"mailto:mauritius.bwr@gmail.com\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003Eemail\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins; margin: 0px;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003EASIA\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003EBombay\/Mumbai, India:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003ESmriti Sant \u0026amp; Anadita Bhalerao \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.bombay@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003EDelhi, India:\u0026nbsp;Yusra Hasan \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:id_forgotten20@yahoo.in\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003EJakarta, Indonesia: Annissa Rosyidah \u0026amp; Nana Rosyidah \u0026amp; Intan Khasanah \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.jakarta@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EKarachi, Pakistan:\u0026nbsp;Sheema Khawar and Amal Hamid \/ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.karachi@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELahore, Pakistan: Madiha Tallat \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.lahore@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/madiha.in.bookistan\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Einstagram\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003ETehran, Iran: Farid \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.tehran@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESingapore, Singapore: Muneerah Razak \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.singapore@gmail.com\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003Eemail\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003EEUROPE\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cu style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003EBarcelona, Spain: Diana Al-Rahmoun \/ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.barcelona@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBirmingham, England: Milga Abraham \/ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:Birmingham.bwr@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELeeds, England: Aanika \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.leeds@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELondon, England: Alliyah Riaz \u0026amp; Maryam Abdullah \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:london.bwr@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:london.bwr@gmail.com\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003EVienna, Italy: Victoria Kober \/ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.vienna@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003EOCEANIA\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EAuckland, New Zealand:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EZainab \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.auckland@gmail.com\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003Eemail\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.auckland@gmail.com\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003ECanberra, Australia: Karo Moret-Miranda \/ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:karo.moret@upf.edu\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: white; font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E--\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EHappy reading!\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ECan't wait to read all of your thoughts as you're reading -- be sure to tag us \u0026amp; 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text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-67d36-lNXvc\/XCaMyr3JqhI\/AAAAAAAALHM\/kUBdCVJ919IpPye9OqX-1NwQ3sjW5qceQCLcBGAs\/s1600\/%2523sudanuprisings-emergency-read-becauseweveread.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"#becuaseWeveRead, #sudanrevolts, sudan protest, africa uprisings\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"510\" data-original-width=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-67d36-lNXvc\/XCaMyr3JqhI\/AAAAAAAALHM\/kUBdCVJ919IpPye9OqX-1NwQ3sjW5qceQCLcBGAs\/s1600\/%2523sudanuprisings-emergency-read-becauseweveread.jpg\" title=\"Sudan Uprisings #BecauseWeveRead Emergency Read\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch2 style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: theano_didotregular, serif; font-size: 40px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;\"\u003EEMERGENCY READ ON SUDAN:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Ch2 style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: theano_didotregular, serif; font-size: 40px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EAFRICA UPRISINGS\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003EThe first book of its kind to approach contemporary popular protests across Sudan, Ethiopia, Egypt, Tunisia, Uganda, and other African nations within a broader pan-African perspective, \u003Ci\u003EAfrica Uprisings \u003C\/i\u003Eprovides much-needed insight into the broader historical, political, social, economic, and post-colonial contexts motivating and inspiring these revolts across Africa. This imperative read is based on extensive interviews with activists, artists, community organizers, unemployed, trade union members, and others and delivers comprehensive analysis to e\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; text-align: justify;\"\u003Explore the questions: \"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; text-align: justify;\"\u003EWhat is driving this new wave of protest?\" and \"Is it the key to substantive political change?\"\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 13px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 13px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Ch4 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: theano_didotregular, serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: normal;\"\u003EBOOK\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E+ Africa Uprisings: Popular Protest and Political Change\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E(2015), Adam Branch and Zachariah Mampilly - \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/bwrafricauprisings\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EPDF here for Chapters 1, 4, and 8\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E. Also\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.zedbooks.net\/shop\/book\/africa-uprising\/\" style=\"text-decoration-line: underline;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eavailable for purchase via Zed Books\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E* BWR note: for the sake of this Emergency Read (and with only one month to read this book), we recommend starting with Chapters 1 (\"Protests and Possibilities\"), 4 (\"The Third Wave of African Protests\") and 8 (\"We are Fed Up! Sudan's Unfinished Uprisings\") and reading the rest of the book as your capacity allows.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 13px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ch4 style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: theano_didotregular, serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: normal;\"\u003EADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED RESOURCES\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1iQh-g6-9d4hKeTt0K9GwpQH0lHV7HEI7xlfPMdHnZr4\/edit\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E#SudanSyllabus\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E, curated by \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/idris_razan\" style=\"text-decoration-line: underline;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ERazan Idris\u003C\/a\u003E, a brilliant 38-page syllabus filled with links, articles, and other resources for a holistic understanding of Sudan: everything from creative art history to religion to race \u0026amp; slavery to gender and family life!\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/monkey-cage\/wp\/2018\/12\/28\/recent-protests-in-sudan-are-much-more-than-bread-riots\/?utm_term=.1ed356cae29b\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"Recent protests in Sudan are much more than bread riots\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E, essay in \u003Ci\u003EThe Washington Post \u003C\/i\u003Eco-written by the author of \u003Ci\u003EAfrica Uprisings\u003C\/i\u003E (Zachariah Mampilly) and our discussant (Nisrin Elamin)\u003Cbr \/\u003E+\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003ECivil Uprisings in Modern Sudan: The 'Khartoum Springs' of 1964 and 1985\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E(2016) book,\u0026nbsp;W. J. Berridge\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dh5wSt-hfL0\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"Alien Suite\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E (poetry\/video), the gorgeous poetry of Safia Elhillo (her full book of poetry is called \u003Ci\u003EThe January Children\u003C\/i\u003E, and available \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/January-Children-African-Poetry-Book\/dp\/0803295987\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A0T-N3Hed98\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"AfriqUPrising! Protest movements in Africa\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E, (video) panel conversation, 2017\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EAeXPcgCEe4\" style=\"text-decoration-line: underline;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"Zachariah Mampilly on Africa Uprising: Popular Protest and Political Change\"\u003C\/a\u003E, (video) lecture by author, 2015\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mampilly\/files\/2013\/11\/Popular-Protests-in-Africa-2005-2014.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EA list (with links \u0026amp; newspaper sources!)\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E of major popular protests across Africa, 2005-2014\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/newbooksnetwork.com\/zachariah-mampilly-and-adam-branch-africa-uprising-popular-protest-and-political-change-zed-press-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EInterview with author Zachariah Mampilly\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E, (podcast) New Books Network\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/teakisi.com\/30-sudanese-women-you-should-know\/#sthash.WMyM3QW8.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"30 Sudanese Women You Should Know\",\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E list on\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003ETeakisi\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BSonblast\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETwitter\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E \u0026amp; \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/BSonblast\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EInstagram\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E accounts of Sara E, and Twitter accounts @BSonBlast, @YousraElbagir, and @ikushkush\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ Instagram account \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sudan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E@Sudan\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/africasacountry.com\/2018\/11\/youth-revive-resistance-in-sudan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"Young People Lead the Resistance in Sudan\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E, essay on \u003Ci\u003EAfrica is a Country \u003C\/i\u003E(Nov. 2018)\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ \"The Darfur War: Masculinity and the Construction of a Sudanese National Identity\" chapter by​ Karin Willemse in the book\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EDarfur and the crisis of governance in Sudan\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E+ \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlSudaniya\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EAlSudaniya Mentoring\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E, a female-led mentoring program based in Sudan\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/suddinstitute.org\/\" style=\"text-decoration-line: underline;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESudd Institute,\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;an independent\u0026nbsp;research and public po licy organization based in South Sudan\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Sudan\/comments\/a86v88\/revolution_of_the_hungry%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B9_news_and\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"Revolution of the Hungry\" Reddit thread\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E updated regularly with photos and reports!\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ERadio Dabanga\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sudantribune.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESudan Tribune\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.lawtransform.no\/publication\/womens-rights-and-the-womens-movement-in-sudan-1952-2014-focus-and-strategies-for-adopting-legal-feminist-action\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"Womens Rights and the Women's Movement in Sudan\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u0026nbsp;(essay), Samina Al-Nagar\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.agi.ac.za\/sites\/default\/files\/image_tool\/images\/429\/feminist_africa_journals\/archive\/02\/features_-_reflections_on_the_sudanese_womengcos_movement_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"Beyond the pan-Africanist agenda: Sudanese women’s movement, achievements and challenges\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E (essay), Amira Osman\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/John-Garang-Vision-New-Sudan-ebook\/dp\/B003UHVYM8\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"John Garang: And the Vision of New Sudan\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E (book), Roba Gibia \u0026amp; ed, Jennifer South\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Identity-Citizenship-Violence-Two-Sudans\/dp\/1137371781\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"Identity, Citizenship, and Violence in Two Sudans: Reimagining a Common Future\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E (book), Amir Idris\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sudan-Religion-Violence-Short-Histories\/dp\/1851683666\" style=\"text-decoration-line: underline;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"Sudan: Race, Religion, and Violence (Short Histories)\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(book), Jok Madut Jok\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch4 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: theano_didotregular, serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;\"\u003ESOCIAL MEDIA\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; 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text-align: left;\"\u003E+\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cu style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Poppins; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cmjD_n\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESubscribe to our email updates!\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; text-align: left;\"\u003E(\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; text-align: left;\"\u003EUse the hashtag #BecauseWeveRead and tag us to join the conversation on social media!)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ch4 style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: theano_didotregular, serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EDISCUSSION GROUPS\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003EBecause Emergency Reads are immediate responses to current affairs, most discussion group hosts may not be able to host a specific in-person discussion group for this topic in addition to the monthly discussion they are already hosting for the original book of the month (\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.joojooazad.com\/2018\/10\/becauseweveread-prisons-police-abolition-free-pdf.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EOur November\/December unit is on Policing, Prisons, and Abolition\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E). Instead, please join us on Youtube live for our global discussion with everyone.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ch4 style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: theano_didotregular, serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Ch4 style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: theano_didotregular, serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify;\"\u003EYOUTUBE LIVE DISCUSSION\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003EDon't worry about finishing the book in time for the discussion -- just read as much as you can and you're welcome to learn and discuss with us!\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDATE:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003ESaturday, January 19th, 2019\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETIME:\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E1\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E0:00 AM CST\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPLATFORM:\u003C\/b\u003E Youtube Live (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kZdcD2LlC40\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Elinked here\u003C\/a\u003E, and embedded below)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDISCUSSANT:\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;Nisrin Elamin\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 13px;\"\u003ENisrin Elamin (she\/her\/hers) is a Sudanese writer, activist and PhD candidate in Anthropology, based in the New York City area. She has over 15 years of experience working with community-based organizations as an educator, organizer and advocate. Most recently, she served as a Director of the Sadie Nash Leadership Project’s summer leadership and social justice program for young women and non-binary folks at City College. She also works part-time with the group African Communities Together, which organizes around immigrant, civil and workers’ rights in New York and in Washington DC. Her dissertation looks at the ways Saudi and Emirati ‘land grabs’ are reconfiguring social relations between landholding and landless communities in central Sudan. In preparation for her dissertation, Nisrin spent a year living in rural parts of the Gezira in central Sudan, working closely with agricultural workers, community organizers and Sufi religious leaders to examine the different political strategies and forms of resistance people are using to contest and negotiate state-driven land dispossession. She had to interrupt her dissertation research in January of 2017 and was one of the first people to be detained under the Trump administration’s Muslim ban, but has recently been able to return to Sudan to complete her research.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 13px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E \u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 13px;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kZdcD2LlC40\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: Poppins; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 13px;\"\u003EHappy reading, and looking forward to discussing with you soon! Be sure to tag us \u0026amp; hashtag #BecauseWeveRead to join the club \u0026amp; conversation!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EWant to sponsor\/support this project and help get more books into more hands of communities in-need internationally? 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Well, let's read.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.joojooazad.com\/2018\/04\/a-radical-reading-club-becauseweveread.html\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cu\u003ENew to #BecauseWe'veRead?\u0026nbsp;This is how we work!\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-erjTfOqGpKA\/W9KT1_1zEMI\/AAAAAAAALAU\/m7jNthBZ0FgYMmeidCUhxbZQz8X44WsjwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/are-prisons-obsolete-free-pdf-becauseweveread.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"510\" data-original-width=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-erjTfOqGpKA\/W9KT1_1zEMI\/AAAAAAAALAU\/m7jNthBZ0FgYMmeidCUhxbZQz8X44WsjwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/are-prisons-obsolete-free-pdf-becauseweveread.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhat a deeply important topic to close out the year with. This #BecauseWeveRead unit on police, prisons, and abolition builds on \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.joojooazad.com\/search\/label\/becauseweveread\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eour past units\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E on race, anti-Blackness, and capitalism and explores the relationship of these themes as they are connected to global policing and mass incarceration that is deeply interwoven into the political and economic system of the United States. The prison-police industry is so vast and interconnected with, and dependent upon, anti-Blackness, anti-Muslim racism, classism, white supremacy, capitalism, and the maintenance of global empire and control. Police are truly a shared violence globally, from Israel to India to London to the United States, police around the world share tips, weapons, violence, and a mutual root in upholding an oppressive status quo. While most of these texts focus on the United States, many policing tactics are shared widely--and therefore so is the opportunity for global resistance and solidarity.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWe're reading the intro to the incredibly fundamental \u003Ci\u003EThe New Jim Crow\u003C\/i\u003E, a collection of essays and interviews on global policing, and of course a few chapters from Angela Davis' profound \u003Ci\u003EAre Prisons Obsolete\u003C\/i\u003E? that focus on gender and imagining alternatives. In this unit, we're not just talking about systems and problems, but also encouraging a discussion about solutions. We're understanding and exploring the root of police and prisons to ask, and propose answers for, the questions: What are the relationships between the prison system, capitalism, race, and class? Can reforms fix this? What does justice look like? What does a world look like without police or prisons?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBe sure to take a look through the additional resources, as there is quite a list of amazing podcasts, videos, visualizations, and articles that really take the readings to the next level and provide incredible depth to the topics and questions at hand!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs mentioned on Instagram, due to popular demand, we are also moving to releasing a new book every two months (as opposed to every month) to give more time to everyone to read in time for the instagram live discussion and stay on-track (and for our international members to have their books delivered to them before the end of the month, hah)!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ENOVEMBER\/DECEMBER 2018 \u003Cbr \/\u003EBOOKS OF THE MONTH:\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EPOLICING THE PLANET\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ETHE NEW JIM CROW,\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026amp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EARE PRISONS OBSOLETE?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Ch4\u003EBOOK\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E+\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EPolicing the Planet\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;(2016), Jordan T. Camp \u0026amp; Christina Heatherton, editors -\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2qdti1I\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFull PDF available here\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe PDF is graciously provided by the incredibly wonderful and wonderfully radical \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.versobooks.com\/books\/2107-policing-the-planet?discount_code=PolicingthePlanetbookclub\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EVerso Books\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E, the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English-speaking world!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.versobooks.com\/books\/2107-policing-the-planet?discount_code=PolicingthePlanetbookclub\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EVerso Books is also providing #BecauseWeveRead members 50% off\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EPolicing the Planet\u003C\/i\u003E! Grab this amazing discount here!\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ Introduction,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EThe New Jim Crow \u003C\/i\u003E(2010), Michelle Alexander - \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2RgSGPr\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EIntroduction available here\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ Chapter 4 \"How Gender Structures the Prison System\" and Chapter 6 \"Abolitionist Alternatives\",\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EAre Prisons Obsolete\u003C\/i\u003E, Angela Davis (2003) - \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2yvsSZ9\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFull PDF available here\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003E(As always, please email us at editor@joojooazad.com if you are not financially (or politically) able to purchase a book and cannot read the PDF linked above, and we can mail you a free copy while supplies last!)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ch4\u003EADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED RESOURCES\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; text-align: justify;\"\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.earhustlesq.com\/episodes\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EEar Hustle\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E (podcast),\u0026nbsp;brings you the stories of life inside prison, shared and produced by those living it.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; text-align: justify;\"\u003E+ \u003Ci\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.missingdaddy.net\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMissing Daddy\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E (2018),\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Ea children's book written by Mariame Kaba and illustrated by bria royal helping children cope with incarcerated parents\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; text-align: justify;\"\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/aworldwithoutpolice.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EA World Without Police\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E study guide\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; text-align: justify;\"\u003E+ Verso five book plan on \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.versobooks.com\/blogs\/1560-verso-five-book-plan-political-policing\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EPolitical Policing\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; text-align: justify;\"\u003E+ A \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.usprisonculture.com\/blog\/visualizations\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ecollection\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E of infographs, maps, and data visualization on prisons\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; text-align: justify;\"\u003E+ The \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/mariamekaba.com\/publications\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ewriting\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E of abolitionist Mariame Kaba (\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prisonculture\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E@prisonculture\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E on twitter)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; text-align: justify;\"\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/radfag.com\/2017\/03\/24\/you-are-already-an-abolitionist\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"You are Already an Abolitionist\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E, essay on \u003Ci\u003ERadFag\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E+ \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/radfag.com\/2016\/09\/26\/no-abolition-without-demilitarization-black-and-muslim-solidarity-for-ending-policing-worldwide\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"No Abolition Without Demilitarization: Black and Muslim Solidarity For Ending Policing Worldwide\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E, essay on \u003Ci\u003ERadFag\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E+ \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.joojooazad.com\/2018\/04\/challenging-gun-violence-means-challenging-militarism-globally.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"You Cannot Challenge Gun Violence Without Challenging the Military\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E, essay on \u003Ci\u003EJooJoo Azad\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E+ \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.joojooazad.com\/2016\/10\/police-militarization-islamophobia.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"4 Things You Need to Know About Police, Militarization, and Islamophobia\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E, essay on \u003Ci\u003EJooJoo Azad\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E+\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aB-LsYyMFWI\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EAngela Davis on Prison Abolition, the War on Drugs and Why Social Movements Shouldn't Wait on Obama\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E (video), \u003Ci\u003EDemocracy Now\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E+ \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/moments\/1004442574147457031\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E#BelieversBailOut Twitter town hall\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E on the prison industrial complex, bail, and abolition from Muslim perspectives\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;;\"\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/mulpress.mcmaster.ca\/globallabour\/article\/download\/2774\/2704\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"The Political Economy of Prison Labour: From Penal Welfarism to the Penal State\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E journal article\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E+ The New Jim Crow\u003C\/i\u003E \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/newjimcrow.com\/study-guides\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Estudy guide\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; text-align: justify;\"\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/invisible.institute\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EInvisible Institute\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E, a journalism and research-based company on the South Side of Chicago conducting research, developing databases, and managing projects related to policing in Chicago. Check out their databases, projects, and reports!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; text-align: justify;\"\u003E+ \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cu style=\"font-family: poppins; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4DdYi7nnC9Q\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EHow to End the Police State\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; text-align: justify;\"\u003E (video) conversation hosted by Verso Books\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch4\u003ESOCIAL MEDIA\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h4\u003E+ Instagram,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/becauseweveread\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E@BecauseWeveRead\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ Twitter,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/becauseweveread\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E@BecauseWeveRead\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E+\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cmjD_n\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESubscribe to our email updates!\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E(We're giving away copies of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EPolicing the Planet\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;on Instagram, so be sure to follow us for a chance to win! Also, we love our reader posts! Use the hashtag #BecauseWeveRead and tag us to join the conversation on social media, and we might just repost you!)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch4\u003ECHAPTERS \/ DISCUSSION GROUPS\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; text-align: justify;\"\u003EOur beautiful, fabulous #BecauseWeveRead official chapter leads are listed below, along with their email addresses and social media to get in touch! They will be releasing the date for their meetup and additional information as the month progresses, so be sure to follow them on social media, email them letting them know you're interested in joining, and\/or keep this page bookmarked as we continue to update as information arises!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003ENORTH AMERICA\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003EAnn Arbor\/Detroit, Michigan: Samantha Rahmani \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.detroit@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003EBoston, Massachusetts:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EReza Mirsajadi \u0026amp; Joubin Khazaie \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.boston@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003EBrooklyn, NYC: Sana Altaf \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.brooklyn@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECincinnati, Ohio: Sara Zandvakili\u0026nbsp; \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:cincinnati.bwr@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/BecauseWeveReadCincy\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003ECincinnati Facebook Group\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003EChicago, Illinois: Samantha Rose \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:chicago.bwr@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHouston, Texas: Laila Khalili \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.houston@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003ELos Angeles, California: Alexis Wong \u0026amp; Ashley May \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:losangeles.bwr@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/217585562342343\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003ELos Angeles\/Orange County Facebook Group\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003EMinneapolis, Minnesota: Binta Kanteh \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.minneapolis@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMontreal, Canada: Mona Ghassemi \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.montreal@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blue_mona\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Etwitter\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1461377137317656\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003EMontreal Facebook Group\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003ESan Francisco Bay\/Oakland, California: Allison Chan \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.BayArea@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/llisonchan\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Einstagram\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003ESeattle, Washington: Anisa Jackson \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.seattle@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/anisa.jackson\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Einstagram\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_anisa_jackson\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Etwitter\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/BecauseWeveReadSea\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003ESeattle Facebook Group\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003EToronto, Canada: Yeldah Yousfi \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.toronto@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/beautiful.bibliophile\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eintsagram\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YeldahYousfi\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Etwitter\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003EOttawa, Canada:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EZaynab \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.ottawa@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003ESan Diego, California:\u0026nbsp;Noor \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"mailto:SanDiego.bwr@gmail.com\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003Eemail\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWashington D.C., USA: Hana Manadath \u0026amp; Jada Olsen \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.washingtondc@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cu style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003EAFRICA\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;;\"\u003ECairo, Egypt: Hana Ehab Hassanein \u0026amp; Shahd Sherief \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:h.e.hassanein@aucegypt.edu\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;;\"\u003ECape Town, South Africa: Surekha Bhugeloo \/\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cu style=\"font-family: poppins;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:surekhabhugeloo@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins;\"\u003ELagos, Nigeria: Hulaimah Kolawole \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.lagos@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hullybaby\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Einstagram\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins;\"\u003ENairobi, Kenya: Suhayl Omar \u0026amp; Powell Arimi \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"mailto:nairobi.bwr@gmail.com\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003Eemail\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003EMauritius, Mauritius: Soufia Bham \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"mailto:mauritius.bwr@gmail.com\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003Eemail\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins; margin: 0px;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003EASIA\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003EAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Anisa Alkunshalie \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:abudhabi.bwr@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003EBombay\/Mumbai, India:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003ESmriti Sant \u0026amp; Anadita Bhalerao \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.bombay@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003EDelhi, India:\u0026nbsp;Yusra Hasan \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:id_forgotten20@yahoo.in\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIstanbul, Turkey: Zineb Sadok \u0026amp; Hiba Abdennabi\u0026nbsp; \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.istanbul@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/93_hiba\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Einstagram\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003EJakarta, Indonesia: Annissa Rosyidah \u0026amp; Nana Rosyidah \u0026amp; Intan Khasanah \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.jakarta@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELahore, Pakistan: Madiha Tallat \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.lahore@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/madiha.in.bookistan\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Einstagram\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003ETehran, Iran: Maryam Rashidi \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.tehran@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESingapore, Singapore: Muneerah Razak \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.singapore@gmail.com\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003Eemail\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003EEUROPE\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cu style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003ELeeds, England: Halima Nawaz \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.leeds@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELondon, England: Alliyah Riaz \u0026amp; Maryam Abdullah \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:london.bwr@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003EOCEANIA\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EAuckland, New Zealand:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EZainab Baba \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.auckland@gmail.com\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003Eemail\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Ch4 style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot;; font-weight: 400;\"\u003ELIVE, MONTHLY DISCUSSION: TBA\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: justify;\"\u003ECheck back soon as we finalize details for our youtube live discussion at the end of December!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003EHappy reading!\u003Cbr \/\u003ECan't wait to read all of your thoughts as you're reading -- be sure to tag us \u0026amp; hashtag #BecauseWeveRead to join the club \u0026amp; conversation!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EWant to sponsor this project? 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As it tends to.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.joojooazad.com\/2018\/04\/a-radical-reading-club-becauseweveread.html\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cu\u003ENew to #BecauseWe'veRead?\u0026nbsp;This is how we work!\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-2iwX5PdfwLY\/W4yZMPDhZDI\/AAAAAAAAK7Y\/w0Q1cyGXAk41OeigGwgVcdunF2I-5pUgQCLcBGAs\/s1600\/naomi-klein-shock-doctrine-becauseweveread.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"510\" data-original-width=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-2iwX5PdfwLY\/W4yZMPDhZDI\/AAAAAAAAK7Y\/w0Q1cyGXAk41OeigGwgVcdunF2I-5pUgQCLcBGAs\/s1600\/naomi-klein-shock-doctrine-becauseweveread.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBack from our first break month (where our chapters worked on some amazing projects, from \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BmwMxKJhpJA\"\u003Ea prison book drive in Boston in solidarity with the national prison strike\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E to \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BmPCktehMOK\/\"\u003Ea sold-out panel and spoken word performances in London\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E!) and we're ready to dive right back into a major, fundamental, shocking read: none other than \u003Ci\u003EThe Shock Doctrine\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;by the brilliant Naomi Klein! Hailed as \"the most important book on economics in the 21st century\" and one of the \"very few books that really help us understand the present\", \u003Ci\u003EThe Shock Doctrine\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;explores some of the major moments from recent history, from the 1973 US coup in Chile that brought Pinochet to power to the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union to the 2003 invasion and military occupation of Iraq, to illustrate how the intentional creation of major crises (\"shock therapy\") is crafted and manipulated to push neo-liberal economic policies that now dominate the world. I.e. why capitalism sucks and how it came to rule.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis book is especially important and especially important now, as it A) helps us re-frame and re-understand the world as it is today and continues to be shaped with Trump and Trump-like politicians becoming ever-powerful, and B) brings back to life several key instrumental moments in recent history that we have started to conveniently wash away, forget about, and sanitize (*cough* John McCain is and always will be a war criminal and no amount of candy his war criminal colleague Bush passes to Michelle Obama will change that *cough*). Still yet, the US military occupation of Iraq is very much still ongoing and New Orleans has still not yet recovered from Katrina -- episodes which, through Klein's lens in \u003Ci\u003EThe Shock Doctrine\u003C\/i\u003E,\u0026nbsp;we can learn so much about the role of intentional, global neo-liberal policies in shaping the world, and through it, re-understand recent history and contemporary global issues.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ESEPTEMBER 2018 BOOK OF THE MONTH:\u003Cbr \/\u003ENAOMI KLEIN, \u003Ci\u003ETHE SHOCK DOCTRINE\u003C\/i\u003E (2007)\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Ch4\u003EBOOK\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E+\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EThe Shock Doctrine\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;(2007), Naomi Klein -\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1UeVlMEH-9_6EtiDRmbv9OPq0A2UXDFj3\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFull PDF available here\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ci\u003E(It's a bit longer than our usual reads, but read as much as you can and we'll discuss at the end of the month!)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETranslated to various international languages for purchase, \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.naomiklein.org\/shock-doctrine\/the-book\/editions\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ci\u003E(As always, please email us at editor@joojooazad.com if you are not financially (or politically) able to purchase a book and cannot read the PDF linked above, and we can mail you a free copy while supplies last!)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ch4\u003EADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED RESOURCES\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; text-align: justify;\"\u003E+ Additional resources, primary documents, and related articles on \u003Ci\u003EThe Shock Doctrine\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;on the book's \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.naomiklein.org\/shock-doctrine\/resources\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ewebsite\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; text-align: justify;\"\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2016\/apr\/15\/neoliberalism-ideology-problem-george-monbiot\"\u003E\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2016\/apr\/15\/neoliberalism-ideology-problem-george-monbiot\"\u003ENeoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E,\u0026nbsp;essay by\u0026nbsp;George Monbiot in the Guardian\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;;\"\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/06\/13\/video-how-to-resist-trumps-shock-doctrine\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"How to Resist Trump's Shock Doctrine\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E, a video providing an overview of a 5-step plan of resistance by Naomi Klein on the Intercept\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; text-align: justify;\"\u003E+ \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; font-style: italic; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.haymarketbooks.org\/books\/1235-the-battle-for-paradise\"\u003EThe Battle for Paradise\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;(2018), Naomi Klein\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; text-align: justify;\"\u003E+ Naomi Klein's writing (in English \u0026amp; Portuguese) \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/staff\/naomi-klein\/\"\u003Efor the Intercept\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/naomi_klein_how_shocking_events_can_spark_positive_change\"\u003E\"How shocking events can spark positive change\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E, Naomi Klein's Ted Talk\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=37Dvt2EqXF4\" style=\"text-decoration-line: underline;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"The Economic Hitman\"\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;a 3 minute youtube clip on the relationships between corporations, global economic policies, and the military industrial complex\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ Naomi Klein on capitalism and the climate, Ideas at the House \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/4iJPt3w7xkO2i3HUc8TDBr?si=7lY6buDpRGejWYtmiFk3lw\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Epodcast\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ci\u003E* please note that the\u0026nbsp;Winterbottom documentary The Shock Doctrine has been \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/media\/tv-radio\/not-in-my-name-klein-disowns-winterbottom-adaptation-1778386.html\"\u003Edisowned\u003C\/a\u003E by Naomi Klein and therefore would not be a sufficient additional resource or alternative to the book*\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch4\u003ESOCIAL MEDIA\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h4\u003E+ Instagram,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/becauseweveread\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E@BecauseWeveRead\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ Twitter,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/becauseweveread\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E@BecauseWeveRead\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E+\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cmjD_n\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESubscribe to our email updates!\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E(We're giving away copies of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EThe Shock Doctrine\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;on Instagram, so be sure to follow us for a chance to win! Also, we love our reader posts! Use the hashtag #BecauseWeveRead to join the conversation on social media, and we might just repost you!)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch4\u003ECHAPTERS \/ DISCUSSION GROUPS\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; text-align: justify;\"\u003EOur beautiful, fabulous #BecauseWeveRead official chapter leads are listed below, along with their email addresses and social media to get in touch! They will be releasing the date for their meetup and additional information as the month progresses, so be sure to follow them on social media, email them letting them know you're interested in joining, and\/or keep this page bookmarked as we continue to update as information arises!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003ENORTH AMERICA\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003EAnn Arbor\/Detroit, Michigan: Samantha Rahmani \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.detroit@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003EBoston, Massachusetts:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EReza Mirsajadi \u0026amp; Joubin Khazaie \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.boston@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003EBrooklyn, NYC: Sana Altaf \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.brooklyn@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECincinnati, Ohio: Sara Zandvakili\u0026nbsp; \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:cincinnati.bwr@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/BecauseWeveReadCincy\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003ECincinnati Facebook Group\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003EChicago, Illinois: Samantha Rose \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:chicago.bwr@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHouston, Texas: Laila Khalili \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.houston@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003ELos Angeles, California: Alexis Wong \u0026amp; Ashley May \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:losangeles.bwr@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/217585562342343\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003ELos Angeles\/Orange County Facebook Group\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003EMinneapolis, Minnesota: Binta Kanteh \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.minneapolis@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMontreal, Canada: Mona Ghassemi \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.montreal@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blue_mona\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Etwitter\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1461377137317656\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003EMontreal Facebook Group\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003ESan Francisco Bay\/Oakland, California: Allison Chan \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.BayArea@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/llisonchan\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Einstagram\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003ESeattle, Washington: Anisa Jackson \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.seattle@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/anisa.jackson\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Einstagram\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_anisa_jackson\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Etwitter\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/BecauseWeveReadSea\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003ESeattle Facebook Group\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003EToronto, Canada: Yeldah Yousfi \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.toronto@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/beautiful.bibliophile\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eintsagram\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YeldahYousfi\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Etwitter\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003EOttawa, Canada:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EZaynab \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.ottawa@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003ESan Diego, California:\u0026nbsp;Noor \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"mailto:SanDiego.bwr@gmail.com\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003Eemail\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWashington D.C., USA: Hana Manadath \u0026amp; Jada Olsen \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.washingtondc@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cu style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003EAFRICA\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;;\"\u003ECairo, Egypt: Hana Ehab Hassanein \u0026amp; Shahd Sherief \/ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:h.e.hassanein@aucegypt.edu\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;;\"\u003ECape Town, South Africa: Surekha Bhugeloo \/ \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cu style=\"font-family: poppins;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:surekhabhugeloo@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins;\"\u003ELagos, Nigeria: Hulaimah Kolawole \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.lagos@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hullybaby\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Einstagram\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins;\"\u003ENairobi, Kenya: Suhayl Omar \u0026amp; Powell Arimi \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"mailto:nairobi.bwr@gmail.com\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003Eemail\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003EMauritius, Mauritius: Soufia Bham \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"mailto:mauritius.bwr@gmail.com\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003Eemail\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins; margin: 0px;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003EASIA\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003EAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Anisa Alkunshalie \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:abudhabi.bwr@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003EBombay, India:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003ESmriti Sant \u0026amp; Anadita Bhalerao \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.bombay@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003EDelhi, India:\u0026nbsp;Yusra Hasan \/ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:id_forgotten20@yahoo.in\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIstanbul, Turkey: Zineb Sadok \u0026amp; Hiba Abdennabi\u0026nbsp; \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.istanbul@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/93_hiba\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Einstagram\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003EJakarta, Indonesia: Annissa Rosyidah \u0026amp; Nana Rosyidah \u0026amp; Intan Khasanah \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.jakarta@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELahore, Pakistan: Madiha Tallat \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.lahore@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/madiha.in.bookistan\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Einstagram\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003ETehran, Iran: Maryam Rashidi \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.tehran@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESingapore, Singapore: Muneerah Razak \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.singapore@gmail.com\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003Eemail\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003EEUROPE\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cu style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003ELeeds, England: Halima Nawaz \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.leeds@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELondon, England: Alliyah Riaz \u0026amp; Maryam Abdullah \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:london.bwr@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003ENewcastle, England: Amy Cass \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.newcastle@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003EOCEANIA\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EAuckland, New Zealand:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EZainab Baba \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.auckland@gmail.com\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003Eemail\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003ESydney, Australia:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EMiriam Mubayyid \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.sydney@gmail.com\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003Eemail\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"color: black; font-family: \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot;; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Ch4 style=\"color: black; font-family: \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot;; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003ELIVE, MONTHLY DISCUSSION\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"color: black; font-family: \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot;; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"\u003EDATE:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003ESunday, September 30th\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"\u003ETIME:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E10:00 AM CST\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003EPLATFORM: \u003Cb\u003EYoutube Live, embedded below (or follow \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/bwrnaomiklein\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ethis link\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"\u003EDISCUSSANT:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003ENAOMI KLEIN\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: justify; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 13px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NaomiAKlein\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ENAOMI KLEIN\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E is an award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist and author of the international bestsellers (including \u003Ci\u003EThis Changes Everything: Capitalism vs The Climate\u003C\/i\u003E, \u003Ci\u003EThe Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism,\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;and \u003Ci\u003ENo Logo\u003C\/i\u003E), and most recently became the\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 13px; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;;\"\u003Einaugural Gloria Steinem Chair for Media, Culture and Feminist Studies at Rutgers University.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; font-size: 13px;\"\u003EIn November 2016 she was awarded Australia’s prestigious Sydney Peace Prize, for, according to the prize jury, “exposing the structural causes and responsibility for the climate crisis, for inspiring us to stand up locally, nationally and internationally to demand a new agenda for sharing the planet that respects human rights and equality, and for reminding us of the power of authentic democracy to achieve transformative change and justice.” Klein is a member of the board of directors for climate-action group 350.org. In 2015, she was invited to speak at the Vatican to help launch Pope Francis’s historic encyclical on ecology, Laudato si’. In 2017, Klein became Senior Correspondent for The Intercept. She is also a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at The Nation Institute and contributor to the Nation Magazine. Recent articles have also appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Boston Globe, The Guardian, the London Review of Books and Le Monde. She has multiple honourary degrees and in 2014 received the International Studies Association’s IPE Outstanding Activist-Scholar award.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: justify; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L_pA96Kx3-A?rel=0\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; text-align: center;\"\u003EHappy reading (and viewing)!\u003Cbr \/\u003ECan't wait to read all of your thoughts as you're reading -- be sure to tag us \u0026amp; hashtag #BecauseWeveRead to join the club \u0026amp; conversation!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.joojooazad.com\/feeds\/3364620352451364833\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.joojooazad.com\/2018\/09\/becauseweveread-september-shock-doctrine.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8698872245648415841\/posts\/default\/3364620352451364833"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8698872245648415841\/posts\/default\/3364620352451364833"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.joojooazad.com\/2018\/09\/becauseweveread-september-shock-doctrine.html","title":"#BECAUSEWEVEREAD SEPTEMBER: THE SHOCK DOCTRINE"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Hoda Katebi"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/18010214146196642383"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-2iwX5PdfwLY\/W4yZMPDhZDI\/AAAAAAAAK7Y\/w0Q1cyGXAk41OeigGwgVcdunF2I-5pUgQCLcBGAs\/s72-c\/naomi-klein-shock-doctrine-becauseweveread.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698872245648415841.post-1284889320328012849"},"published":{"$t":"2018-08-04T14:15:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2018-08-09T19:27:57.686-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"becauseweveread"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"#BecauseWeveRead August: Call for Writing!"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"We're on to our 5th month of #BecauseWeveRead! This month we're excited to introduce a new addition to #BecauseWeveRead: Break Months! Break Months are a month after every few months of reading dedicated to intentionally reflecting on and engaging with the issues, topics, and ideas presented in the past months' readings, whether through writing, art, and\/or supporting community organizing campaigns! (...or just catching up if you happened to miss a month...or all four). After all, what is reading and learning without action?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ch3 style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: theano_didotregular, serif; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cu style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.joojooazad.com\/2018\/04\/a-radical-reading-club-becauseweveread.html\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ENew to #BecauseWe'veRead?\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Ch3 style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: theano_didotregular, serif; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cu style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.joojooazad.com\/2018\/04\/a-radical-reading-club-becauseweveread.html\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EHere are our intentions \u0026amp; goals, and how we work!\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-9GBmKtz5MXA\/W2X6YmebE8I\/AAAAAAAAK54\/7qCdqr9D7L42UVzDxklm2Lyhjz0tmOG8ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/becausewewrite.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"510\" data-original-width=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-9GBmKtz5MXA\/W2X6YmebE8I\/AAAAAAAAK54\/7qCdqr9D7L42UVzDxklm2Lyhjz0tmOG8ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/becausewewrite.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor August, our first Break Month, we're excited to announce our #BecauseWeWrite campaign and contest! This is an open call for writing, reflections, reviews, poetry, and other creative writing pieces on any of the books and films (\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.joojooazad.com\/search\/label\/becauseweveread\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ecomplete list here\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E) we've read\/watched so far and topics they cover (anti-Blackness, Orientalism, internalized racism\/white supremacy, self-love\/hate, police\/prisons, Black history, liberation, decolonization, empire, etc).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWe encourage you to publish your writing, share on social media with the hashtags #BecauseWeveRead and #BecauseWeWrite, and engage with others' pieces! This campaign and contest is open to everyone internationally, and in any and all languages that you might feel most comfortable writing in! Don't feel comfortable sharing publicly? You can email your piece to us at editor@joojooazad.com and we can share your submission on our social media anonymously!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETo up the ante a little, we're also offering prizes to the top three pieces produced as part of this campaign, as well as publishing them right here on JooJoo Azad at the start of next month!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhile this campaign is open internationally and your writing can be posted\/published anywhere on the internet (your own blog, Medium, Instagram, etc), \u003Cb\u003Ethe only requirement to be considered for the contest is to email us your piece and\/or a link to your piece at editor@joojooazad.com with the subject line: #BecauseWeWrite\u003C\/b\u003E (that way we can also contact you via that email address if you win)! There are no minimum\/maximum word count, language, formatting rules. If you don't want to participate in the contest, it is not required to send us your writing, although we'd still love to read it and share on our social media, too!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EAUGUST 2018 BREAK MONTH: #BECAUSEWEWRITE\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch4\u003ECAMPAIGN DETAILS\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhat: \u003C\/b\u003EWriting reflections on \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.joojooazad.com\/search\/label\/becauseweveread\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E#BecauseWeveRead readings\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhere: \u003C\/b\u003EAnywhere! \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMedium\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E is a great resource for easy online publishing, but also feel free to publish on any platform: on your own blog, your own social media, or even just email privately to us!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERules\u003C\/b\u003E: Use the hashtag #BecauseWeveRead and #BecauseWeWrite, and \u003Cu\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:editor@joojooazad.com\"\u003Eemail us\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E a link to your post with the subject line: #BecauseWeWrite by the end of the month of August!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPrize\u003C\/b\u003E: Top three submissions will be published on JooJoo Azad, along with a small gift mailed to you!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch4\u003ELOCAL CHAPTERS\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEach #BecauseWeveRead Chapter (we have 30 chapters and counting!) is planning an event or discussion in August around the themes from the past #BecauseWeveRead books (from a panel discussion at Rich Mix in London, to live art shows in Detroit!), and we're so excited! Be sure to follow our Instagram page\/stories to stay updated with all of the dates, or contact your nearest chapter host to find out what's happening in your neighborhood!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOur chapter leads will also be doing Instagram takeovers of our \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/becauseweveread\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E@BecauseWeveRead\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E account this month too, so even if you can't make it out in-person, you can still tune in virtually!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003ENORTH AMERICA\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003EAnn Arbor\/Detroit, Michigan: Samantha Rahmani \/ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.detroit@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003EBoston, Massachusetts:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EReza Mirsajadi \u0026amp; Joubin Khazaie \/ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.boston@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003EBrooklyn, NYC: Sana Altaf \/ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.brooklyn@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECincinnati, Ohio: Sara Zandvakili\u0026nbsp; \/ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:cincinnati.bwr@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/BecauseWeveReadCincy\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECincinnati Facebook Group\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003EChicago, Illinois: Samantha Rose \/ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:chicago.bwr@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHouston, Texas: Laila Khalili \/ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.houston@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003ELos Angeles, California: Alexis Wong \u0026amp; Ashley May \/ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:losangeles.bwr@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/217585562342343\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ELos Angeles\/Orange County Facebook Group\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003EMinneapolis, Minnesota: Binta Kanteh \/ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.minneapolis@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMontreal, Canada: Mona Ghassemi \/ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.montreal@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blue_mona\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Etwitter\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1461377137317656\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMontreal Facebook Group\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003ESan Francisco Bay\/Oakland, California: Allison Chan \/ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.BayArea@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/llisonchan\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Einstagram\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003ESeattle, Washington: Anisa Jackson \/ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.seattle@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/anisa.jackson\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Einstagram\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_anisa_jackson\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Etwitter\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/BecauseWeveReadSea\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESeattle Facebook Group\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003EToronto, Canada: Yeldah Yousfi \/ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.toronto@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/beautiful.bibliophile\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eintsagram\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YeldahYousfi\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Etwitter\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003EOttawa, Canada:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EZaynab \/ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.ottawa@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003ESan Diego, California:\u0026nbsp;Noor \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"mailto:SanDiego.bwr@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWashington D.C., USA: Hana Manadath \u0026amp; Jada Olsen \/ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.washingtondc@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cu style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003EAFRICA\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003ELagos, Nigeria: Hulaimah Kolawole \/ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.lagos@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hullybaby\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Einstagram\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENairobi, Kenya: Suhayl Omar \u0026amp; Powell Arimi \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"mailto:nairobi.bwr@gmail.com\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003Eemail\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003EMauritius, Mauritius: Soufia Bham \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"mailto:mauritius.bwr@gmail.com\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003Eemail\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"margin: 0px;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003EASIA\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003EAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Anisa Alkunshalie \/ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:abudhabi.bwr@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003EBombay, India:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003ESmirit Sant \u0026amp; Anadita Bhalerao \/ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.bombay@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003EIstanbul, Turkey: Zineb Sadok \u0026amp; Hiba Abdennabi\u0026nbsp; \/ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.istanbul@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/93_hiba\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Einstagram\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003EJakarta, Indonesia: Annissa Rosyidah \u0026amp; Nana Rosyidah \u0026amp; Intan Khasanah \/ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.jakarta@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELahore, Pakistan: Madiha Tallat \/ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.lahore@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/madiha.in.bookistan\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Einstagram\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003ETehran, Iran: Maryam Rashidi \/ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.tehran@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESingapore, Singapore: Muneerah Razak \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.singapore@gmail.com\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003Eemail\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003EEUROPE\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cu style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003ELeeds, England: Halima Nawaz \/ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.leeds@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELondon, England: Alliyah Riaz \u0026amp; Maryam Abdullah \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:london.bwr@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003ENewcastle, England: Amy Cass \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.newcastle@gmail.com\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003EOCEANIA\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EAuckland, New Zealand:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EZainab Baba \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.auckland@gmail.com\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003Eemail\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003ESydney, Australia:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EMiriam Mubayyid \/\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bwr.sydney@gmail.com\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003Eemail\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch4\u003EQ\u0026amp;A + WRITING TIPS!\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EQ\u0026amp;A SESSION: I'll be on Instagram live TOMORROW at 12pm CST on \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/becauseweveread\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E@BecauseWeveRead\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E to answer any questions and go over Break Month details, so if you have any lingering questions, please join us!\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWRITING TIPS: We're so excited to be speaking with writer, author, editor, and community organizer\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HalfAtlanta\" style=\"text-decoration-line: underline;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EDevyn Springer\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;next Saturday, August 11th on \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/becauseweveread\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EInstagram live\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u0026nbsp;at 11am CST to give writing tips \u0026amp; suggestions to anyone wanting to join the campaign but is insecure in their writing! Mark your calendars!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ESeptember we'll jump back into reading! In the meantime, we can't wait to read all of your reflections!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E#BecauseWeveRead #BecauseWeWrite\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.joojooazad.com\/feeds\/1284889320328012849\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.joojooazad.com\/2018\/08\/becauseweveread-august-call-for-writing.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8698872245648415841\/posts\/default\/1284889320328012849"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8698872245648415841\/posts\/default\/1284889320328012849"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.joojooazad.com\/2018\/08\/becauseweveread-august-call-for-writing.html","title":"#BecauseWeveRead August: Call for Writing!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Hoda Katebi"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/18010214146196642383"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-9GBmKtz5MXA\/W2X6YmebE8I\/AAAAAAAAK54\/7qCdqr9D7L42UVzDxklm2Lyhjz0tmOG8ACLcBGAs\/s72-c\/becausewewrite.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698872245648415841.post-7898114151735824419"},"published":{"$t":"2018-07-02T10:39:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2018-07-28T09:12:23.170-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"becauseweveread"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"#BECAUSEWEVEREAD JULY: ON ORIENTALISM"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Between Muslim Bans, nations around the world closing borders to increasing numbers of Muslim (and other) refugees, and millions of dollars being poured into Islamophobic propaganda campaigns internationally, to say that there is anything short of a global crisis of systemic anti-Muslim racism would be a dreadful understatement.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESo, let's learn about it.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.joojooazad.com\/2018\/04\/a-radical-reading-club-becauseweveread.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ENew to #BecauseWe'veRead?\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.joojooazad.com\/2018\/04\/a-radical-reading-club-becauseweveread.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EHere are our intentions \u0026amp; goals, and how we work!\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-jd6SmIk35lk\/WzpFSyFYWkI\/AAAAAAAAK38\/lbJOgU18CDojKsGMMop0RqDRX1IuRio3QCLcBGAs\/s1600\/becauseweveread-orientalism-july2018.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"510\" data-original-width=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-jd6SmIk35lk\/WzpFSyFYWkI\/AAAAAAAAK38\/lbJOgU18CDojKsGMMop0RqDRX1IuRio3QCLcBGAs\/s1600\/becauseweveread-orientalism-july2018.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOn to month three of #BecauseWeveRead, the last month in our 3 month \"unit\" on colonialism! Starting with Assata Shakur's autobiography introducing us to concepts on internalized colonialism and racialized hierarchies (among countless others) that were then expanded on and theorized in Fanon's\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EBlack Skin White Masks\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the film\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EBattle of Algiers\u003C\/i\u003E, we're taking a step back now and looking at colonialism on an international level, and how such colonial conceptions of self are constructed systematically.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd to do so, there is no one quite like the brilliant Palestinian intellectual Edward Said, (i.e my first true love) and his development of Orientalism and postcolonial studies to explore for July.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhile \u003Ci\u003EOrientalism\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;is quite the classic, I would argue that the introduction would be more than sufficient for understanding the concepts central to his theory, that are only laboriously elaborated on in the remainder of the book. Alternatively, \u003Ci\u003ECovering Islam\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;takes these concepts and applies them to media representations of Muslims and Islam, beyond the \"Muslims are always depicted as terrorists and that's not cool\" line. Also, keep in mind that \u003Ci\u003ECovering Islam\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;was written before September 11th 2001, the date that most Americans would (incorrectly) ascribe to the start of Islamophobic bias against Muslims in America. Said's theories remain not only unfortunately incredibly relevant, but are also highly applicable in other international contexts, outside of the United States. In these texts, Said's development of the concept of Orientalism -- the \"imperialism of the pen,\" as he pens it, is incredibly rich, powerful, and integral to any understanding of colonialism.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EJULY 2018 BOOK OF THE MONTH:\u003Cbr \/\u003EEDWARD SAID, COVERING ISLAM (1997) + ORIENTALISM (1979)\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ch4\u003EBOOK + AUDIO\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E+ \u003Ci\u003ECovering Islam\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;(1997), Edward Said - \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1N4PxHzm7o3Z2-X_SEf8pjplvTzPTq9jc\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFull PDF available here\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E+ Introduction, \u003Ci\u003EOrientalism\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;(1979), Edward Said - \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Sz0ACZYhHQDqmoGDV9lIeLWyQeRexNvU\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EIntroduction available here\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E+ \u003Ci\u003EThe Pen \u0026amp; the Sword\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;podcast interviews (2015) with Edward Said - \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/6E0YNRduwqeXvJnI8T4yeP\" style=\"text-decoration-line: underline;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eon Spotify here\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(also available \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xeiUz1UDLzQ\u0026amp;list=OLAK5uy_kBggl-A0cfVIIWMePRcMKRNLx0TbKussE\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eon Youtube here\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E for countries in which Spotify does not work)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E(As always, please email us at editor@joojooazad.com if you are not financially (or politically) able to purchase a book and cannot read the PDF linked above, and we can mail you a free copy while supplies last!)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ch4\u003EADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED RESOURCES\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E+ \"\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4QYrAqrpshw\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFramed\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\" - a 2 minute video by AlJazeera introducing the concept of \"Orientalism\"\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E+ \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ci style=\"font-family: Poppins; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/1fEVGTKgYqBwaEnsBhoWNo\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EOrigins of Terror\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003Epodcast interviews (2014) with Edward Said\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E+ \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cu style=\"font-family: Poppins; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m2vFJE93LTI\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E'Shades of Anger'\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E spoken word poetry by Canadian-Palestinian artist \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cu style=\"font-family: Poppins; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rafeefziadah?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ERafeef Ziadah\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E+ \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cu style=\"font-family: Poppins; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=676fB7ExZys\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EVideo interview with Edward Said\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E (2012)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 13px;\"\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/islam-through-western-eyes\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"Islam Through Western Eyes\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u0026nbsp;(1998) long-form\u0026nbsp;essay by Edward Said summarizing concepts in \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ci style=\"font-family: Poppins; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003ECovering Islam\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ci style=\"font-family: Poppins; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E+ \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2003\/aug\/02\/alqaida.highereducation\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"A Window on the World\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E (2003) an article by Edward Said in the \u003Ci\u003EGuardian \u003C\/i\u003Eexplaining Western academics' role in justifying the US military occupation of Iraq through a creation of the \"Arab mind\"\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E+ \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cu style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/clash-ignorance\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"The Clash of Ignorance\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E (2001) an article by Edward Said in \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ci style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003EThe Nation\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;destroying the \"clash of civilizations\" argument pitting Islam and the West as fundamentally opposite and incompatible\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E+ \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ci style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Question-Palestine-Edward-W-Said-ebook\/dp\/B0138OGOYU\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EThe Question of Palestine\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;(2015), available on Amazon\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch4\u003ESOCIAL MEDIA\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h4\u003E+ Instagram, \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/becauseweveread\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E@BecauseWeveRead\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ Twitter, \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/becauseweveread\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E@BecauseWeveRead\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E+ \u003Cu\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cmjD_n\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESubscribe to our email updates!\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E(We're giving away copies of \u003Ci\u003ECovering Islam\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;on Instagram, so be sure to follow us for a chance to win! Also, we love our reader posts! Use the hashtag #BecauseWeveRead to join the conversation on social media, and we might just repost you!)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch4\u003ECHAPTERS \/ DISCUSSION GROUPS\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003EOur beautiful, fabulous #BecauseWeveRead official chapter leads are listed below, along with their email addresses and social media to get in touch! They will be releasing the date for their meetup and additional information as the month progresses, so be sure to follow them on social media, email them letting them know you're interested in joining, and\/or keep this page bookmarked as we continue to update as information arises!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003ENORTH AMERICA\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003EAnn Arbor\/Detroit, Michigan: Samantha Rahmani (\u003Ca href=\"mailto:rahmanis@umich.edu\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003EBoston, Massachusetts:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EReza Mirsajadi \u0026amp; Joubin Khazaie (\u003Ca href=\"mailto:rmirsajadi@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003EBrooklyn, NYC: Sana Altaf (\u003Ca href=\"mailto:sana.altaf9@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECincinnati, Ohio: Sara Zandvakili (\u003Ca href=\"mailto:zandvasj@mail.uc.edu\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/BecauseWeveReadCincy\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECincinnati Facebook Group\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003EHouston, Texas: Laila Khalili (\u003Ca href=\"mailto:lailarkhalili@gmail.com\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; transition: all 0.25s ease-out;\"\u003E\u003Cspan id=\"goog_1940588110\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003Eemail\u003Cspan id=\"goog_1940588111\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003ELos Angeles, California: Joubin Khazaie (\u003Ca href=\"mailto:khazaiejoubin@gmail.com\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cspan id=\"goog_1940588124\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003Eemail\u003Cspan id=\"goog_1940588125\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/_wherejoubin\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Einstagram\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wherejoubin\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Etwitter\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/217585562342343\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ELos Angeles\/Orange County Facebook Group\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003EMinneapolis, Minneapolis: Binta Kantah (\u003Ca href=\"mailto:bkanteh13@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMontreal, Canada: Mona Ghassemi (\u003Ca href=\"mailto:monagz@gmail.com\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blue_mona\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Etwitter\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1461377137317656\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMontreal Facebook Group\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003ESan Francisco Bay\/Oakland, California: Allison Chan (\u003Ca href=\"mailto:allisonchany@gmail.com\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/llisonchan\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Einstagram\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003ESeattle, Washington: Anisa Jackson (\u003Ca href=\"mailto:jacksonanisam@gmail.com\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/anisa.jackson\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Einstagram\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_anisa_jackson\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Etwitter\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/BecauseWeveReadSea\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESeattle Facebook Group\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003EToronto, Canada: Yeldah Yousfi (\u003Ca href=\"mailto:beautiful.bibliophile18@gmail.com\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/beautiful.bibliophile\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eintsagram\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YeldahYousfi\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Etwitter\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003EOttawa, Canada:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EZaynab (\u003Ca href=\"mailto:zalwa081@uottawa.ca\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003ESan Diego, California: \u003Ci\u003Eupcoming\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cu style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003EAFRICA\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003ECape Town, South Africa:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003Eupcoming\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-style: normal; margin: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"margin: 0px;\"\u003ENairobi, Kenya:\u003Ci style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003E upcoming\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"margin: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003ENigeria (no cities, as this is a national Whatsapp group): Hulaimah Kolawole (\u003Ca href=\"mailto:pinkhullybaby@gmail.com\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hullybaby\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Einstagram\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003EASIA\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003EAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Anisa Alkunshalie (\u003Ca href=\"mailto:alkos3@hotmail.com\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003EBombay, India:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003ESmirit Sant \u0026amp; Anadita Bhalerao (\u003Ca href=\"mailto:santreads@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003EIstanbul, Turkey: Zineb Sadok \u0026amp; Hiba Abdennabi (\u003Ca href=\"mailto:zineb.sadok@gmail.com\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/93_hiba\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Einstagram\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003EJakarta, Indonesia: Annissa Rosyidah \u0026amp; Nana Rosyidah \u0026amp; Intan Khasanah (\u003Ca href=\"mailto:intankhasanah25@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELahore, Pakistan: Madiha Tallat (\u003Ca href=\"mailto:madiha.tallat@gmail.com\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/madiha.in.bookistan\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Einstagram\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003ETehran, Iran: Mohammad Javad Hamzeloo (\u003Ca href=\"mailto:shooroon@gmail.com\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003EEUROPE\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cu style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003ELeeds, England: Halima Nawaz (\u003Ca href=\"mailto:halimanawaz.hn@gmail.com\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELondon, England: Alliyah Riaz \u0026amp; Maryam Abdullah (\u003Ca href=\"mailto:alliyahriaz@yahoo.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003ENewcastle, England: Amy Cass (\u003Ca href=\"mailto:amyjade5s@hotmail.co.uk\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eemail\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003EOCEANIA\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EAuckland, New Zealand:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003Eupcoming\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003EMelbourne, Australia:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003Eupcoming\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch4 style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot;; font-size: medium;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003ELIVE, MONTHLY DISCUSSION -- SAVE THE DATE:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px;\"\u003EDATE:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003ESunday, July 29th\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px;\"\u003ETIME: \u003Cb\u003E10:00 AM CST\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px;\"\u003EPLATFORM:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003EInstagram live,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cu style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/becauseweveread\" style=\"background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E@becauseweveread\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px;\"\u003EDISCUSSANT: \u003Cb\u003EDR. HATEM BAZIAN\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;poppins\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 13px;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.hatembazian.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EHatem Bazian\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E is a co-founder and Professor of Islamic Law and Theology at Zaytuna College, the 1st Accredited Muslim Liberal Arts College in the United States. In addition, Prof. Bazian is a lecturer in the Departments of Near Eastern and Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Bazian between 2002-2007, also served as an adjunct professor of law at Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. He teaches courses on Islamic Law and Society, Islam in America: Communities and Institutions, De-Constructing Islamophobia and Othering of Islam, Religious Studies, and Middle Eastern Studies. In addition to Berkeley, Prof. Bazian served as a visiting Professor in Religious Studies at Saint Mary’s College of California 2001-2007 and adviser to the Religion, Politics and Globalization Center at UC Berkeley. In Spring 2009, Prof. Bazian founded at Berkeley the Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project at the Center for Race and Gender, a research unit dedicated to the systematic study of Othering Islam and Muslims. Prof. Bazian in Spring 2012 launched the Islamophobia Studies Journal, which is published bi-annually through a collaborative effort between the Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project of the Center for Race and Gender at the University of California at Berkeley, the Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Initiative for the School of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University; the Center for Islamic Studies at the Graduate Theological Union, the International Centre for Muslim and non-Muslim Understanding at the University of South Australia, and Zaytuna College. In addition to academic work, Dr, Bazian is a weekly columnist for the Turkish Daily Sabah Newspaper and Turkey Agenda online magazine. Dr. Bazian is founder and national Chair of American Muslims for Palestine, board member of the Islamic Scholarship Fund, Muslim Legal Fund of America, President of Dollar for Deen Charity, and Chair of Northern California Islamic Council.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: poppins; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;\"\u003EHappy reading (and viewing)! 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