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...such as Flannery O’Connor who is acclaimed for her stories and not her novels. However, this somewhat lopsided example conveys the specific strengths of the short story. While not offering the complex world of a novel, a short story collection can offer genuine snapshots of real human activity. Perhaps American life is better represented through these short visions than through the grand and singular narrative of a novel...
...what of the moral prerogative? The truth is that Israel is a paragon for human rights protections. It has the highest human development index and democracy index of any nation in the Middle East. Unlike any other country in the region, Israel respects basic liberties such as freedom of assembly, religion, and the press, as well as more specific causes such as women’s and gay rights...
...somehow, these facts have been submerged and twisted into a narrative in which Israel is a violator of human rights. Israel is an oasis of freedom in a desert of tyranny and oppression. In most of the Middle East, women still lack equality and face segregation in universities and workplaces; Freedom House recently described women’s rights in the Middle East as the “most severe” on earth. Israel has one of the highest percentages of support for same-sex civil marriage in the world. While a gay pride parade takes place...
...When I heard that my magazine was banned, I thought that it had died. I thought that its body was corrupted, like a human being, adding dust to dust,” says Iranian writer and editor Shahriar Mandanipour in reference to the censorship he experienced in his home country. “This event, the Living Magazine, I thought, could wake it up from its grave, like Lazarus, even if for one night...
...accepted literary critiques and original pieces from young writers. His censorship from the Iranian government began because of his comment, “Iranian people are scratching our faces as we try to grab the little rights that we have from each other because the government took our great human rights from us.” For The Living Magazine, Mandanipour has prepared an essay about his memories in publishing the magazine, some of which he admits are bitter...