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learn about Anouar Rahmani Anouar Rahmani: Writer, Novelist, Journalist, Human Rights Activist Anouar is a writer, novelist, journalist, and human rights activist whose words serve as a beacon of change and advocacy. Hailing from Algeria, his literary journey intertwines with his unwavering commitment to social justice. Currently pursuing a master’s degree in global communication and…
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End of the Third World is a sprawling, multi-layered novel that examines the foundations of patriarchal systems and questions the global order through the lens of a worldwide epidemic known as the Patriarchy Virus. The virus is said to attack women’s wombs, triggering panic across the globe and pushing governments toward permanent lockdowns, persecution, and…
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Anouar Rahmani I had a place in America before I set foot in John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. Here, in Uncle Sam’s country, I found that I had a space that was made for me in advance on this land before I came to it, an inalienable space that existed before me, and…
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بقلم الكاتب أنور رحماني: في هذه المقالة أحكي قصة تصويري لحادثة سلمان رشدي وكيف أثرت علي، وتأملاتي الشخصية عن المنفى. طَعن سلمان رشدي بكل أوتي من قوة، ضربه، لكمه، وطعنه، مرارا وتكرارًا وبكل غل، وأنا أصوّر بهاتفي. لم أكن أصدّق ما يحدث، كنت أنتظر جدالا فكريا وفلسفيا. كنت أنتظر أن أستمع لنقاش حول الأدب، الفكر…
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Only two days remain for me before I leave City of Asylum for good.An experience that cannot be explained or reduced to an article, but I will try as much as I can to tell what I am able to condense, for memory, for gratitude, and for what remains of words. I am not exaggerating…
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My story of turning Pittsburgh into another Algeria. (By Anouar Rahmani) Four years ago, I arrived in Pittsburgh: eyes full of fear, a pale face, trembling hands. I had just fled persecution that lasted 14 years of my life in Algeria, because of my human-rights activism, my banned books, and my ideas that had long…
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Chapter One of my first novel, published in 2016 and subsequently banned in Algeria. This text revisits the story of Mother Mary through a radical shift: imagining her as an Algerian woman, devoid of sanctity. The question is no longer divine election, but survival under patriarchy. written and translated from Arabic to English by Anouar…
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Salman Rushdie was stabbed. A man stubbed him with all the strength that could be mustered. He was hit, punched, and stabbed repeatedly and with great malice, while I filmed with my phone. I couldn’t believe what was happening; I expected an intellectual and philosophical debate. I was waiting for a discussion about literature, thought,…
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in this Semi-Fiction SF Story/Article I am trying to imagine and invent a new ‘universe and life’ in a form of a cube (Rubik’s Cube), questioning randomness and constancy in an alternative universe. wrriten by Anouar Rahmani. What if we lived in a cubic world in which the cube was the origin of all shapes…
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