This week, Arabic Literature featured a review of Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post-9/11 Injustice, edited by Alia Malek.
Read the review to learn more about Patriot Acts, the effects of surveillance in the post-9/11 era, and why author Jennifer Sears writes, “The stories collected in Patriot Acts…will likely continue to gain resonance as increased surveillance and security tactics become the norm of everyday life in the United States.”
Click here to read the review on ArabLit.
Voice of Witness is a non-profit organization that uses oral history to illuminate contemporary human rights crises in the U.S. and around the world. Founded by author Dave Eggers and physician/human rights scholar Lola Vollen, Voice of Witness publishes a book series that depicts human rights injustices through the stories of the men and women who experience them. The Voice of Witness Education Program brings these stories, and the issues they reflect, into high schools and impacted communities through oral history-based curricula and holistic educator support.
