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Storytelling, Fake Worlds, and the Internet by Elif Shafak

“…Writers from those parts of the world where democracy has for too long remained an unfulfilled dream cannot be apolitical. Over the years, as media freedom and…”
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9 Questions for Elif Shafak by Johnson, Michelle, Shafak, Elif

“…The cruel headmaster in Arthur's school, too, is surrounded by books. Q In The Buried Book, David Damrosch describes The Epic of Gilgamesh as "the first great…”
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Turkey Is "Sliding Backwards" by SHAFAK, ELIF

“…Elif Shafak is a Turkish novelist and essayist whose celebrated works include The Bastard of Istanbul and The Architect's Apprentice. NPQ spoke with her in the…”
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Storytelling, Fake Worlds, and the Internet by Shafak, Elif

“…SINCE EARLY CHILDHOOD I have believed that an "imaginary world" could be more authentic than the socalled real world. [...]the boundary between what is…”
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The Urgency of a Cosmopolitan Ideal as Nationalism Surges by SHAFAK, ELIF

“…As the world shifts from American‐led Globalization 1.0 to 2.0—an interdependence of plural identities where no one country or group of nations is at the…”
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Orange Peels by Shafak, Elif

“…"In The Bastard of Istanbul, Turkish author Elif Shafak's latest novel, Armanoush, the nineteen-year-old American daughter of a Turkish father and an Armenian…”
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Turks Look Forward With Amnesia by Shafak, Elif

“…Michael Skafidas interviews Turkish novelist Elif Shafak. Shafak discusses the assassination of her longtime friend journalist/editor Hrant Dink, how politics…”
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Turks Look Forward With Amnesia by SHAFAK, ELIF

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ACCELERATING THE FLOW OF TIME by Shafak, Elif

“…For the founders of Turkish national literature, starting with Örner Seyfettin (1884-1920), nationalism was the primary item on the agenda. As the multiethnic,…”
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Transgender Bolero by Shafak, Elif

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Linguistic Cleansing by SHAFAK, ELIF

“…An interview with Elif Shafak, one of the most prominent Turkish novelists of her generation, is presented. She speaks about her novels such as The Saint of…”
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An Assyro-Babylonian Pregnant Goddess by Shafak, Elif

“…An excerpt from the novel The Saint Of Incipient Insanities by Elif Shafak is presented. Shafak's novel excerpt treats with dry wit and incisive satire issues…”
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Accelerating the Flow of Time: Soft Power and the Role of Intellectuals in Turkey by Shafak, Elif

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An Assyro-Babylonian Pregnant Goddess: An Excerpt from: The Saint of Incipient Insanities by Shafak, Elif

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Cries from the last century and lessons for today: Nadine Gordimer, Václav Havel, Samuel Beckett and Arthur Miller all wrote for Index. We asked modern day writers Elif Shafak, Kerry Hudson and Emilie Pine plus theatre director Nicholas Hytner why the writing is still relevant by Gimson, Sally, Pine, Emilie, Shafak, Elif, Hudson, Kerry, Hytner, Nicholas

“…Sally Gimson introduces Emilie Pine, Elif Shafak, Kerry Hudson and Nicholas Hytner who give their takes on plays and writings from some of Index's greatest…”
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‘Family Gathering’ by Elif Shafak by Shafak, Elif

“…In a matter of hours, she would vacuum the rugs, polish the silver, shine the crystal, mop the floors, clean out the guest bathroom, and just as the sun went…”
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Sexuality, suppression and the state by Long, Scott, Bahgat, Hossam, Shafak, Elif, Merabet, Sofian, Saghieh, Nizar, Scalenghe, Sara

“…Discusses the situation of sexual minorities in countries such as Egypt, Turkey, and Lebanon, focusing on the legal status and treatment of gay men, and…”
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America No Longer Owns Globalization - Spring 2007 by IÑÁRRITU, ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ, GARDELS, NATHAN, MEDAVOY, MIKE, SAHIMI, MUHAMMAD, BLIX, HANS, ALBRIGHT, MADELEINE, SHAFAK, ELIF, GEITHNER, TIMOTHY, BOURGUIGNON, FRANCOIS, YELLEN, JANET, COHEN, WILLIAM, LOONG, LEE HSIEN, MAY, MICHAEL, FUKUYAMA, FRANCIS, SOYINKA, WOLE, OSIATYNSKI, WIKTOR, KAPUSCINSKI, RYSZARD

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‘Cat Person’ shows fiction beats polemic by more than a whisker by Shafak, Elif

“…Across Turkey, male readers saw the tragedy as a crime of passion. When I read Kristen Roupenian’s beautifully written short story “Cat Person” in the New…”
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Novelist Elif Shafak: ‘We are ready for change. But men are not’ by Shafak, Elif

“…In November, despite widespread concern, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) passed a law that made it possible for Muslim clerics to conduct civil…”
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