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Sara Yasin

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palestinian-american raised on a steady diet of hummus and fried chicken. editor-in-chief, the key (a palfest production) www.sarayasin.com

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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 18h
“we love what we can do in our homes, walk between rooms, kiss our wives, wear no clothes” — Zena Agha on media language and genocide, written while raising a newborn through it. All four of her poems are on The Key now: www.thekeymagazine.com/p/zena-agha-...
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Four New Poems by Zena Agha
Zena Agha navigates two parallel but overlapping ruptures: the birth of a child and the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
WSJ: 'The Trump administration’s investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar is aimed at building a case to strip her of her U.S. citizenship and ultimately deport her, according to U.S. officials and other people familiar with the probe'
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Ilhan Omar Investigation Aims to Build Case for Stripping Her Citizenship
Authorities have subpoenaed members of the Democratic congresswoman’s family as part of a broader look at their immigration paperwork.
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Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
👀 “Status has learned that the screenings for Stahl's piece grew extraordinarily contentious, with the legendary correspondent becoming so frustrated that she privately discussed the possibility of quitting the show” via @status.news www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...
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Bari’s Stahl Showdown
Two recent clashes over Israel coverage have roiled Bari Weiss' CBS News, Status has learned, with one confrontation even pushing legendary “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl to the brink of quit...
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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“So, one question remains: Why did God bind me to this city if it all was destined to disappear in such horror?” Bisan Nateel, a young writer in Gaza, on memory and loss along the road to Khan Yunis. Read now on The Key:
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Diary from Gaza: A Road That Devours Time
A young writer describes the , three years into the genocide.
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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“Like all his work, this book resonates with Kanafani’s burning commitment to the Palestinian cause.” Rashid Khalidi on Ghassan Kanafani’s “Palestinian Resistance Literature Under Occupation.” Read his introduction on The Key now: www.thekeymagazine.com/p/ghassan-ka...
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Rashid Khalidi’s New Introduction To Ghassan Kanafani’s “Palestinian Resistance Literature Under Occupation, 1948-1968”
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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
In this introduction, Khalidi draws a line from Israel’s assassinations of cultural figures in the 1970s - Kanafani himself among them - to its targeting of journalists, writers and artists in Gaza today www.thekeymagazine.com/p/ghassan-ka...
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Rashid Khalidi’s New Introduction To Ghassan Kanafani’s “Palestinian Resistance Literature Under Occupation, 1948-1968”
Read Kanafani's
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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Also in today’s edition of The Key: Rashid Khalidi’s introduction to Ghassan Kanafani’s “Palestinian Resistance Literature Under Occupation, 1948-1968” www.thekeymagazine.com/p/ghassan-ka...
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Rashid Khalidi’s New Introduction To Ghassan Kanafani’s “Palestinian Resistance Literature Under Occupation, 1948-1968”
Read Kanafani's
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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
More from The Key today: First, a moving essay from Bisan Nateel - a young writer in Gaza - about memory and loss as she travels along the road to Khan Younis www.thekeymagazine.com/p/gaza-genoc...
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Diary from Gaza: A Road That Devours Time
A young writer describes the , three years into the genocide.
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Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
David Ellison told CNN staffers this week he “of course” supports the network’s legal fight against Trump’s White House ban. But after kowtowing to Trump, Ellison is now on a collision course with the president. Will he actually stand up? My latest for @status.news www.status.news/p/donald-tru...
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Ellison’s Trump Collision Course
CNN’s new owner says he’s backing the network in its fight with the White House. But after courting Trump to get his merger prize, will Ellison stand up to him?
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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“The war lives with me at home, even when I do not have a notebook, a phone or a deadline for a story.” Journalist and mother of five Rasha Abou Jalal on reporting from Gaza, where her family has been displaced 13 times during the genocide. Read now on The Key:
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Journalists in Gaza are Still Living the Headlines
“The war lives with me at home, even when I do not have a notebook, a phone or a deadline for a story.”
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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Our book of the week this week is Ghassan Kanafani's remarkable book-length essay PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE LITERATURE UNDER OCCUPATION, 1948-1968, translated into English for the first time by Tarif Khalidi.
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Palestinian Resistance Literature Under Occupation, 1948-1968
THE MOST IMPORTANT CRITICAL WORK OF THE RENOWNED PALESTINIAN AUTHORGhassan Kanafani’s remarkable extended essay Palestinian Resistance Literature Under Occupation, 1948–1968 is an unyielding act of…
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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
this really encapsulates all of the different threads of this awful Rage Bait Era we're in... bsky.app/profile/phil...
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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Let me relish in butchering this language. Let me destroy senses with it. This language destroyed me." In his first essay written in English, Yahya Ashour grapples with exile and a language he can't trust with his memories. Read now on The Key:
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The Violence of English
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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Also in this edition of The Key: Rasha Abou Jalal writes a powerful essay about what it means to be a journalist in Gaza – where her work has become intertwined with her family's survival www.thekeymagazine.com/p/gaza-genoc...
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Journalists in Gaza are Still Living the Headlines
“The war lives with me at home, even when I do not have a notebook, a phone or a deadline for a story.”
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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Today on The Key: Yahya Ashour writes a devastating essay about exile, grief and the violence of having to navigate his emotions in a language that is, in many ways, synonymous with the destruction of his homeland www.thekeymagazine.com/p/yahya-asho...
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The Violence of English
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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Key is an extremely beautiful publication
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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The price of new subscriptions to The Key will go up after we hit 1,000 paying members. We are just under 100 subscriptions away from hitting that number. Subscribe before time runs out! www.thekeymagazine.com/upgrade
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Subscribe to the Key | The Key
The Key is a new online magazine brought to you by the Palestine Festival of Literature.
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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We also have a very powerful piece from a writer who left Gaza in August this year, Mayar Nateel: "I try to imagine that quiet death, one that is like drifting into a deep sleep, free from the sound of missiles hunting down my body." www.thekeymagazine.com/p/gaza-genoc...
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Diary from Gaza: “I Dream of an Ordinary Death”
The road to Khan Yunis once passed through familiar streets and landmarks. Three years into the genocide, the journey is marked by destruction.
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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Key is also excited to share a round-up of some of the exciting books coming out this fall, including Mahmoud Khalil's debut memoir, previously untranslated writing from Ghassan Kanafani, stunning photography and poetry from Palestine and more www.thekeymagazine.com/p/new-forthc...
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16 New Books We're Excited About This Fall
We're seeing an unprecedented number of new books on Palestine, politics, culture, and resistance.
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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
In the latest edition of The Key, we have important reporting that shows similarities between what is happening in southern Lebanon today and the process of systemically erasing Palestinian villages during the Nakba www.thekeymagazine.com/p/south-leba...
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“I Couldn't Tell My House From the Rubble”: How Israel Is Wiping South Lebanon’s Homes Off The Map
In a region where ownership is often passed down without documentation, Israel is strategically destroying villages to enable their permanent erasure, experts say.
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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My introduction to Issue 013 of THE KEY Please subscribe today: thekeymagazine.com/upgrade
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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It might not be immediately clear why we paired writing from Mahmoud Darwish and first-hand testimony from a Palestinian student on Columbia University's campus after the genocide, but there's a really important tie between the two. My introduction to this latest edition of THE KEY:
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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Also in THE KEY: A Palestinian alum of Columbia University explains why she and other Palestinian students and faculty are suing the university for discrimination www.thekeymagazine.com/p/columbia-s...
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OPINION: Why I'm Suing Columbia University for Anti-Palestinian Discrimination
“The more I protested, the more I mourned my people, the more I made myself a target both from the university and bad faith actors allowed on campus.”
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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
In the latest issue of THE KEY: Newly translated writing from Mahmoud Darwish (translated by Sinan Antoon) www.thekeymagazine.com/p/mahmoud-da...
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Searching for the Normal in... the Abnormal
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Study Hall @studyhall.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Revisit this episode with @sarayasin.bsky.social on a new path for reporting on Palestine. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
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A New Path For Reporting On Palestine ft. Sara Yasin
Podcast Episode · The Study Hall Podcast · May 18 · 44m
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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Logging off! See you in September.
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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I hope you read this vital, powerful writing from @reproutopia.bsky.social in today's edition of The Key: "This is what it looks like when a society has settled the question of who counts as rapeable – which is to say, who counts as human." www.thekeymagazine.com/p/israel-rap...
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“Everything Is Legitimate”: How Israel Uses Rape as a Tool of Genocide
The rape of Palestinian detainees is so commonplace that it’s no longer hidden. It’s filmed, joked about, and celebrated in parliament. This is no mistake; it’s core to Israel’s colonial project.
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Sophie Lewis @reproutopia.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I have a major piece up today at The Key. It's about Israel, parsing the rape baked into Zionism's core grammar. I speak of trained dogs; Screams Without Words; Sde Teiman; the Tomer-Yerushalmi affair; and the Palestinian Feminist Collective on sexual violence's centrality to reproductive genocide.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
1. This New York Post cover: “Thousands of 9/11 families demand Mamdani be banned from 25th-Anniversary” is a brazen lie. How do I know? I interviewed the organizer of the petition.
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WIRED @wired.com · 17/07/2026
A statement from WIRED leadership.
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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Abdullah Al-Arian wrote for us about Palestine as a phantom presence at the World Cup: “If one were to look beyond the carefully curated and sanitized scenes that surround every global mega-event, Palestine was everywhere.” www.thekeymagazine.com/p/world-cup-...
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Palestine at the World Cup: Everywhere and Nowhere
FIFA and its hosts erased Palestine from the tournament, but fans and players made it impossible to ignore.
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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
"Here, your heart is an alarm steeped in salt. And if it beats violently, do not threaten it with calm." "Guidelines for Life in a City Howling by the Sea" - Mariam Al Khateeb www.thekeymagazine.com/p/new-poem-m...
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Guidelines for Life in a City Resounding Against the Sea
Guidelines for Life in a City Resounding Against the Sea
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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
We can finally share the Arabic version of Ibrahim Matar's "Notes From A Doctor Witnessing The Genocide In Gaza" (beehiiv back end is not friendly to Arabic, unfortunately 😭) www.thekeymagazine.com/p/genocide-g...
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مذكّرات طبيب شاهد على الحرب من مشافي غزة
"سمعت أصوات الفاقدين وهم يصرخون بأقوى ما يقدرون حتى تنجرح حلوقهم"
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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
so many powerful quotes in this profile (w/phenomenal photos by Maen Hammad), but I was most struck by this www.thekeymagazine.com/p/walid-daqq...
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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Issue 010 is live! Sanaa Salameh sits down with The Key to talk about carrying her husband's legacy, the prison movement, and the release of his first major posthumous work, "The Ticket Seller" www.thekeymagazine.com/p/walid-daqq...
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Walid Daqqa Is Still Here
A conversation with Sanaa Salameh about preserving her husband's legacy, the prison movement and the release of "The Ticket Seller," Daqqa's
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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
this made my week <3
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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
It was a great honor to have this portrait of Mona Khalil in this publication. And please do subscribe to The Key, an incredible resource from @palfest.bsky.social
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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
If you have The Key in your inbox, you also received this beautiful portrait of Mona Khalil, drawn by @djolder.bsky.social
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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Can I drink water polluted with history? Can I drink the earth’s memory? My brother stares into me holding his cupful, saying “We all drank.” I reply, “I have had enough. I already drank my history.” Maryam Qawwash in The Key www.thekeymagazine.com/p/maryam-qaw...
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Gravitation
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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Why does polling data show support for Israel amongst ordinary Nigerians? The answer lies in the politics of oil, the power of the pulpit, an inadequately resolved civil war and its aftermath, plus a left that no longer exists www.thekeymagazine.com/p/nigeria-is...
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Why the Giant of Africa Loves Israel
How did Nigeria – a country that’s half Muslim – become one of the most pro-Israel nations in the world? The answer lies in oil, the pulpit, a civil war, and a left that no longer exists.
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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
very cool to see the key cited in @theguardian.com!
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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Issue 007 of THE KEY is live now with: - A photo essay from Ahmed al-Bazz on the erasure of Palestine. - 2 new poems from Lena Khalaf Tuffaha. - A profile of political prisoner, Umer Khalid. - Zena Hashem Beck on living through Israel's bombardment of Lebanon from afar. www.thekeymagazine.com
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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Zeina Hashem Beck writes, in this stirring piece from Issue 007 of The Key, about how Israel's assault on Lebanon ripples across space and time. Read it here: www.thekeymagazine.com/p/zena-hashe...
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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
We asked one of the most eminent human rights lawyers in the world, Geoffrey Robertson KC, to write about the sentencing of the "Elbit Four" as terrorists and the dangerous precedents being set by the Starmer government. www.thekeymagazine.com/p/palestine-...
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Punishing Protest as Terrorism
The eminent human rights lawyer on the sentencing of The Elbit 4 and the UK government's unprecedented suppression of protest
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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
NEW: 92NY was set to host a celebration in honor of Allen Ginsberg's life, but had to quietly cancel it after two of the biggest names on the bill withdrew over the venue's pro-Israel stance www.thekeymagazine.com/p/92ny-israe...
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“We should be having memorials to our own lack of conscience.” New York’s 92NY Loses Ginsberg Centennial After Authors Withdraw.
How artists' rejection of US empire and Israeli genocide is redrawing New York City's cultural geography.
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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Today in The Key we have a blistering critique on terrorism sentences from Geoffrey Robertson KC, the founding head of the law firm that built Keir Starmer's career www.thekeymagazine.com/p/palestine-...
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Punishing Protest as Terrorism
The eminent human rights lawyer on the sentencing of The Elbit 4 and the UK government's unprecedented suppression of protest
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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
London- I’m at Southbank Center tomorrow with @palfest.bsky.social secure.southbankcentre.co.uk/139994/13999...
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Southbank Centre
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Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
An NBC News investigation finds dozens of examples of criminals imitating ICE to rob and attack people www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
“You wouldn’t know if the reason is that we have a different sense of how cinema works or we have a different sense of what genocide is.” @alexnpress.bsky.social on Hollywood's invisible blacklist: lareviewofbooks.org/article/holl...
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Hollywood, Gaza, and the Invisible Blacklist | Los Angeles Review of Books
Perfecting the art of the blacklist.
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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
So honored to publish this with @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social + @economichardship.bsky.social ♥️🙌 bsky.app/profile/sara...
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