Dr. Shiva Balaghi Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Dr. Shiva Balaghi

Amir-Hossein Barimani sent a message on his 90th day in prison: "Let me say clearly, there is no trace of regret within me." Barimani is a theatrical director, who in 2019 brought Kafka's Metamorphosis to a Tehran stage. He is serving a 2 year sentence. https://t.co/EVXsp5xIxR

Dr. Shiva Balaghi

How & why did the US government adopt a policy of torture? @lisahajjar explains this question is the starting point of her book, The War in Court: Inside the Long Fight Against Torture. Don't miss this podcast conversation between Hajjar & Miranda Melcher https://t.co/pLMlKjjS5M

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Happening now at UCSB: a discussion of Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s book "You Have Not Yet Been Defeated" with Sanaa Seif (filmmaker & activist) and Sharif Abdel Kouddous (journalist). https://t.co/0QEOvu8yjq

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Each piece of the sculpture represents a sentence from the first page of Sadegh Hedayat’s iconic novel The Blind Owl. Over months, she carefully cut out Persian letters from copper, the edges cutting her fingers as she worked. The pain as became part of her creative process. https://t.co/2qNhlSPu7M

Dr. Shiva Balaghi

The National Juneteenth Museum will open in Fort Worth’s primarily Black Historic Southside neighborhood in 2025. Opal Lee is a founding board member of the project, and her granddaughter, Dione Sims, will be the museum’s founding executive director. https://t.co/jhL4Y19tYY

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Happening now at UCSB: a discussion of Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s book "You Have Not Yet Been Defeated" with Sanaa Seif (filmmaker & activist) and Sharif Abdel Kouddous (journalist). https://t.co/0QEOvu8yjq

Dr. Shiva Balaghi

Most memorable night match I attended at US Open was the classic Andre Agassi v James Blake in 2005 that ended at 1:15 am. (Nothing like catching a packed 7 train that late to get back home.)

Dr. Shiva Balaghi

Come to hear Viet Thanh Nguyen talk about his latest novel, The Committed. Stay to take a peak at how great @cmonstah has managed her curls during lockdown. #LATimesBookClub https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw2MXAbg734&feature=youtu.be

Dr. Shiva Balaghi

Today is #pubday for Lisa Hajjar's magnum opus, The War in Court: Inside the Long Fight Against Torture (Univ of CA Press)! Seldom does a scholar bring human compassion and academic rigor together @lisahajjar has in this brilliant book. https://t.co/7JHN3quNit https://t.co/GDd7tzymDi