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Her essays have appeared in a variety of journals, including the Journal of Religion and Literature, Critical Muslim, Postcolonial Interventions, Recherche Litt\u00e9raire \/ Literary Research, The Comparatist, and Postcolonial Text. Her interview with Orhan Pamuk, the Nobel Prize winner for literature in 2006 came out in PMLA. She teaches courses on postcolonial theory, human rights narratives, and immigrant literature.\r\n \r\n \r\n Mouna Ammar is a mother, writer, researcher, independent scholar, postpartum doula, educational linguist, and wayward chef living in Ann Arbor by way of Los Angeles and Algiers. Her favorite themes are love of land, strength, self-discovery, and sustaining traditions. She has been writing since she was a teen and, as an author of Algerian origin, she brings a fresh voice to the expansive body of literature by Arab Americans. Her inspirations are as eclectic as Aja Monet and Mahmoud Darwish, Sonia Sanchez and Agha Shahid Ali. Mouna's debut collection of poems entitled \"Zmagria\" offers an invitation to others to seek a reflection of themselves in her words. She can be found on her Instagram page @frommouna_ammar\r\n \r\n \r\n Noor Hindi (she\/her\/hers) is a Palestinian-American poet. Her debut collection of poems, Dear God. Dear Bones. Dear Yellow (Haymarket Books 2022), was an honorable mention for the Arab American Book Award. She is currently editing a Palestinian poetry anthology with George Abraham (Haymarket Books, 2025). Noor Hindi is calling on you to join the global fight for the survival and liberation of Palestinians and all oppressed people. Anywhere and everywhere you are, you can disrupt, advocate, speak out and refuse in small and big ways. Revolution until freedom. 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