Syrian Prison Literature and the Poetics of Human Rights w/ Shareah Taleghani (E93)

This is a conversation with Shareah Taleghani, Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies and Arabic at Queens College at the City University of New York and the author of the book "Readings in Syrian Prison Literature: The Poetics of Human Rights" published by Syracuse University Press.Topics Discussed:Background and context, Syrian prison literaturePoetics of human rights, and how Syrian prison literature affected her view of human rightsOn Tadmor military prisonOn censorship, arbitrariness and tanfis in SyriaArab critics, literature and human rightsEffects of truthUniversality of prison literatureSyrian prison literature and the 2011 revolutionSelective solidarity and global prison abolitionism (US, Iran, Syria)Also Mentioned:Faraj BayrakdarHuman Rights, Inc by Joseph SlaughterSupreme Court Justices Make a Surprising Proposal in Torture CaseHasiba AbdelrahmanMustapha KhalifaRosa Yassin HassanMalek DaghestaniAli Abu DahanHeba Al-DabbaghTadmor film by Monica Borgmann & Lokman SlimMemory, violence and fear: Why Lokman Slim’s murder must not be depoliticized - my L'Orient Le Jour pieceAmbiguities of Domination: Politics, Rhetoric, and Symbols in Contemporary Syria by Lisa WedeenMiriam CookeThe Politics of Love: Sexuality, Gender, and Marriage in Syrian Television Drama & Mediating the Uprising: Narratives of Gender and Marriage in Syrian Television Drama by Rebecca JoubinNazih Abu NidalGhassan al-Jaba'iMaher Arrar'Anticipating' the 2011 Arab Uprisings: Revolutionary Literatures and Political Geographies by Rita SakrRecommended Books:The Shell by Mustafa KhalifaA Dove in Free Flight by Faraj BayrakdarForced Passages by Dylan Rodríguez