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Oct 2023
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Fargo Tbakhi: Envisioning a future Pales...

Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East
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In this episode, Tom is joined by Fargo Tbakhi, a queer Palestinian American writer and performance artist based in Washington D.C. and winner of 2018 Ghassan Kanafani Resistance Arts Prize. His writings have been published in various literary publications including The Berkeley Review. He is also the recipient of several fellowships. Fargo’s writings and performances challenge notions of erasure and colonization and propose a reality of a free and unoccupied Palestine.

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  •  Visit Fargo’s website to learn about him and his work 

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