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Join us for a conversation about Dr. Amir Moosavi\u2019s recently published book\u00a0Dust That Never Settles: Literary Afterlives of the Iran-Iraq War<\/em>. The book is the first comparative study of Arabic and Persian literature from the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988). It traces the ways in which writers from both countries have wrestled with state-sponsored narratives of war from 1980 until the present moment, transforming war literature from propaganda to narratives of resistance against authoritarian regimes, their legacies, and their present politics.<\/p>\n

Speakers:<\/p>\n

Amir Moosavi (Rutgers-Newark)<\/p>\n

Fatemeh Shams (University of Pennsylvania)<\/p>\n

Khaled Al Hilli (New York University)<\/p>\n

Zahra Ali (Rutgers-Newark)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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