It's important to understand that violent Islam is only one face of violent religion.
The most dangerous thing I've ever encountered was a run-in with Boko Haram around 2007 in a small town in Nigeria. I got caught along with the photo… - Eliza Griswold
The most dangerous thing I've ever encountered was a run-in with Boko Haram around 2007 in a small town in Nigeria. I got caught along with the photo…
- Eliza Griswold
Poetry allows me to write about what I don't know, whereas journalism demands a higher level of certainty to be worthy of being written. - Eliza Griswold
Poetry allows me to write about what I don't know, whereas journalism demands a higher level of certainty to be worthy of being written.
The truth is, terrorism flourishes in places of injustice rather than in places of poverty. - Eliza Griswold
The truth is, terrorism flourishes in places of injustice rather than in places of poverty.
In most of the world, poetry has such a different reputation than it does in Western culture. - Eliza Griswold
In most of the world, poetry has such a different reputation than it does in Western culture.
Seeing the Afghan women in their burqas, it's easy to say, "Well, they're not as fully aware as I am, so why do I have to worry so much about their p… - Eliza Griswold
Seeing the Afghan women in their burqas, it's easy to say, "Well, they're not as fully aware as I am, so why do I have to worry so much about their p…
It's important to understand that violent Islam is only one face of violent religion. - Eliza Griswold
If we were to see Western landay poems, we'd see them out of disenfranchised populations, maybe out of the legacy of slavery. Spirituals, rap music -… - Eliza Griswold
If we were to see Western landay poems, we'd see them out of disenfranchised populations, maybe out of the legacy of slavery. Spirituals, rap music -…
Islam doesn't have a monopoly on violence in Africa. And violence plays a particularly critical role in places where statehood is weak at best, such … - Eliza Griswold
Islam doesn't have a monopoly on violence in Africa. And violence plays a particularly critical role in places where statehood is weak at best, such …
I worked with two young women translators. One died and the other received a death threat from the Taliban. - Eliza Griswold
I worked with two young women translators. One died and the other received a death threat from the Taliban.
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