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Mahmood Mamdani examines Uganda’s colonial legacy and his son’s political rise in new book
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Columbia University professor Mahmood Mamdani discusses his latest book, Slow Poison, which explores how British colonial rule shaped Uganda’s post-independence state and the long tenure of leaders like Idi Amin and Yoweri Museveni. Drawing on his own experiences of exile and statelessness, he links Uganda’s history of belonging and exclusion to the political ascent of his son, New York City mayor‑elect Zohran Mamdani.
Den iranske eksilprins Reza Pahlavi ankom søndag til Sverige under massiv bevogtning. I SVT's Agenda forsvarede han sit ønske om at lede en overgangsregering i Iran. Mandag besøger han Riksdagen for at engagere svenske politikere i kampen mod regimet.
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Mai Serhan's memoir 'I Can Imagine It for Us: A Palestinian Daughter’s Memoir' was published in October 2025 by the American University in Cairo Press, taking the form of letters to her late father, a Palestinian from Acre expelled during the 1948 Nakba. The book explores exile and family memory through imagination and recollection. Serhan, raised in Cairo, Abu Dhabi, and Beirut with a Palestinian father and Egyptian mother, seeks to reconstruct her lost heritage.
The International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) announced its 2025 award winners on November 20, with top honors going to two films by Iranian directors. 'A Fox Under a Pink Moon' by Mehrdad Oskouei won Best Film in the International Competition, while 'Past Future Continuous' by Morteza Ahmadvand and Firouzeh Khosrovani took the Best Film prize in the Envision Competition. Both awards include a €15,000 prize and highlight themes of exile and personal resilience.
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Cuban journalist Abraham Jimenez Enoa, co-founder of the magazine El Estornudo, shares in an interview how persecution in Cuba led him to exile in Barcelona in 2022. He describes the process as dying and being born again, marked by loneliness and depression. Despite his progressive views, he faces discrimination from both sides of the political spectrum.