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How language makes and unmakes our world: French language policies in Algeria, storytelling, and post-colonial recovery – Part 2

As part of our #MDAcademics space, in a two part essay, Barâa Arar discusses the impact of French Language policies in Algeria, how it impacts not only language but a whole culture, and how to overcome. Read Part one here The Algerian novelist Ahlam Mosteghanemi chose to write in Arabic instead of French, as part of… Read More

AuthorMedia DiversifiedPosted onDecember 21, 2018December 23, 2018CategoriesAcademic, Barâa Arar, Colonialism, Culture, France, Language, MD AcademicsTagsAlgeria1 Comment

How language makes and unmakes our world: French language policies in Algeria

As part of our #MDAcademics space, in a two part essay, Barâa Arar discusses the impact of French Language policies in Algeria, how it impacts not only language but a whole culture, and how to overcome. Part One Language is a fundamental hallmark of the human experience. Without language we cannot express trivial things; “Pass… Read More

AuthorMedia DiversifiedPosted onDecember 19, 2018December 23, 2018CategoriesAcademic, Algeria, Barâa Arar, Colonialism, Culture, France, Language, MD Academics, Media, ShowcaseTagsAlgeria, France, languageLeave a comment

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Our founder @samantha.asumadu in @timeoutlondon today! . Media Diversified was established in 2013 to help change the conversation in the media & foreground the voices of writers of colour. Since then we’ve made a considerable impact for a small non-profit organisation. We were cited in The Guardian for campaigning on the lack of media response to black deaths in police custody, and in the Telegraph on abuse by soldiers in peacekeeping roles. . More recently, we were cited by a Times columnist responding to our no-holds-barred piece “Melanie Phillips wants to destroy the Muslim world” . In 2014 we launched The Trashies – think a news media equivalent to Hollywood’s Razzies– to challenge journalism that’s lazy, bigoted, ill-researched and misinforming. The awards recognise that while It’s easy for writers to avoid reading the comments and to swerve their critics on Twitter, it's a platform where people can come into the conversation and discuss the problems of journalism that makes space for racism, islamophobia, homophobia and transphobia. . We published From the Lines of Dissent, an anthology of select articles, comment pieces and academic analysis originally commissioned for Media Diversified's online platform, covering politics, literature, sexuality, education, religion, media and much more. The book features a foreword by leading journalist Gary Younge of the Guardian: "There is a sharp intelligence here and some crisp critiques. But it is the fearlessness to take on the dominant narratives- of race among others - in ways that are both playful and polemic that are the most striking" . That’s the kind of impact we’ve been trying to create at Media Diversified. And over these last five years, we’ve been challenging and shaping the regular news agenda in our own way, diversifying the media landscape & platforming voices you wouldn’t necessarily hear in mainstream outlets. . By working towards greater representation, promoting change and providing a creative and supportive publishing platform for writers of colour, we have been connecting and affirming people of colour nationally and globally. We’ve been focused in our mission to open authentic narratives

Author and poet Claudia Rankine responding to a #whiteproverb in the wild. . Quote from @onbeing podcast. . . How Can I Say This So We Can Stay in This Car Together? The poet, essayist, and playwright Claudia Rankine says every conversation about race doesn’t need to be about racism. But she says all of us — and especially white people — need to find a way to talk about it, even when it gets uncomfortable. Her bestselling book, Citizen: An American Lyric, catalogued the painful daily experiences of lived racism for people of color. Claudia models how it’s possible to bring that reality into the open — not to fight, but to draw closer. And she shows how we can do this with everyone, from our intimate friends to strangers on airplanes.

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