Author, painter, activist and former political prisoner Haifa Zangana (above) spoke at Innis Town Hall Sunday, as part of an evening entitled “Women Political Prisoners: Memoirs and Resistance.” Lectures, poetry, song, dance and testimony broke the silence surrounding women’s incarceration in the Middle East, asking listeners to think critcally about a growing global prison-industrial complex. […]
Author, painter, activist and former political prisoner Haifa Zangana (above) spoke at Innis Town Hall Sunday, as part of an evening entitled “Women Political Prisoners: Memoirs and Resistance.” Lectures, poetry, song, dance and testimony broke the silence surrounding women’s incarceration in the Middle East, asking listeners to think critcally about a growing global prison-industrial complex. Read the full article in Thursday’s Varsity.
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