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Zaina Alsous

Zaina Alsous is an editor at Scalawag magazine, a movement worker in South Florida, and the author of A Theory of Birds (University of Arkansas Press).

Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

How Durham, North Carolina, became the first US city to ban police exchanges with Israel

by Zaina Alsous and Sammy Hanf May 18, 2021November 14, 2023

A successful North Carolina campaign in solidarity with Palestine adds to a Southern legacy dating back to the Civil Rights Movement.

Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

The new-new and old-new of 'unprecedented' times

by Zaina Alsous and Scalawag Editors October 30, 2020April 16, 2021
Nurses at HCA's Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina. Photo from the National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United.
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Asheville nurses reflect on the largest labor victory at a Southern nonunion hospital since 1975

by Zaina Alsous September 25, 2020November 16, 2022
Posted inARTS & SOUL

In conversation with People4USPS, crafting a creative blueprint for solidarity through the mail

by Zaina Alsous September 11, 2020November 21, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

"No Place Like Home" Notes from opening night at The Miami Third Horizon Caribbean Film Festival

by Zaina Alsous February 26, 2020December 3, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

'Starve the Beast': No New Cops

by Zaina Alsous November 4, 2019July 5, 2021
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Social Struggle Is a Way of Life: An Interview with Albert Woodfox

by Zaina Alsous August 19, 2019November 16, 2022
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Together and Beside Ourselves: In Conversation with Artist & Educator Hồng-Ân Trương

by Zaina Alsous July 1, 2019September 16, 2020
Posted inARTS & SOUL

A Story of Us: In Conversation with Artists Monét Noelle Marshall and Saba Taj

by Zaina Alsous July 1, 2019September 16, 2020
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Green From Below

by Zaina Alsous June 24, 2019September 27, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

'I never let the viewer sit too long in one or the other.'

by Zaina Alsous August 23, 2018November 16, 2022
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Civility Is Not Solidarity: An Editorial Call to Action

by Zaina Alsous June 28, 2018September 27, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

The Muslims are not here to answer your questions

by Zaina Alsous March 29, 2018November 14, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

I pledge allegiance to the Always Not Yet

by Zaina Alsous February 8, 2018October 1, 2020
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Two poems: "Southern Accent" and "Emma Goldman does not confuse love and marriage"

by Zaina Alsous May 5, 2017December 3, 2020

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