Noor Naga, metafiction and the limits of self-knowledge
Sometimes a story needs three acts
Yasmin El-Rifae joined Mada Masr’s editorial team in 2019, where she focuses on gender, among other areas. Her first book, Radius, a narrative history of the militant feminist group Operation Anti-Sexual Harassment and Assault, will be published by Verso in 2022. You can find her @yasminelrifae.
Sometimes a story needs three acts
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