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    The Passion of strangers: a philosophy of friendship

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    Friendship is the only stable social relationship for which « paperwork » has not been invented.

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    Looted libraries

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    « In both countries, it has left the government officials grappling with an extremely delicate and complex issue. Why is it so difficult to move forward? »

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  • A woman in Tangiers: against erasure

    A woman in Tangiers: against erasure

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    « I detect the head of a mannequin. Then the grains get too coarse. »

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    The political life of dreams

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    « Dreams could show an internalization of oppression just as easily as a resistance to oppression — which would mean a dream isn’t so free a realm after all. »

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