🧵 At our launch today, veteran journalist & MP Cengiz Çandar is reflecting on borders, Turkey’s peace process, and the Kurdish question in a shifting Middle East. The borders drawn a century ago are being erased, new projects are competing to shape the region.
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“We live in exile, but we remain deeply embedded in history. It is our responsibility to speak from our perspective to the spirit of our time.”
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“Migration is not a crisis; migration is humanity in motion.” – quoting Ai Weiwei
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“Exile becomes the place where one must think. An open and liberated space for reflection, for saying all that could not be said.”
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“Exile is a generative force, and we can truly say that we live in exile only when we become carriers of an alternative worldview.”
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“Exile is not only darkness, suffering, and rupture; it can also be envisioned as a condition that is positive and generative.”
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At our launch today, keynote speaker Bachtyar Ali is reflecting on exile, intellectual life, and freedom. Here are some of his most powerful words. 🧵
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“We launch The Amargi as a promise… to reflect the dignity of our peoples and the urgency of our times.”
Thank you for standing with us.
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“Independence: no government or party or private entity will dictate our content. We are grassroots-funded.”
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“Our aim is to stand with the oppressed, whether they are in Kurdistan, Palestine, Iran, Iraq, Tunis, or Turkey.”
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“Kurdishness can never be an alibi for authoritarianism, for corruption, or for the silencing of dissent.”
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“We believe that journalism, at its best, is an act of liberation.”
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🗣 At our launch today, Kamal Chomani is reminding us why independent media matters. Here are five powerful lines from his speech. 🧵
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