Identity politics divides us; Fiction connects us
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Monday, July 19 /
Turkish writer Elif Shafak: The politics of fiction (TED talk)
She finishes by recalling a Sufi poem by Yunus Emre (ca. 1238 - 1320)
Come, let us all be friends for once
Let us make life easy on us,
Let us be lovers and loved ones,
The earth shall be left to no one.