Iman Mersal in conversation with Mona Kareem as part of Makhzin's residency (May 26, 2017)

September 25, 2018 

An evening with Hamja Ahsan, author of Shy Radicals: The Antisystemic Politics of the Militant Introvert (Book Works, 2017). A reading from the book will be followed by a conversation with journalist Aviva Stahl.

Drawing together communiqués, covert interviews, oral and underground history of introvert struggles (Introfada), Shy Radicals presents, for the first time, detailed documentation of the political demands of shy people.

Shy Radicals: Hamja Ahsan in conversation with Aviva Stahl

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