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Daffodils to Drones: Reading Outside the Western Canon

Daffodils to Drones: Reading Outside the Western Canon

Staff Writer Amaya Ranatunge ’28 explores how Arabic and Arab diaspora poetry at Amherst challenges the Western literary canon by tying art to activism. Discover this form of poetry that refuses silence by insisting on being heard even in the face of oppression.

Students React to Violence in Israel and Palestine

Students React to Violence in Israel and Palestine

As the second week of war in Israel and Palestine begins, students express grief about the violence and fear for both their own safety and the consequences of speech on campus. Students were able to find ways to come together in community despite dread about the future of the conflict.