Fatin Abbas

Fatin Abbas is a doctoral candidate in comparative literature at
Harvard.

Out of Africa: The Traps of Safari Journalism Out of Africa: The Traps of Safari Journalism

Two new books by African writers share many flaws with their Western predecessors.

Nov 13, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Fatin Abbas

The New Face of Warfare The New Face of Warfare

Child soldiering has become a defining feature of modern warfare. And the United States has been all too complicit in the trend.

May 10, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Fatin Abbas

Short Takes Short Takes

Reviews of Half of a Yellow Sun, St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves and The City Is a Rising Tide.

Sep 14, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Fatin Abbas and Christine Smallwood

Dining With Devils Dining With Devils

Wole Soyinka's You Must Set Forth at Dawn is a captivating memoir of the political and cultural dilemmas the author and activist encountered, and a compelling chronicle of Nigeria'...

May 11, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Fatin Abbas

Willing Executioners Willing Executioners

Machete Season is an attempt to trace what went on in the minds of the Hutus who helped exterminate their Tutsi fellow citizens in Rwanda.

Jul 14, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Fatin Abbas

Darfur and Development Darfur and Development

The recent United Nations Commission of Inquiry's report on Darfur may be right or wrong in claiming that the atrocities committed in the region do not amount to genocide.

Mar 10, 2005 / Editorial / Fatin Abbas

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