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The 200-page Burma Storybook is about contemporary Myanmar, as seen through the eyes of 17 Myanmar poets.
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Courtney Wittekind reviews a new book on Buddhism and political thought by Matthew J. Walton.
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Anne Décobert delves into the politics of providing humanitarian aid to those displaced by war in Burma.
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U Kyaw Win’s story of an exiled life, rooted in Burma, linked to India, and lived out in the USA and across the globe.
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Humphries’ excellent photos and their captions give a flavor to the area and the conflict not seen in any other work on the subject, writes Lintner.
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Perhaps even Donald Trump should read this book to better understand how the CIA exercises power from behind the scenes, writes Bertil Lintner.
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Aung Naing Oo falls short of providing real insight into Burma’s complicated peace process in this collection of essays, writes Bertil Lintner.
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The book outlines the dangers inherent in ceasefire agreements not being accompanied by a commitment to political change, writes BertilLintner.
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An author explores how activists, religious leaders, ethnic voices and other civil society members pursue divergent agendas for change.
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Prominent Burmese writer Ma Thida receives the first annual ‘Disturbing the Peace Award’ by the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation.
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Rock concerts, art exhibitions, and a book fair—all in Rangoon this week, as picked by The Irrawaddy.
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Bertil Lintner reviews memoirs of activism, incarceration and exile by two renowned Burmese dissidents from different generations.
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A book fair, film festival, tattoo festival, and sculpture, art, and photo exhibitions—all in Rangoon this week, as picked by The Irrawaddy.
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This biography must go down in the history of literature as one of the most sycophantic portraits of a ruthless dictator ever written by a Western academic.
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