Poetic Justice in a Pint Sized Pistol: Hissa Hillal, Live! from The Land of Invisible Women
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This is why Hissa Hillal's poetry is such a colossal cultural moment: not merely because one Saudi woman has had the courage to speak out, but because of the cascading, tumultuous conversation this will certainly uncork. Like a gathering storm, a cloudburst of cultural rebellion is mounting.
Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 05.25.2011