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WWB Campus connects students and educators to eye-opening literature from across the globe
Man walking with dolly, Mexico.
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A mural in Cairo with the words Freedom Egypt written on it.
Read Egypt
A man and a woman wearing a headscarf ride on a motorcycle together surrounded by cars in motion...
Read Iran
Pedestrians hold umbrellas, their backs to us, walking on a Tokyo street on a rainy night.
Read Japan
Two girls walking on a city street at night with glowing florescent lights and signs in Korean.
Read Korea
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Leaving Home: Mexico
Traffic Jam, Nick Sherman. Flea market. at Jardin Dr. Ignacio Chávez park; Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
First Read—From “The Gringo Champion” by Aura Xilonen
By Aura Xilonen & Andrea Rosenberg
And to think I swore I’d stay out of trouble on this side of the world.
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Marías Mazahuas
By Fausto Guadarrama López
Translated from Mazahua by Earl Shorris & Sylvia Sasson Shorris
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Dreams and Memories of a Common Man
By Marcos Matías Alonso
Translated from Náhuatl (Aztec) by Earl Shorris & Sylvia Sasson Shorris
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Friendship: Egypt
Marwa Morgan, "Joy," CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
The Veiler of All Deeds
By Hamdi Abu Golayyel
When Abu Gamal revealed Shaykh Hasan's secret to the residents of Number 36 . . .
Translated from Arabic by Marilyn Booth
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The Last of the Bunch
By Migo Rolzz
Translated from Arabic by Chip Rossetti
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Amina
By Iman Mersal
Translated from Arabic by Khaled Mattawa
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