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The three different species of insect in Ever City: hopsters, sloggers, and buzzies live segregated lives in their isolated neighbourhoods. The book not only presents a commentary on social divisions within urban life it also satirises orientalism in contemporary travel writing. The fictional author of the guide -Steve McCracker- is a thoroughly unrelatable hipster who genuinely believes that the rest of the world did not exist until he \"discovered\" it for some overdesigned travel magazine. 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The personal essays and short stories in the project ask discomforting questions about who gets to remember and who gets to be forgotten.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe print version of Nostalgia in the periphery will launch in Istanbul and thirty copies will be available from our online store. Ten copies will be reserved to be sold domestically in Turkey for a reduced price. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can read the entire collection for free from our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.mangalmedia.net\/nostalgia-in-the-periphery\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ewebsite\u003c\/a\u003e! \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Mangal Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39973437833321,"sku":"","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0094\/7044\/3625\/products\/promo-1.jpg?v=1650811695"},{"product_id":"a-letter-home-ayman-makarem-hisham-rifai","title":"A Letter Home","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWriter: \u003c\/strong\u003eAyman Makarem \u003cstrong\u003e   Artist: \u003c\/strong\u003eHisham Rifai\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA Letter Home is a deeply personal medley of emotions about Beirut, loss, and dislocation. Ayman Makarem and Hisham Rifai walk a delicate line between yearning and indignation for the home they have left behind. The beauty of this illustrated short story is its bravery in tackling irreconcilable emotions without falling into rose-tinted nostalgia or crippling cynicism. The ease and harmony with which the words and pictures blend together is a testament to the outstanding creative chemistry between Makarem and Rifai.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ayman Makarem \u0026 Hisham Rifai","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39974522421353,"sku":"","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0094\/7044\/3625\/products\/MockUp_ALetterHome_k.jpg?v=1650111104"},{"product_id":"it-happened-here-pre-order","title":"It Happened Here","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWriter: \u003c\/strong\u003eEfe Levent \u003cstrong\u003e  Artist: \u003c\/strong\u003eAlaa Alhassoun \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Written by Efe Levent and Illustrated by Alaa Alhassoun, \u003cspan data-token-index=\"1\" class=\"notion-enable-hover\"\u003eIt Happened Here \u003c\/span\u003eis an illustrated alternative history\/dark fantasy story with strong allegoric references to the struggle against tyranny in the Middle Eastern Region. It is set in an alternate history universe in which an organisation called the Global Anthropological Society [GAS] dominates all discourse on social sciences. The book is structured as a 2006 archaeological report by GAS regarding a series of prophetic inscriptions discovered in Alacahöyük over the 20th Century. 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Zymo’s cynical Kafkaesque pen gives a rare historical account of the conditions that led to the Syrian revolution in 2011 and should be regarded as mandatory reading for anyone trying to understand one of the most significant events of our lifetime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zymolust Ravenson \u0026 Zezeah","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40724209533033,"sku":"9786057034892","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0094\/7044\/3625\/files\/Front.jpg?v=1693910495"},{"product_id":"turtle-trainer-pre-order","title":"Turtle Trainer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the far-off future of 2023...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTurkey is celebrating the republic's 100th year by sending four mutant turtle brothers to explore Mars. 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