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<p>This article is an edited version of a conversation that took place on 4 August 2019 at the State Library of Queensland located on the traditional lands of the Turrbal and Yuggera peoples. This article is part of a series of published conversations between Behrouz Boochani and Omid Tofighian, author and translator (one instalment also includes interlocutors from a 2020 UK tour), about the book <italic>No Friend but the Mountains</italic> and Manus Prison theory. During the event Behrouz was speaking via Skype from Manus Island in PNG, and Omid was in Australia while on break from teaching at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. In this conversation they explore many of the central issues raised by the book and the accompanying translator’s essays.</p>
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This article is an edited version of a conversation that took place on 4 August 2019 at the State Library of Queensland located on the traditional lands of the Turrbal and Yuggera peoples. This article is part of a series of published conversations between Behrouz Boochani and Omid Tofighian, author and translator (one instalment also includes interlocutors from a 2020 UK tour), about the book No Friend but the Mountains and Manus Prison theory. During the event Behrouz was speaking via Skype from Manus Island in PNG, and Omid was in Australia while on break from teaching at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. In this conversation they explore many of the central issues raised by the book and the accompanying translator’s essays.

No Friend but the Mountains and Manus prison theory: In conversation

Borderlands Journal

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This article is an edited version of a conversation that took place on 4 August 2019 at the State Library of Queensland located on the traditional lands of the...

No Friend but the Mountains and Manus prison theory: In conversation

Published Online: Apr 27, 2020

Page range: 8 - 26

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/borderlands-2020-002

Keywords
asylum, Manus, Australia, borders, refugees

© 2020 Behrouz Boochani et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

No Friend but the Mountains and Manus prison theory: In conversation

Published Online: Apr 27, 2020

Page range: 8 - 26

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/borderlands-2020-002

Keywordsasylum, Manus, Australia, borders, refugees

© 2020 Behrouz Boochani et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
asylum, Manus, Australia, borders, refugees