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  • Zoom Class: Omar El Akkad and the Challenges of Writing Resistance
    Zoom Class: Omar El Akkad and the Challenges of Writing Resistance
    March 12, 2021

    Zoom Class: Omar El Akkad and the Challenges of Writing Resistance

    Sometimes there are Zoom meetings that can break you. Last week it took me five days to recover from the nausea, headaches, and light sensitivity caused by one single day of back-to-back virtual meetings. ...

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