Roya Hakakian

Hakakian is the author of several books, including the forthcoming A Beginner’s Guide to America for the Immigrant and the Curious (Knopf, 2021).

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What Happens When Extremism Wins

As the frenzied crowds climbed the walls of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, memories of another moment of national frenzy ran through my mind, those of November, 4, 1979. Then, too, I had stared...

By Roya Hakakian
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