9 Writers Speak Up In Wake of Joyce Carol Oates’ Islamophobic Tweets

Writer Joyce Carol Oates ignited a Twitter controversy on Friday when she wrote a series of tweets linking Islam to the prevalence of sexual assaults in Egypt. Oates’ tweets compelled several prominent writers and novelists to respond to her rant and we’ve compiled the best tweets below. For more in-depth coverage of the discussion, be sure to read Anita Felicelli’s new post for The Aerogram and check out Sana Saeed’s essay for The Guardian.

https://twitter.com/AnitaFelicelli/status/353225732505341952

https://twitter.com/randajarrar/statuses/353217744939909120

https://twitter.com/dreamhampton/status/353240356000759808

 

 

2 thoughts on “9 Writers Speak Up In Wake of Joyce Carol Oates’ Islamophobic Tweets”

  1. She spoke truth to power. If she’d made any criticism about Israel or America you would applaud it. Amazing that Muslims and Arabs spew so much bile about every other group then lose their heads when anyone notices anything unpleasant about them.

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