#ISTANBUL, A 'SHE' CITY / by ELIF SHAFAK
Published 2021-09-04
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Say Your Word is a digital platform by the acclaimed novelist, storyteller and women’s rights activist Elif Shafak.
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Language is the key to understanding and unlocking our world.
It is also the key to the human heart.
Words are often said to have power.
What is not said that often is that they can hurt and even spread hatred and hostility, just like they can heal and bring about love, empathy and wisdom.
They can divide, distance and "dehumanise", just like they can connect and “rehumanise" those who have been dehumanised.
East and West, North and South, regardless of race, sex, gender, colour, religion, ethnicity, nationality or any other category, we are all made of stories.
Stories bring us together, untold stories keep us apart.
Today's word is ISTANBUL.
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All Comments (21)
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Love your voice and your writing thank you!
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Thank you so much Elif. Istanbul is the 'Queen of Cities' - powerful feminine energy. 💙💙
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Thank you for your words. Istanbul is indeed like a matriochka , she needs to be seen with contemplation. Savouring your new book 🙏🏼 keep on writing and showing us the hidden world we overlook while living
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‘The cemetery of companionless’ have stayed with me since I read 10 minutes 38 seconds in this strange world.
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Deep and thoughtful realizations. Beautiful!
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i love istanbul because of you
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You always pay attention to those people who are out of their minds, people who do anything they like, people who don't know the rules that God has given us.
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The magnitude of your knowledge of the city is mind boggling 😍
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So happy to see you on YouTube, ma’am! 😍❤️❤️
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I fell in love with Istanbul after reading your novels.😍 I so want to see it.
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What a beautiful description! It makes me think of my own city, Santiago, Chile, and I think this one is quite masculine, repressive, patriarchal, it makes me think of conquerors and soldiers and violence and machism, and hidden veins where minorities try to move. Hopefully, one day this spirit of the city will change and embrace multiplicity 💜
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Istanbul is such a wonderful place with so many contrasts. I wish I had the chance to go there and see the Blue Mosque and some interesting places that were witnesses of History ;)
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❤️❤️❤️
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I have travelled through Europe and European Russia for some time but I have never been to Istanbul. I have always dreamt to go to Istanbul one day. It must be a wonderful city. I happen sometimes to download 4k drive videos of Istanbul and I find these 4k drive videos very interesting.
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I think I met You ones in Istanbul - Taksim area. Tequila is the word :) Little did I know who I met then. Now I know better. Thank You. Also I realized just now that it was the year of your Grandmothers death.
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I remember hanging out around your neighborhood where you said you used to live. like you said that area always tolerated people in need, more than the rest of the city/country. maybe that is why today taksim area is full of Syrians and other minorities. they need most. I show positive discrimination to them. my question is : do you have anything to say about male feminism. is there anything like that at all. I dont want to end up being a girls husband. can't we fight in this together . or is it male forbidden area
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What do see/feel when you compare Istanbul to London? Would London be male?
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