Five Books Dedicated to Human Rights A gripping portrait of a single, heartbreaking day in Palestine; a poignant, unparalleled view of a woman’s fight forequality and justice in a fragile country; a deeply human chronicle of a drug war that has slaughtered thousands and highlighted the human impulse to dominate and resist; the chilling story of the false arrests and trial that couldforeshadow the collapse of the world’s largest democracy; and an urgent call to awaken to a humanitarian catastrophe in the most coercive surveillance regime in history. These are
Read More To encourage original, creative, and courageous writing General Statement by the Members of the Jury:This year’s finalists for the Moore Prize are a diverse set of books that attest, individually and collectively, to the resilience of the human spirit and value of human dignity when these are most imperiled. Our imaginations are challenged and our capacities for empathy and sympathy enlarged in unexpected ways by reading these imaginative and ambitious writers. Five non-fiction titles have been short-listed for consideration for the 2019 Moore Prize, representing a wide selection of human rights
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