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Cathy Otten

Cathy Otten is a journalist based in Iraqi Kurdistan. She reports on the war with ISIS and is the author of a forthcoming book, With Ash on Their Faces: Yazidi Women and the Islamic State.

A Legacy in Ruins

A Legacy in Ruins

What now for Iraq’s Mosul Museum, recently liberated from ISIS?

by Cathy Otten | Monday, June 05, 2017
Letter from Sinjar: Convert or Die

Letter from Sinjar: Convert or Die

A city ravaged by ISIS is littered with explosives and mass graves

by Cathy Otten | Monday, February 29, 2016
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Five Books Banned for Dubious Reasons—And Why You Should Definitely Read Them

by Our Editors

To Kill A Mockingbird and Fifty Shades of Gray may have more in common than we thought. Both books have made the American Library Association’s annual “Top Ten Most Challenged Books” list, as part of the ALA’s Banned Books Week effort to raise awareness about the freedom to read. While Fifty Shades of Gray might seem like an obvious contender for a list of commonly challenged books, other entries are more surprising. To mark this year’s Banned Books Week, from September 22 to 28, we’ve resurrected five books from the past banned for dubious reasons. We think you’re tough enough to handle it.