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Florence Hazrat

Florence Hazrat

Hazrat

Dr Florence Hazrat is a researcher of language and literature. She published a biography of the exclamation mark, and writes a newsletter on the role of punctuation in daily life.

'Don't call it Israel-Palestine': Why language matters

To make sense of Israel's war on Gaza, we must look back over a century at how language and punctuation shaped narratives on Palestine, writes Florence Hazrat.

26 March, 2024