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  "en": "Kaveh Akbar Q&A — ZYZZYVA (2021)"
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  "ar": "حوار مجلة زيزيفا مع كاوه أكبر (2021) عن مجموعته «جرس الحاج»، يصرّح فيه: «أعرّف بنفسي مسلمًا».",
  "en": "ZYZZYVA's Q&A with Kaveh Akbar (2021) on Pilgrim Bell, in which he states: 'I identify as a Muslim.'"
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  "kind": "secondary",
  "title": "Q&A with Kaveh Akbar: 'Pilgrim Bell' and Learning Out of Order",
  "author": [
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  "issued": {
   "date-parts": [
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     2021,
     9,
     21
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  "publisher": "ZYZZYVA",
  "URL": "https://www.zyzzyva.org/2021/09/21/qa-with-kaveh-akbar-pilgrim-bell-and-learning-out-of-order/",
  "language": "en",
  "reliability_note": "Q&A published on 21 September 2021; read in full on 1 November 2026. It is a primary source for Akbar's self-description: 'I identify as a Muslim, though there are plenty of Muslims in the world who would not approve of me being one.' It names no school or branch for him.",
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 "updated": "2026-11-01",
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  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
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