Elif Safak Quotes


When societies go backwards and slide into authoritarianism, nationalism, and tribalism, machismo and sexism are also emboldened.


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Shafak, Elif. How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division. Profile Books, 2020, p. 28.

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Elif Safak
Elif Safak
  • Born: October 25, 1971
  • Nationality: Turkish
  • Profession: Author

Elif Shafak, in Turkish Elif Şafak, is a Turkish-British novelist, essayist, academic, public speaker and women's rights activist. In English she publishes under the anglicized spelling of her pen-name Elif Shafak.