The Stream

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Follow The Stream and join Al Jazeera’s social media community: This episode’s story: http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201609011945-0025275 FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/AJStream TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AJStream GOOGLE+: http://google.com/+TheStream **************************************************** On The Stream: In conversation with the critically acclaimed author and pop culture icon Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Thumbnail: Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie poses with her novel "Americanah" ahead of the 2014 Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction in London on June 4, 2014. (REUTERS/NEIL HALL)

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Follow The Stream and join Al Jazeera’s social media community: This episode’s story: http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201608101630-0025262 FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/AJStream TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AJStream GOOGLE+: http://google.com/+TheStream **************************************************** On The Stream: Black Lives Matter stirs controversy for taking sides on Israel-Palestine. Thumbnail: A Black Lives Matter delegation joins Palestinian activists at a protest in the West Bank town of Bil'in. (FACEBOOK.COM/BLACKLIVESMATTER)