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New passport rankings show that the world is opening up – but not for everyone

  • Written by Patrick Bixby, Associate Professor of English, Arizona State University
New passport rankings show that the world is opening up – but not for everyoneMuslim pilgrims go through passport control in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on June 5, 2022, prior to the annual Hajj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca. Amer Hilabi/AFP via Getty Images

Salman Rushdie, the celebrated Anglo-Indian writer, once declared that the “most precious book” he possessed was his passport.

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