In this week’s Tea House Burmese writer Khet Mar profiles Maung Nyo Win, a painter who uses his art to preserve deceased poets, writers, and artists.
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In this weeks Tea House writer Khet Mar profiles Burmese journalist and writer San San Tin. In exile for over a decade, San San Tin is the author of No Time for Dreams, a personal account of the four decades leading up to the Saffron Revolution.
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In this week’s “Tea House” column writer Khet Mar reflects on her relationship with veteran Burmese journalist and mentor Ludu Sein Win, who passed away June 17, 2012.
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Author Khet Mar profiles Htein Lin, a Burmese painter and performance artist who spent seven years in prison for his work.
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In this week’s Tea House column, writer Khet Mar profiles Maung Aung Pwint, a Burmese poet who was imprisoned for eight years for “illegal possession of a fax machine” and “sending news” to foreign media organizations.
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In this week’s Tea House column, writer Khet Mar profiles Dagon Tayar, a 94-year-old Burmese peace activist, writer and editor. Dagon Tayar has been part of Burma’s fight for first independence and then democracy.
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Khet Mar reflects on her friend Win Maw, a renowned musician and video journalist, who spent years in prison for his support of Aung San Suu Kyi and his involvement in documenting the Saffron Revolution in 2007. He was released in January, 2012.
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In this interview, Hnin Pan Ein details her life as a daughter and wife of political prisoners, explains the difficulties of being a writer under censorship, and gives her opinion on the condition of free speech in Burma.
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On January 13, 2012 the Burmese government released scores of prisoners, including prisoners of conscience from the ’88 Generation Students. Khet Mar, the poet and former political prisoner, wrote this personal account of the amnesty and the friends who were now finally free.
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The Art of Freedom film festival awarded the Best Short Documentary prize to “Click in Fear,” a film about journalist Law Eh Soe. Burma’s first film festival featured uncensored films, some of which are critical of the former military regime.
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Sampsonia Way's companion guide to City of Asylum’s Exiled Voice of China and Tibet literary event, featuring standout pieces from its three year coverage of exiled and persecuted writers. READ
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