Iranian journalist Nazila Fathi has been living in exile since 2009. She sat down with Sampsonia Way to talk about having to leave her country, her work as a journalist, the challenges of reporting in exile, and her current project, a memoir.
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In this video, Amiri Baraka reads his poem “Something in the way of things (In Town)” at a reading hosted by Cave Canem and City of Asylum Pittsburgh. The poem manifests Baraka’s quest for social justice.
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Syrian government has detained Omar al-Assad, a local journalist who contributes to pan-Arab news outlets, and expelled Maarten Zeegers, a reporter for NRC Handelsblad and De Standaard.
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Nery Jeremías Orellana is one of 12 journalists killed in the last 18 months in Honduras. A supporter of recently ousted President Manuel Zelaya, Orellana was a member of the Popular Resistance Front, an opposition movement.
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City of Asylum/Pittsburgh will be hosting a series of readings during May. Writers include: Jean Kwok, Gary Shteyngart, Herve Le Tellier, Kyung-Sook Shin and David Bezmozgis.
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According to Committee to Protect Journalist, 16 Journalists have been killed in 2011 as of today in direct reprisal for their work. Here are their names and bios.
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In this interview, novelist Madeleine Thien talks to Khet Mar about her interest in Asia, the importance of freedom of speech and the Writers in Motion tour.
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Chinese hackers have attacked Change.org, the site hosting a petition in support of detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. I personally signed the petition one week ago, and this is the email that the Change.org sent to me and other signers today.
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Here Vicente García Groyón talks to Khet Mar about decades of censorship against journalists in the Philippines and his passion for non-fiction writing and film scripts, among other topics.
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Sponsored by Reporters without Borders, IraNeda is a participative, independent satellite TV station launched by fifteen leading members of the Iranian diaspora, including several journalists, to combat news censorship in Iran.
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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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