The Constitutional court in Turkey ruled PM Erdogan’s actions illegal, after the two week period in which he banned Twitter. In today’s curated cartoon, Artist Osvaldo Gutierrez depicts the iconic social media symbol escaping its former clutches.
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Tarik Günersel offers a pre- through post-election look at recent events that transpired in Turkey. Tarik also lays out some key Erdoğan “moments” during the election process, which provided great fodder for media outlets around the world.
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January 31, 2014 marked the launch of Sampsonia Way’s first anthology Generation Zero: An Anthology of New Cuban Fiction. In this video, Pittsburgh’s Josh Raulerson (WESA) as well as American novelist and college professor Angie Cruz read from the new release.
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Israel Centeno criticizes “21st century socialism”, its political adherents, and their denoucement of Venezuelan protestors in his column this week.
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Artist Victor Ndula addresses the 2007-2008 Kenyan post-election violence in this cartoon, in light of the UN’s International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims.
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Tienchi Martin-Liao calls attention to the Sunflower Movement that began in opposition to the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement (CSSTA). Tienchi describes the CSSTA made between mainland China and Taiwan, the latest protests in Taipei, and she fleshes out the central issues that sparked action since March 18, 2014.
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Sampsonia Way’s new video series, “The Freedom Chat”, began on April 1, 2014 with Pakistani journalist Naziha Syed Ali. In the interview, Naziha offers candid responses to questions surrounding censorship and press freedom in her country of origin.
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Hamdy el-Gazzar provides a social commentary about Egyptian life and contemporaneous issues through an artistic lens in his column this week.
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Ethiopian artist Nayer comments on Europe’s dependency of Russian natural gas – a topic that has unequivocally gained momentum due to the recent crisis in Crimea.
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Hamdy el-Gazzar provides a social commentary on Egyptian life and contemporaneous issues through an artistic lens in his column.
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