In Ghosts of Revolution Shahla Talebi writes about her first imprisonment as a political prisoner before the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Read an exclusive excerpt of the memoir.
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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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On May 5 Iranian journalist Nazila Fathi sat down with Steven Sokol, President of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh to discuss the political and social state of Iran.
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Shayan Amini and Natch Nadjafi of the Iranian electro-rock duo The Casualty Process talk about the N! Festival where they were arrested, the feelings behind their music, and where one can go to buy a guitar and illegal CDs in Tehran.
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In this week’s Freedom of Speech Roundup news and analysis from Syria, Mexico, Sudan, China, Lebanon and Turkey. Also a review of “The Colonel” by Iranian writer Mahmoud Dowlatabadi and a Q&A with journalist F. Brinley Bruton who is covering Syria.
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In the Weekly Freedom of Speech Roundup Sampsonia Way presents some of the week’s top news on freedom of expression, journalists in danger, artists in exile, and banned literature. This week news from Colombia, South Africa, China, Israel and Pakistan.
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In the Weekly Freedom of Speech Roundup Sampsonia Way presents some of the week’s top news on freedom of expression, journalists in danger, artists in exile, and banned literature.
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On May 5 COAP will be concluding it’s Reading the World 2012 series with three presentations under the event Exiled Voices of Iran. The final presentation is a free concert from The Casualty Process, an Iranian electronic rock band in exile.
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The latest staging of The Impossible Music Sessions, an initiative that puts the spotlight on performers who otherwise might never be heard, was dedicated to the imprisoned Iranian singer Arya Aramnejad.
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The Freedom of Expression awards in the Journalism Awards category recognize investigative journalists who, often at great personal risk, give voice to issues and stories from around the globe that may otherwise have passed unnoticed. These are this year’s nominees.
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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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