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    • It Felt Like a Door Had Opened: An Interview with Cornelius Eady
      Responding to an Ongoing Problem in American Poetry: Cave Canem 2013
      by Sampsonia Way / June 6, 2013

      In anticipation of the Cave Canem annual reading, Sampsonia Way presents a collection of quotes from previous readers who have been interviewed in the magazine.

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    • Prague Writers Festival Film Still
      The Prague Writers’ Festival: Bright Lights, Blown Out? (Arabic Text)
      by Hamdy El-Gazzar / May 20, 2013

      As a 90% budget cut potentially heralds the end of the Prague Writers’ Festival, Hamdy el-Gazzar remembers his attendance in 2012.

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    • Prague Writers Festival Film Still
      The Prague Writers’ Festival: Bright Lights, Blown Out?
      by Hamdy El-Gazzar / May 20, 2013

      As a 90% budget cut potentially heralds the end of the Prague Writers’ Festival, Hamdy el-Gazzar remembers his attendance in 2012.

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      Freedom of Speech Roundup
      by Sampsonia Way / April 20, 2013

      This week: political satire on the rise in China, Nigeria bans film on oil corruption, and a FOX reporter is threatened with jail for not revealing her sources.

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    • A painting of thirteenth century poet, Rumi. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
      Rumi For The People
      by Bina Shah / April 16, 2013

      New Western translations of thirteenth century poet Rumi may be warping his messages of peace and implementation of Sufism.

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    • Detail of Egyptian painter Mahmoud Said's 'Banat Bahari' (Damsels of the Delta). Photo: Courtesy of Hamdy el-Gazar.
      For the Beauties, Poetry is Written (Arabic Text)
      by Hamdy El-Gazzar / April 8, 2013

      Hamdy el-Gazar presents a poem for the women in his life.

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    • Detail of Egyptian painter Mahmoud Said's 'Banat Bahari' (Damsels of the Delta). Photo: Courtesy of Hamdy el-Gazar.
      For the Beauties, Poetry is Written
      by Hamdy El-Gazzar / April 8, 2013

      Hamdy el-Gazar presents a poem for the women in his life.

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    • Mazen Zahreddine
      Mazen Zahreddine: Unsanctioned Writing from the Middle East
      by Sampsonia Way / February 21, 2013

      Lebanon-based poet Mazen Zahreddine discusses why he doesn’t think in terms of nationality, publishing his works illegally, and working with Poeticians.

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    • Zena el Khalil
      Zena el Khalil: Unsanctioned Writing from the Middle East
      by Sampsonia Way / February 20, 2013

      Zena el Khalil discusses how her poems in the anthology try to defy the status quo in order to push Middle Eastern literature into the global spotlight.

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    • Justyna Janik
      Justyna Janik: Unsanctioned Writing from the Middle East
      by Sampsonia Way / February 19, 2013

      Poet Justyna Janik discusses her dual nationality, misunderstandings of Middle Eastern literature, and how the Poeticians helped her writing.

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