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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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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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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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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New Western translations of thirteenth century poet Rumi may be warping his messages of peace and implementation of Sufism.
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Hamdy el-Gazar presents a poem for the women in his life.
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Hamdy el-Gazar presents a poem for the women in his life.
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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 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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Poet Justyna Janik discusses her dual nationality, misunderstandings of Middle Eastern literature, and how the Poeticians helped her writing.
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