Bina Shah discusses how the media’s inaccurate portrayal of Pakistan as a villainous country makes it easier for the drone attacks to continue.
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Prompted by actor Faran Tahir’s lecture on theater and dictatorships, Bina Shah argues that only the arts can free Pakistan from terrorism and intolerance.
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In the wake of the Taliban’s attack on 14 year old Malala Yusufzai, Bina Shah revisits a collection of Taliban poetry.
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Pakistani writer Bina Shah recounts reading George Orwell’s Politics and the English Language with university students and highlights the troubling comparisons between his work and Pakistan today.
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To mark IFEX’s International Day to End Impunity, we asked African writers who have contributed to Sampsonia Way to write about the importance of fighting impunity in their home countries.
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Ethiopia’s anti-terrorism law criminalizes any reporting that authorities believe “encourages” or “provides moral support” to groups or causes that the government has labeled terrorist.
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Earlier this year, ICORN’s Stavanger City of Refuge in Norway opened its doors to Norwan, a 27 year-old Afghan poet and a member of the Afghan Women’s Writing Project. Read Norwan’s poem, “Sack of Winds”.
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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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