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      Barlen Pyamootoo: Bénarès
      by Barlen Pyamootoo / January 2, 2013

      Sampsonia Way presents the first chapter from Bénarès, a novel by Barlen Pyamootoo. Pyamootoo is participating in a short-term residency at City of Asylum/Pittsburgh.

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      Barlen Pyamootoo: Bénarès (French Text)
      by Sampsonia Way / January 2, 2013

      Sampsonia Way presents an excerpt from Bénarès by Barlen Pyamootoo. Pyamootoo is participating in a short-term residency at City of Asylum/Pittsburgh.

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    • British Muslim Fictions, published by Palgrave Macmillan.
      Claire Chambers: British Muslim Fictions
      by Sampsonia Way / December 24, 2012

      Sampsonia Way presents books recommended by our Fearless Ink. writers. Claire Chambers: British Muslim Fictions was chosen by Pakistani writer Bina Shah.

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    • A conversation with Moroccan novelist Abdellah Taïa
      Slideshow: Most-Read Interviews of 2012
      by Sampsonia Way / December 20, 2012

      In 2012 Sampsonia Way spoke with many authors and artists on a range of topics. As the New Year approaches, we revisit sixteen of the most read interviews.

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    • Liu Xia
      “Our love is a firm religious sentiment”: Love Behind Bars
      by Tienchi Martin-Liao / December 19, 2012

      On December 6th several AP reporters were able to sneak into the house of Liu Xia for her first interview since she was placed under house arrest two years ago. Tienchi Martin-Liao on the true love story of Liu Xiaobo and Liu Xia.

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    • Surveillance Screen
      Orwell’s 1984 and Totalitarianism, Pt. III: The Plot
      by Israel Centeno / December 18, 2012

      In the third installment on Orwell’s 1984 and totalitarianism, Venezuelan writer Israel Centeno outlines the themes of 1984.

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    • Respecting the Purdah
      From Final Solutions to Where Did I Leave My Purdah?
      by Vijay Nair / December 14, 2012

      Despite a successful career, Indian playwright Mahesh Dattani struggles to deal with censorship, not from the government, but from his peers and patrons.

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    • Egypt December 4
      Freedom of Speech Roundup
      by Sampsonia Way / December 8, 2012

      This week: free speech at U.S. universities, Internet regulations to be discussed at the ITU, and Iranian writers call for an end to book censorship.

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    • Liliana Heker with other Argentinian writers
      The Crisis of Writer’s Block
      by Horacio Castellanos Moya / December 6, 2012

      Horacio Castellanos Moya reflects on the 10-year silence of author Liliana Heker, who was stricken by an extreme case of writer’s block.

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      Freedom of Speech Roundup
      by Sampsonia Way / December 1, 2012

      This week: Bahraini activist Zanib Alkhawaja profiled, Julian Assange speaks to Democracy Now!, and impacts of government censorship on literary expression.

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