On Tuesday night, Malaysian cartoonist Zulkifli Anwar Ulhaque (also known as Zunar) was arrested for sedition.
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Celebrated author Akhil Sharma discusses his painstaking writing process and careful construct of his latest novel Family Life.
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In this edition of The Writer’s Block Burmese writer Khet Mar discusses her upcoming collection, Nightbirds & Other Stories.
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On June 7, award-winning filmmaker Mahnaz Mohammadi began serving a five year sentence in Iran’s infamous Evin Prison. In this video that Mohammadi recorded on June 6, she speaks about the impending imprisonment.
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Rachida Madani sees herself as “a poet armed with words to bear witness and revolt against injustice, social inequality, women’s conditions in a patriarchal society, men’s superiority complex, despotism, and a lack of freedom of expression.” In this edition of The Writer’s Block, Rachida spoke about language, womanhood, and reinventing Scheherazade.
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In an interview that will inspire, journalist Michał Janczuk talks about the challenges presented to independent Belarusian journalists and how he will continue to write despite serious threats imposed by the Lukashenko machine.
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“It took about twelve and a half years to write Family Life, so it wasn’t so much that I prepared for that voice and did it, as if preparing for a role.” In this interview, celebrated author Akhil Sharma discusses his painstaking writing process and the careful construct of his latest novel.
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Lebanese cartoonist Hassan Bleibel depicts Syria’s Assad and the predictably uncontested elections that will take place in June.
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Cartoonist Mohammad Saba’aneh comments on the protracted tenure of Algerian President Bouteflika whose leadership has been called into question due to his serious health issues and the seemingly fraudulent actions that ushered in Bouteflika’s re-election.
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Sampsonia Way’s new video series, “The Freedom Chat”, began on April 1, 2014 with Pakistani journalist Naziha Syed Ali. In the interview, Naziha offers candid responses to questions surrounding censorship and press freedom in her country of origin.
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