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May 12, International Day of Readings for Egyptian Novelist Ahmed Naji
Read more at worldforahmednaji.wordpress.com: Poster by Evgeniag Klimova. Image: Omar Mostafa. In conjunction with PEN International, writers and readers around the world will be holding readings on 12...
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PEN America: ‘Detention of Poet Dareen Tatour Signals Worrying Escalation in...
PEN America released a statement about the case of Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour yesterday, condemning the “further evidence of the increasingly aggressive measures undertaken by the [Israeli]...
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Ashraf Fayadh Poem Read Before UN Human Rights Council
Yesterday at the United Nations, International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) Director of Advocacy, Elizabeth O’Casey, read a poem by Ashraf Fayadh — the Palestinian poet serving eight years and 800...
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Make Noise & Beauty on July 28, a Day of Creativity for Ashraf Fayadh
An open letter from poet-activist Mona Kareem and ArabLit editor M Lynx Qualey: “Everything has weight. Your weight is well known to the back walls because your heavy shadow doesn’t give the asphalt,...
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On #BannedBooksWeek, Why Edward William Lane’s Arabic Lexicon Currently on...
It’s Banned Books Week in the United States, which is often touted as a celebration of banned literature, something relegated largely to the country’s margins or its past: Yet as a piece in this...
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Sayed Elsisi’s Book ‘Post Prose Poem’ Reportedly Banned in Lebanon
Academic Sayed Elsisi announced on Facebook that his new book “ما بعد قصيدة النثر” (Post Prose Poem) has been banned in Lebanon: Elsisi, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland, said on...
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Leading Kuwaiti Writers Saud Alsanousi and Bothayna al-Essa on Pushing Back...
The 2016 Kuwait International Book Fair, closing this November 26, may mark a positive turning point in Kuwaiti censorship policies: 2016 Kuwait International Book Fair. Photo credit: Sherif Joseph...
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Poet Dunya Mikhail on Kidnapped Iraqi Writer Afrah Shawqi and Elusive...
The phrase “freedom of expression” is ever on the lips of Iraqi politicians post-2003, Iraqi journalist and author Afrah Shawqi wrote before she was kidnapped. But, acclaimed Iraqi poet Dunya Mikhail...
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Ashraf Fayadh Wins 2017 Oxfam Novib/PEN Award for Freedom of Expression
PEN International yesterday announced two winners of its 2017 Oxfam Novib/PEN Awards for Freedom of Expression: stateless Palestinian-Saudi poet Ashraf Fayadh (of Palestinian heritage, raised in...
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PEN Issues Statement About Case Against Palestinian Author Abbad Yahya and...
Yesterday, English PEN issued a statement in solidarity with Palestinian writer Abbad Yahya, current unable to leave Qatar for home: The statement addressed the Palestinian Attorney General’s banning...
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