topic: censorship
September 8, 2016
“I wanted to break down the fear. I wanted independent media in Ethiopia.” This, said Endalkachew Chala, is why he co-founded Ethiopia’s...
videos
July 27, 2016
Asmaa Azaizeh and Ala Azzam perform the poem "A Hoarseness in the River's Flow" by Ashraf Fayadh, translated by Mona Kareem below. It's...
podcast
March 30, 2016
Student organizers Jannine, Mohammed Nabulsi and Karim Zagha speak to Jessica Rohan about challenges and opportunities in advancing the...
Reviews
November 4, 2015
Malik Sajad was born in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-occupied Kashmir, in 1987. Munnu: A Boy From Kashmir is his first book-...
Opinion
August 13, 2015
Yesterday Ukraine announced that it has banned 38 Russian authored books. The books, which largely concern the ongoing war in Ukraine, have...
podcast
August 8, 2015
The Hargeysa International Book Fair takes place yearly in August with writers from Somaliland, Somalia and the far-flung Somali diaspora...
Reviews
April 2, 2015
"We who came out of Unit 8200, men and women reservists past and present, declare that we refuse to take part in activities against...
blog
March 26, 2014
Turkey’s slide into authoritarianism appeared to continue last week when a court ruling banned Twitter. The verdict was handed down in...
retrospectives
February 27, 2012
Twenty years ago, in November 1992, Ghirmai Negash delivered “The Freedom of the Writer” as a speech at the then Officers Club in Asmara,...
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