For his book Abhaya, James Mackay photographed former prisoners with the name of a current political prisoner written on their palm. More than 2,000 Burmese political prisoners — including monks, students, journalists, lawyers, MPs and over 300 members of Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition National League for Democracy — are incarcerated in horrendous conditions.
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In this conversation with Khet Mar, rapper Zayar Thaw talks about the advantages and challenges of including political content in his songs, his feelings on the non-violence movement in Burma, and his involvement with Generation Wave.
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The following slide show details the activity of Burmese pro-democracy Aung San Suu Kyi’s since her release from house arrest on November 13, 2010.
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Burmese poet Khet Mar interviews James Byrne and Ko Ko Thett, editors of the Bones Will Crow. In their conversation, they talked about how the idea for the anthology came to Byrne, the hard work behind assembling it, and the way in which languages, when placed side by side, can change each other.
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City of Asylum/Pittsburgh’s writer-in-residence Khet Mar and editorial intern Olivia Stransky, talked with Burmese educator Ba Win about his work with grassroots education programs in Burma.
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Video journalist Hla Hla Win was sentenced to 27 years in jail in Burma for interviewing a monk during the 2007 ‘Saffron Revolution’ failed uprising.
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Slide show featuring students from CAPA, Pittsburgh’s creative and performing arts school, on a recent visit to Sampsonia Way, the street that houses City of Asylum Pittsburgh.
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