In this edition of The Writer’s Block we round up the answers of eight different writers to the question ‘What is your least favorite interview question?’ Included in this video are Ivo Victoria, Sridala Swami, Chris Abani, Cornelius Eady, Toi Derricotte.
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In today’s cartoon, political cartoonist Vladimir Kazanevsky (Ukraine) takes a look at Ukraine’s controversial Law 3879, a law that, according to Reporters Without Borders, “drastically restricts freedom of information and other fundamental freedoms guaranteed by Ukraine’s constitution.”
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In this cartoon, political cartoonist Jean Gouders (France) comments on the news that the Dutch Prime Minister, King, and Queen will be attending the 2014 Sochi Olympics, unlike some other heads of state.
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Sampsonia Way is pleased to share five previously unpublished poems by Tunisian poet Ali Znaidi, including “More More More,” “The Sweet Water of Dream,” “Rebirth”, “The Beauty of Tunisian Women,” and “O, Wind!”
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In today’s cartoon Ben Jennings (United Kingdom) comments on the harsh treatment whistleblowers receive at the hands of governments, particularly in the US and UK.
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In this cartoon Tayo Fatunla (Nigeria) points out that the current religion-fueled violence in Nigeria is not related to cartoons, unlike the religious protests in 2006 over Danish cartoons depicting the Islamic prophet Mohammad.
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Liu Xia, a poet and wife of imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo, has been under house arrest since October 2010. In this video, secretly recorded in December, Liu reads two of her new works.
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