At seventy-nine years old, acclaimed writer and long-time activist Nawal El Saadawi sees the revolution in Egypt as a chance for women to declare their rights.
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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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Christos Tsiolkas visited City of Asylum Pittsburgh on April 27, 2010. In this video, Tsiolkas talks about his process constructing characters, writing about sex, The Slap’s reception, and Australian slang.
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Castelllanos Moya is not optimistic about the future of Egypt, or any country under military control. He also expresses his doubts about the effectiveness of popular uprisings and technology’s ability to bring about real democratic change.
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Sampsonia Way follows up with the Odari family to get an update on how it is adjusting to life in Pittsburgh and hear how they feel about the situation in Nepal’s refugee camps now.
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In this interview, writer Philo Ikonya talks about her writing, activism, being a mother in exile, and freedom of expression in Kenya. Now president of PEN Kenya, Ikonya has been arrested multiple times for protesting, was severely beaten while in police custody in 2009.
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Exiled writer Ali al-Jallawi explains to us via email from a Germany his history of arrests, the struggles of being in exile, and the changes he would like to see in his country.
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