In this installment of the Freedom Chat, Belarusian journalist Michał Janczuk talks about the constant struggles he faces as an independent journalist under the Lukashenko regime, also known as ‘Europe’s last dictatorship’.
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Hamdy el-gazzar on the “Sisi” presidential election, Egyptian women, and the beautiful art of dancing that serves as a regular backdrop to life events.
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Hamdy el-Gazzar on the “Sisi” presidential election, Egyptian women, and the beautiful art of dancing that serves as a regular backdrop to life events.
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Is this Footloose? Yaghoub Yadali discusses the viral topic and recent arrests of six Iranian students who recorded themselves dancing to the Pharrell William’s song “Happy”.
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AS220’s Bert Crenca leads a thriving and always buzzing artist-run organization in Providence, Rhode Island. In this interview, the artistic-director and founder talks about the maturation of AS220 since 1985, the many offerings of the non-profit, and creative placemaking.
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The second selection from Al-Akhbar’s series ‘Former Syrian Prisoners: In Their Own Voices’ features artist and writer Keffah Ali Deeb, who was detained in Syria while working for an internal opposition organization.
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“Butchers know the art of slaughter, dictators the craft of suppression.” Tienchi Martin-Liao analyzes the repressive and successive regimes in China as well as the recent crackdowns surrounding the June 4 tragedy.
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