Tienchi Martin-Liao writes about how the concept of “servitude,” or nuxing, has impacted Chinese and Indian literature and culture throughout history. She then discusses China’s current servitude to wealth and its recent offer to modernize India.
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Bolivian cartoonist Al-Azar has been harassed after publishing a cartoon about the tragedy in the Carnival of Oruro, where several musicians died after a footbridge collapsed. Since then, many citizens and media professionals have stood in support of Al-Azar.
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In this cartoon Makhmud Eshonkulov (Uzbekistan) comments on the violence surrounding the current elections in Afghanistan.
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In this week’s column, author Tarik Gunersel writes about literary and social media crackdowns as well as the recent challenges to religious freedom under Turkey’s Prime Minister Erdoğan.
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In this edition of The Writer’s Block, Iranian writer Moniru Ravanipur talks about overcoming the censorship inside of her, being a Gothic writer, and the difficulties of translation.
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This week Israel Centeno writes about the protests sweeping Venezuela, Maduro’s reaction, and how Chávez’s presidency sowed the seeds for the current environment of hate and violence.
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What can happen to individuals and communities once you let them tell their stories? Joanna Wheeler presents the changes she saw and recorded while encouraging people in Bosnia and Herzegovina to speak out.
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