In today’s cartoon Egyptian cartoonist Sherif Arafa questions the potential effectiveness of the upcoming Syria peace talks in Geneva.
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On January 22nd and 23rd, Ilya Varlamov, a Russian social activist blogger and photographer, went to report on the anti-government protests in Kiev. The following are excerpts from entries originally posted in his blog. We’ve included a slideshow of photographs Varlamov took for his reporting.
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In this video, filmed in Cuba by Silvia Corbelle Batista and edited in Pittsburgh by Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo, five of the writers from Generation Zero: An Anthology of New Cuban Fiction discuss the stylistic characteristics and mission of Generation Zero.
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In this week’s column, Cuban author Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo suggests that the best way to fight censorship in Cuba is to bring it out of the shadows and calling for the creation of an Official Censor.
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In this week’s column, Cuban author Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo suggests that the best way to fight censorship in Cuba is to bring it out of the shadows and calling for the creation of an Official Censor.
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“Geneva II Peace Conference in shambles before it even begins.” Political cartoonist Brandan Reynolds (South Africa) on the recent week-long Syria Peace Conference held in Geneva, Switzerland.
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‘Today there is hardly a democratic government in Turkey. I have taken to calling it “Erdocracy” as it carries the heavy hand of PM Erdoğan.’ Writer Tarik Günersel issues a sharp critique of Prime Minister Erdoğan’s government, as censorship of the arts expands and institutional corruption worsens.
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