Writer and Sampsonia Way columnist Bina Shah profiles Maajid Nawaz, a former member of the extremist Islamist group Hizb ul Tahrir who now promotes democracy in Pakistan.
Read more...
Former poet laureate of South Africa Keorapetse Kgositsile and K. Mensah Wali, artistic director of Kente Arts Alliance discuss South Africa’s progress since the end of apartheid, the effects of exile on family, and the relationship between poetry and jazz.
Read more...
In this week’s “Revolution Evening Post” Cuban blogger Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo talks about the boom and uncertain future of independent magazines in Cuba.
Read more...
In this week’s “Blind Chess” column Tienchi Martin-Liao discusses the Chinese Post Office’s role in censorship policy of banning books from the mail and how Hong Kong is becoming a source for black market books.
Read more...
In this week’s “Nightwatch” Venezuelan writer Israel Centeno uses executed Russian writer Isaak Babel as a jumping off point to explore humanity’s long, complex relationship with Paradise.
Read more...
In this week’s “From Egypt” column writer Hamdy El-Gazzar goes into the mind of Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak as he awaits his verdict.
Read more...
Pittsburgh-based poet Bonita Lee Penn discusses of her poetry, describes her inspirations, explains her vision of Pittsburgh’s writing community, and provides some advice for young writers.
Read more...
