What are the effects of a war waged against art? Established Iraqi-Kurdish journalist, novelist, and literary critic Nawzat Shamdin dives into this in “The Mosul Music Teacher Fighting Extremists with Strength of Strings.” Shamdin tells the […]
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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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Cuban artist Luis Trápaga is a painter and writer. His work along El Sexto’s paintings illustrate Cuban Newrrative: e-Merging Literature From Generation Zero.
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El Sexto is the most persecuted of Cuban artists. His work along Luis Trápaga’s paintings illustrate Cuban Newrrative: e-Merging Literature From Generation Zero.
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Artist Min Ko Naing has spent almost 20 of his 50 years in prison for his work as an activist and writer. The poet Khet Mar talks about sending books to him in prison and how he feels about the new Burma.
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Artist Min Ko Naing has spent almost 20 of his 50 years in prison for his work as an activist and writer. Khet Mar talks about sending books to him in prison and how he feels about the new Burma.
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In his latest column, Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo asserts that depicting Fidel Castro is a crime by highlighting the case of arrested Cuban artist Yanoski Mora.
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