Vijay Nair explores the outrage from India’s citizens over police corruption and brutality in connect with two high profile rape cases.
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Despite a successful career, Indian playwright Mahesh Dattani struggles to deal with censorship, not from the government, but from his peers and patrons.
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In this interview Bina Shah talks about the media representations of Pakistan, the impact of Malala Yousafzai, and the future of women in Pakistan.
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City of Asylum/Pittsburgh visiting writer Vijay Nair discusses the absurdity he sees in the recent arrests of two Indian women for their comments on Facebook.
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The International Press Freedom Awards is “an annual recognition of courageous journalism” hosted by the CPJ. Today there are a record 179 journalists in prison.
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Sampsonia Way talks to actor and director Justin Fortunato on his stage production of Fahrenheit 451 and the upcoming reading of Israel Centeno’s The Tower Overturned.
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In 2012, Iranian journalist Nazila Fathi talked with Sampsonia Way about her journalism, the challenges of reporting in exile, and her current project, a memoir. She will be reading at City of Asylum on Friday.
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