In true Centeno style, Israel takes us on a journey and recalls the influence and impact of the Cuban musician Silvio Rodríguez on his youth.
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Goran Mustafa, also known as Goran Dukani in the media, speaks out about the danger surrounding Kurdish journalists and the status of press freedom in Iraq. This article was originally published by IFEX on June 17, 2014.
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Hamdy el-Gazzar recounts the life of a pivotal figure of the Egyptian feminist community, Fathiya Al-Assal, who leaves behind a legacy of courage and resistance.
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Writer-in-residence, Yaghoub Yadali, explores the potential outcomes of a long-term agreement made between Iran and America in light of the rise of ISIS.
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Political cartoonist Yaser Abo Hamed highlights the silencing of three journalists who received seven year sentences in Egypt.
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“I never wrote poetry to clash with any side.” Mazen Maarouf, a Palestinian poet and writer raised in Lebanon, currently lives in exile in Iceland. In this interview, he reveals why he doesn’t write political poetry and how he approaches the translation process.
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Tienchi Martin-Liao recounts this year’s June 4 vigil in Hong Kong and she counters the vacillation of a journalist who is seemingly “kowtowing to his patron”, the Chinese Communist Party.
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