Writer, poet, and editor, Jorge Alberto Aguiar Díaz is the author of Adiós a las Almas, a collection of short stories. JAAD is a pioneer of dirty realism in Cuba, with stories of great anthropological impact. The beauty of his characters lies in their stoic desolation.
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Author of two collections of short stories, Osdany Morales is one of the young Cuban writers that, through his many provocative intertextual connections, demonstrates a natural lucidity and playfulness. His work has been included in several short-story anthologies of recent Cuban literature.
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Bina Shah speaks with Canadian-Pakistani political cartoonist Shahid Mahmood. His work has been censored in Pakistan and he has received death threats from the Taliban. Mahmood gained notoriety in 2004 when he was stopped from boarding a plane for appearing on a “no-fly”list.
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One year after the suspicious death of Cuban activist Oswaldo Payá, a witness speaks out. Angel Carromero tells world media that the collision that killed two Cuban opposition leaders in June 2012 was the work of Cuban State Security.
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Fiction writer and photographer Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo as edited the cultural magazine Extramuros. This story is being published for the first time in English.
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Sampsonia Way presents the opinions of three members of the Turkish Media -Zeynep Oral, Mine Kırıkkanat, and Süreyyya Evren- on the events of the Turkish Spring.
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In the quest to combat terrorism, Tienchi Martin-Liao questions whether governments in China and the U.S. are encroaching on freedom of speech online.
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