In Ghosts of Revolution Shahla Talebi writes about her first imprisonment as a political prisoner before the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Read an exclusive excerpt of the memoir.
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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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On May 5 Iranian journalist Nazila Fathi sat down with Steven Sokol, President of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh to discuss the political and social state of Iran.
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Shayan Amini and Natch Nadjafi of the Iranian electro-rock duo The Casualty Process talk about the N! Festival where they were arrested, the feelings behind their music, and where one can go to buy a guitar and illegal CDs in Tehran.
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In this week’s Freedom of Speech Roundup news and analysis from Syria, Mexico, Sudan, China, Lebanon and Turkey. Also a review of “The Colonel” by Iranian writer Mahmoud Dowlatabadi and a Q&A with journalist F. Brinley Bruton who is covering Syria.
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In the Weekly Freedom of Speech Roundup Sampsonia Way presents some of the week’s top news on freedom of expression, journalists in danger, artists in exile, and banned literature. This week news from Colombia, South Africa, China, Israel and Pakistan.
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In the Weekly Freedom of Speech Roundup Sampsonia Way presents some of the week’s top news on freedom of expression, journalists in danger, artists in exile, and banned literature.
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