Hassan Bleibel on Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s statement that he receives messages on anti-ISIS airstrikes.
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Iranian cartoonist Ali Divandari on the liberation of Kobani by Kurdish fighters.
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Muslim leaders all over North America have been vocal about their condemnation of extremism. But all the condemnation, disavowals, and apologies seem to be disappearing into thin air, heard and witnessed by nobody.
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Tarık Günersel’s own literary roundup, covering everything from PEN Turkey’s commemoration of imprisoned writers to a call for Kurdish secularists to combine forces against ISIS.
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Cartoonist Khalid Albaih uses a viral image to get our attention on more pressing issues.
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For this month’s column, Tarik Günersel created his own Freedom of Speech roundup, covering the end of September through mid-October.
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Amid turmoil around the world, 2015 could be an important year for nuclear disarmament.
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