I was born a few days before the end of 1970, but as it is for every Iranian of my generation, my story truly begins with the revolution. The events of 1979 transformed our world in ways that we are still struggling to understand.
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In this exclusive interview New York Times correspondent Andrew Jacobs discusses press freedom in China, China’s censorship policies, and free speech in the U.S.
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A blank page in Pakistan’s International Herald Tribune leads columnist Bina Shah on a quest to discover what was censored and why.
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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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Democracy Now interview with former freelancer at the New York Times, Natasha Lennard, who helped the newspaper cover the initial Occupy protests. Lennard wrote a piece for Salon.com title “Why I Quit the Mainstream Media.”
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The South African periodical Chimurenga released a new issue designed to be a “time machine”, backdated to the week of May 18-24, 2008 during which several waves of xenophobic violence and protests spread across the country.
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Chinese hackers have attacked Change.org, the site hosting a petition in support of detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. I personally signed the petition one week ago, and this is the email that the Change.org sent to me and other signers today.
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