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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In this week’s Corkscrew writer Horacio Castellanos Moya compares the recent impeachment of Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo to the ousting of Honduran president Manuel Zelaya, and asks “Who’s next?”
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In this week’s Night Watch Venezuelan writer Israel Centeno shares with his readers the doctrine of King Hugo, Supreme Leader of Venezuela.
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In this interview, Israel Centeno sits down with Sampsonia Way to talk about his new book Bamboo City (a hybrid text that moves smoothly between poetry and fiction), the translation process, and upcoming publications.
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In this week’s “Off-Screen” column journalist Than Win Htut discusses the effects of Burma’s democratization process on journalists and reporters.
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In this week’s From Egypt column, writer Hamdy el Gazzar discusses the use of belly dancing as a form of propaganda by politicians desperate to regain power.
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In this week’s Night Watch column, writer Israel Centeno reflects on the transformation a true revolutionary undergoes once he attains power: he becomes an “agent of the new imposed order.” A contradiction only resolved by “totalitarian requisition.”
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