“This is not the cultural war; rather, culture is what connects us.” -Abazar Hamid
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Three songs from Sudanese musician Abazar Hamid, ICORN artist-in-residence of the Harstad City of Refuge in Norway.
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The only winner: with the opposition boycotting elections in Sudan, President Omar al-Bashir is expected to remain in power.
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“My life was deteriorating, and like everyone in our band of children, my hopes of finding our families were diminishing too. There were no signs of them.”
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If you live in Cuba, Iran or Sudan, and are using the increasingly popular online education tool Coursera, you have likely encountered some access difficulties since the week of January 27. Coursera has been included in the US export sanctions regime.
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The week’s top news on freedom of expression, journalists in danger, artists in exile, and banned literature. Featured this week: freedom of religion in North Korea, how internet actually works in China, German-Bulgarian writer and NSA critic Ilija Trojanov denied entry into US.
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In this week’s Freedom of Speech Roundup news and analysis from Palestine, Russia, China, Sudan and Thailand. Also a book review of China in Ten Words by Yu Hua, and an open letter calling on Obama to ask for Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega’s release.
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