Ten Most-Read Columns of 2013
Red Alert: Prime Minister Erdoğan’s Kanal Istanbul Threatens International Ecology!...
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Bangladeshi Cartoonist Arifur Rahman on Calling a Cat “Mohammad” http://www.sampsoniaway.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Arifur-Rahman-Sleep-Dream-e1386603198208.jpg "Radical Muslims felt that I had...
View ArticleVideo: Social Media Challenging Status Quo in Saudi Arabia
Adam Coogle, researcher for Human Rights Watch, interviews Saudi human rights activists working to effect change through social media. Video: HumanRightsWatch. Activists in Saudi Arabia face a...
View ArticleVideo: Liu Xia Reads Her Own Poetry Under House Arrest
Video: PEN America via YouTube. Liu Xia, a poet and wife of imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo, has been under house arrest since October 2010. PEN received this video, recorded in...
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The Wild Card: Ren Hang
Ren Hang Photo 1 http://www.sampsoniaway.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Photo-1.jpg la Ren Hang Photo 3 http://www.sampsoniaway.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Photo-3.jpg la Ren Hang Photo 4...
View ArticleThe Writer’s Block: On Least Favorite Questions
In this segment of The Writer’s Block, we’ve rounded up answers from eight different writers on “What is your least favorite interview question?” Included in this video are Ivo Victoria (Belgium),...
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Video: Writers of Generation Zero
In this video, filmed in Cuba by Silvia Corbelle Batista and edited in Pittsburgh by Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo, five of the writers from Generation Zero: An Anthology of New Cuban Fiction discuss the...
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Revolution in Kiev, Ukraine
Main Barricade by Dinamo Stadium http://www.sampsoniaway.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/barricade-fire.jpg This is main burning barricade near the Dinamo stadium, about 100 meters away from the...
View ArticleVideo: Censorship on China’s Sina Weibo
The VICE podcast Reihan Salam sits down with Jason Q. Ng, author of Blocked on Weibo, a book which examines the keywords blocked on China’s most important social media site, Sina Weibo. Jason is a...
View ArticleVideo: Turkish Journalists Describe the Pressures They Face
Video produced for Freedom House special report ‘Democracy in Crisis: Corruption, Media, and Power in Turkey.’ Turkey’s government is improperly using its leverage over media to limit public debate...
View ArticleExile Hangout: Turkey
In January a panel of distinguished Turkish writers and journalists, including: Tarik Günersel (moderator), Pinar Selek, Necati Abay, and Cüneyt Ayral spoke about risking imprisonment for writing...
View ArticleThe Writer’s Block: A Video Q&A with David Harris-Gershon
In this segment of The Writer’s Block, David Harris-Gershon discusses his writing process, the consequences he faced for publishing his memoir, and writer’s responsibilities towards society. On January...
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Celebrating Black History Month 2014
Amiri Baraka http://www.sampsoniaway.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/amiri-baraka.jpg “If you do something that the powers don’t like, they make you invisible.” Read the Interview la Nikki Giovanni...
View ArticleExile Hangout: Iran
In January a distinguished panel of Iranian writers and journalists including Marina Nemat (moderator), Omid Fallahazad, Moniro Ravanipour, Shahrnush Parsipur, and Roya Hakakian spoke about risking...
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Ukraine: Infographics Document Attacks on Journalists
Infographic: Vadym Miskiy for Center.UA Since 21 November – the beginning of mass protests in Ukraine – 136 journalists have been injured while carrying out, or as a result of their professional...
View ArticleVideo: Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo on Cuba’s Generation Zero
On January 31, 2014 Sampsonia Way officially launched its first book, Generation Zero: An Anthology of New Cuban Fiction, with a salon-style reading at City of Asylum/Pittsburgh. The Cuban writer,...
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Impunidad en México…at a Glance
Close to 99% of crimes against journalists and the media are committed with impunity in Mexico. Scroll down to find out more about who is being targeted and who is responsible. This infographic was...
View ArticleVideo: Joshua Oppenheimer on “The Act of Killing”
This week on the VICE podcast Reihan Salam sits down with filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer to discuss his documentary, The Act of Killing. Video: VICE. In this video, filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer...
View ArticleVideo: Questions and Answers about Cuba’s Generation Zero
Cuban author, blogger, photographer, and editor of Generation Zero: An Anthology of New Cuban Fiction Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo answers questions at City of Asylum Pittsburgh about the current state of...
View ArticleReadings at City of Asylum: Manuel Gonzales
On February 12, 2014 Manuel Gonzales came to City of Asylum Pittsburgh to read from his acclaimed collection of short stories, The Miniature Wife and Other Tales. In this exclusive video he reads the...
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