Narrating Incarceration and the Art of Resistance
This panel aims to address the question of how resistance and trauma are conceived and practiced in prison literature in North Africa in the years leading to and following the […]
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Friday Finds: ‘A Rot of Evidence’
“I thought these are crazy days. I have been in prison for a long time, and I have no idea what’s going on. Maybe they’re fabricating a case against Nagib Mahfouz or his ghost.”
Women’s Nonfiction on Political Detention: From Iraq to Palestine
“Absent, however, were the stories and experiences of women prisoners of conscience.”
‘Talking Forever’: A Poem for Dareen Tatour by Naomi Shihab Nye
“Dareen, trapped in her house for using the word “Resist” – she was there
and we were everywhere else. “
Translations of Ashraf Fayadh’s ‘Instructions Within’ Forthcoming in French, English
“Also: Monday, March 21 will be World Poetry Day. To mark this day, PEN International plans to campaign on behalf of Fayadh[.]”
ANHRI Calls For the Release of Omani Poet Nasser Al-Badri
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information yesterday condemned the detention of Omani poet and TV producer Nasser Al-Badri.