topic: freedom

the STAYED and the STOLEN: Emotional Economy and the 1619 Project
August 29, 2019
1619. Not a date. A severing, a stealing, a story. Stories. I am standing at Cape Coast castle, in Ghana’s central region. It was from this...
Opinion
Open Letter to the President of Mauritania
July 12, 2019
Dear Mr. President, Peace and blessings of Allah be unto you! I congratulate you for winning the elections and pray to Allah to help you...
Conversations
Iraq 2103: Sci-fi Against Empire
March 24, 2017
The first of its kind in modern Iraqi literature, Iraq + 100: Stories from a Century After the Invasion , compiles speculative fiction from...
blog
PEN World Voices Festival time-travels to 2050
May 5, 2015
Despite the awkward statement of over 200 writers protesting PEN’s decision to award the PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale Freedom of...
blog
Kosovo: Exodus and Independence
February 23, 2015
Seven years after the country’s declaration of independence, decades after the struggle against Serbian hegemony reached its zenith, Kosovo...
blog
Frederick Douglass passed away 120 years today
February 20, 2015
Once you learn how to read, you will be forever free. Frederick Douglass, writer, orator and preeminent African-American social reformer...
Conversations
Enemy of the State: Gregory Shvedov of Caucasian Knot
February 13, 2015
Representing an incredible twenty regions in the Caucasus, the online newspaper Caucasian Knot is a small, award-winning initiative with a...
blog
Highlights from the Jaipur Literature Festival 2015
January 30, 2015
The Jaipur Literature Festival boasts the privilege of being the largest free literary festival in the world. Founded in 2006, the festival...