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(NEW YORK) – The banning of the 2023 feature film Lyd at the al-Saraya Theater in Jaffa earlier this month…
(NEW YORK)— Aisha Abdel Gawad, who was among the writers who initially chose not to participate in the Albany Book Festival…
(LOS ANGELES)— The Santa Monica bookstore, Diesel, earlier this week decided to remove a book from its shelves after facing a…
(NEW YORK)- PEN America responded today to comments from the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, denouncing threats and intimidation by Hamas against…
(NEW YORK)— In response to the Israeli government’s actions against Al Jazeera in the West Bank, PEN America issued the following statement: “The…
(NEW YORK)— In response to the cancellation of a panel at the Albany Book Festival after two writers refused to…
(NEW YORK)— PEN America today criticized the University of Maryland’s decision to cancel a campus vigil planned for October 7, the…
PEN America said in a statement: “It is deeply alarming to see any writer denied the opportunity to speak, and a conversation intended…
“Once again, the DeSantis administration is exploiting concerns about antisemitism as cover to advance their campaign of intellectual repression,” said…