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Free Expression Digest: Wed., June 17
June 17 is the third anniversary of the jailing of Raif Badawi, Exiled from Syria: When the most dangerous place for journalists is your country, Thailand's junta deals free… More
Free Expression Digest: Tues., June 16
PEN's Free Expression Digest brings you the latest news and developments on censorship, mass surveillance, and other challenges to free expression worldwide. Subscribe to the Free Expression Digest to… More
The PEN Ten with Khaled Mattawa
"Being uninhibited is not the only imaginative state that artists should seek to be all the time." More
Free Expression Digest: Mon., June 15
Azerbaijan media "edits" Khadija op-ed, France moves to censor Google, China gains new tools for cracking down on dissent, and more. More
Our Own Maps
My memory was a gift until it became a curse, until no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t forget things I desperately needed to forget so I might… More
The Beiruti Hustle
Beirut is the Elizabeth Taylor of cities: insane, beautiful, tacky, falling apart, aging, and forever drama laden. She’ll also marry any infatuated suitor who promises to make her life… More
The Messenger
When I saw her she was dressed in a shimmering red sari as though she had been wedded that very day. The whole street was glowing because of her.… More
from The Somnambulist
I touch the swollen skin / left of my right eye I ask Is this grace // is it violence is it black inside like inside / a black… More
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