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Cleopatra

A goddess as a child, a queen at eighteen, a celebrity soon thereafter, she was an object of speculation and veneration, gossip and legend, even in her own time.… More

PEN Appeal: Martin Schibbye and Johann Persson

December 21, 2011 Minister of Justice Berhanu Hailu Ministry of Justice P.O. Box 1370 Addis Ababa Ethiopia Fax: +251 11 551 7775/ 7755 Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Seyoum Mesfin Ministry of Foreign Affairs P.O. Box 393 Addis Ababa Ethiopia Fax:… More

Artists Declare State of Emergency in Belarus

An appeal to: Baroness Cathy Ashton, U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, Polish President Bronis?aw Komorowski, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, U.S. President Barack Obama, Spanish… More

Selected Poems

The rainy season is a league away traveling / at the speed of an era. The cloud formation / does not dissolve as I remove my eyes / from… More

PEN Appeal: Khadzhimurad Kamalov

December 19, 2011 President of the Russian Federation Mr. Dmitry Medvedev Kremlin Moscow Russia Fax: +7 095 206 5173 Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Mr. Chaika Yuri Yakovlevich Ishaya Dmitrovka 1 a… More

PEN Appeal: Zainab Al-Khawaja

December 16, 2011 King of Bahrain His Majesty Sheikh Hamad bin Issa Al-Khalifa Office of His Majesty the King P.O.Box 555 Rifa’a Palace Kingdom of Bahrain Fax: +973 176 64 587 Minister of Justice and Islamic… More