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Final Words: Book Banning Is Not Dead
In April of 2011, a visit with a close friend sparked the same question that was asked each time we were together: What are you working on now? I… More
Kareem Amer | Status: Released | Egypt
Kareem Amer is an Egyptian blogger and former al-Azhyar University student known for his secular views and his critical writings about Islam and Egypt's highest religious authorities. His writings… More
Mohammed Abbou | Status: Released | Tunisia
Mohammed Abbou, an Internet writer, lawyer, and human rights activist, was arrested on March 1, 2005, for an article published on the Internet nine months earlier that denounced torture… More
Victoria Redel
Victoria Redel was born in New York, a first generation American of Belgian, Rumanian, Egyptian and Russian parentage. Redel is the author of three books of poetry and three books of… More
Mona Eltahawy
Mona Eltahawy is an Egyptian American freelance journalist and commentator. Her essays and op-eds on Egypt, the Islamic world, and women’s rights have appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times,… More
André Aciman
André Aciman is the author of the novels Call Me By Your Name and Eight White Nights, the memoir Out of Egypt, and two collections of essays, Alibis and False Papers. He was born into a Jewish family in Alexandria where… More
On Memorial Day Weekend, America Reckons with Torture
[caption id="attachment_12717" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Sketch of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin"][/caption] On this weekend's Moyers & Company (check local listings), PEN American Center's Larry Siems, author of… More
On Memorial Day Weekend, America Reckons with Torture
On this weekend’s Moyers & Company (check local listings), PEN American Center’s Larry Siems, author of The Torture Report, and director Doug Liman, whose credits include The Bourne Identity,… More