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PEN America Enlists Writers to Urge Egypt’s Leader to Free Author

By: Rick Gladstone | May 8, 2016

At least 120 prominent writers and artists from around the world have signed a letter sent to Egypt’s president urging him to release Ahmed Naji, an Egyptian author and… More

Egyptian author-journalist Ahmed Naji to receive PEN award

By: Hillel Italie | March 31, 2016

An imprisoned Egyptian author and journalist is being given the PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award, presented by PEN America. More

Egypt: Sentencing of Novelist a Direct Attack on Writers

Press ReleaseFebruary 22, 2016

The sentencing of Egyptian novelist Ahmed Naji to two years in prison for “violating public modesty” is a direct attack on writers that underscores the dire state of free… More

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