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
Wide-Reading, Long-Seeing
As the war drums rumble louder, we might want to take a look, as we engage, at some Iranian poets, some of whom write about their country from within… More
Journalists and Independent Publishers Targeted in Crackdown on Peaceful Protests
Journalists and independent media outlets were among those attacked, reportedly by the state, during peaceful pro-democracy protestors, on Friday 2, 2011. More
Egyptian Blogger Kareem Amer Released from Prison
PEN welcomes the news that 26-year-old blogger and PEN American Center Honorary Member Abdel Kareem Nabil Suleiman, better known as Kareem Amer, was finally released from prison Monday evening,… More
Internet Writer Kareem Amer Ill-Treated
International PEN is seriously concerned for the well-being of Internet writer Kareem Amer following reports that he has been ill-treated in detention at Borg Alarab prison, where he is… More
Day of the Imprisoned Writer
The Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN is marking the 26th Writers in Prison Day 2006 (November 15) with a campaign in defense of nearly 100 writers and… More
Egyptian Publisher to Receive Jeri Laber International Freedom to Publish Award
Egyptian publisher Mohamed Hashem, whose commitment to publishing works of critical thinking has brought him into conflict with civil and religious authorities, has been named by the Association of… More
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