PEN World Voices Festival Tenth Anniversary Highlights
Founded in 2005 under the direction of Salman Rushdie, the PEN World Voices Festival has hosted more than 1,400 writers from 78 countries, speaking 56 languages. More
Fighting the global assault on freedom of expression
Today, the Day of the Imprisoned Writer, PEN draws attention to the writers, editors and publishers jailed for voicing their beliefs. More
Nawal El Saadawi
For more than 50 years, novelist, psychiatrist and activist Dr. Nawal El Saadawi has written books that focus on identity, sexuality and the legal status of women in the… More
How Does the World Change?
Who is changing the world? And to whose interest?Those super powers who own God, absolute truths, nuclear weapons, money, and media? Or millions of women, men, and children who… More