Shahla Lahiji | Status: Released | Iran
The first woman to run a publishing house in Iran, Shahla Lahiji is one of 19 Iranian writers and intellectuals prosecuted in Tehran for participating in an academic and… More
Iranian publisher, Uzbek novelist to receive 2001 Freedom to Write Awards
PEN American Center today named Shahla Lahiji, a publisher who is one of 19 Iranian writers and intellectuals prosecuted for participating in a conference in Berlin last year, and… More
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One week after the brutal attack on author @SalmanRushdie, the NY literary community is rallying in solidarity and presenting public readings from Rushdie's works on the steps of @nypl on 5th Avenue.
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#IRAN: PEN International and PEN Centres are seriously concerned about the health of imprisoned Baha’i writer and poet Mahvash Sabet, who was arrested on 31 July by Iranian authorities. We call for her immediate and unconditional release: https://pen-international.org/news/iran-authorities-must-release-writer-and-poet-mahvash-sabet