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The Sacred Family
God created man as something free, a being with a purity of freedom, so-called. And as Lieutenant Garcia liked to say, a fool and his freedom are soon parted. More
The PEN Ten with Ram Devineni, Vikas K. Menon, and Dan Goldman
"Storytellers and artists serve as funhouse mirrors that show us versions of ourselves and the world, not as they are but as they could be. We point the way… More
The Princess and the Slave
In Afghanistan, where four-fifths of the population is illiterate, poetry has always had a strong position—especially among women. The Afghan writer and journalist Nushin Arbabzadah writes here a letter… More
Three Wishes
Three WishesI have a dream for my family.My two sisters and my brother did not go to school, and I wish they could have had an education. Now I… More
PEN International Writes from the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women
PEN International's Sarah Clarke writes from the UN Commission on the Status of Women, where PEN was invited to comment on the status of violence against women writers. More
Mediawashed Middle East
For six years I have been speaking about the Middle East in schools, libraries, and community centers in the U.S. I discuss my novels set in Iran, and my… More
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Yes @KamalaHarris, its tempting to kick #Trump off @Twitter, but here's why it won't work #DemDebate #DemocraticDebate https://t.co/SYzTdAzVlM
Iran says it has arrested the exiled journalist Ruhollah Zam for allegedly using a messaging app to stir up dissent: https://t.co/unZAai7Rvf via @BBCWorld.
1st Amendment defines incitement too narrowly to including #Trump's rantings. Neither Framers nor generations of Sup Ct Justices quite foresaw the unique dangers of such incendiary rhetoric combined with the power of the Presidency https://t.co/pg3AzSHcy8