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Rushdie acusa a Bush
Hay momentos en los que los escritores son realmente importantes. Y el actual es uno de ellos, según el novelista Salman Rushdie, presidente del festival literario PEN Voces del… More
In a Break From Mystery, A Writer Turns to Africa
GOTHENBURG, Sweden--To many English speakers Henning Mankell is probably best known as the creator of Inspector Kurt Wallander, a morose, self-loathing plainclothes officer whose dark vision of himself is… More
Pamuk: Iraq war is the shame of US and West
Turkey's internationally acknowledged novelist, Orhan Pamuk, leveled harsh criticism at the U.S.-led war in Iraq by saying that the Iraq war did not bring peace or democracy to the… More
Los escritores cruzan la línea entre la razón y la fe
Fe y razón son dos conceptos que coexisten en una relación que no es sencilla. ¿Qué papel juega la literatura en esta compleja interacción que discurre por todo el… More
The Land of Turkmenbashi
Of the fifteen states of the former Soviet empire, Turkmenistan, just north of Iran, is the one that has turned out to be a cruel blend of Kim Jong… More
In Surprise, PEN Honoree Attends Gala
A novelist from Turkmenistan whose books have been banned and who has been under house arrest for two years became the first writer in 20 years to personally accept… More
Religion scholars join suit vs. Patriot Act
The ACLU and three other groups, including the large American Academy of Religion, have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to strike down a USA Patriot Act clause they… More
Lawsuit Filed in Support of Muslim Scholar Barred From U.S.
Citing the case of a prominent Muslim scholar who has been barred from the United States, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit yesterday seeking to strike… More
When US bars its door to foreign scholars
Concern is mounting that the US government is using antiterror laws--namely, the Patriot Act--to revive a now-discredited practice common during the cold war: the prevention of foreign intellectuals who… More
New Challenge on Visa Denials
To many academics, one of the most fearsome parts of the Patriot Act is section 411, which allows the government to deny visas to prominent individuals from abroad who… More
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