Manal Khan

Manal Zahid Khan is the Digital Communications Coordinator at PEN America. She is a 2022 Falak Sufi Fellow of the Near Eastern Studies and Journalism program at New York University. She is an independent journalist whose work has been at the intersection of gender, culture, cinema, and psychedelics. She is based in Brooklyn, New York.


Articles by Manal Khan

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Friday March 29

PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of March 25

PEN America works tirelessly to defend free expression, support persecuted writers, and promote literary culture. Here are some of the latest ways PEN America is speaking out.

A crowd gathers outside a theater at night under a marquee advertising the PEN World Voices Fest—an event about PEN America—taking place May 11-14, with showtimes at 6:30 and 8:30 PM on Thursday. The venue is lit and busy.
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Friday March 22

PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of March 18

PEN America works tirelessly to defend free expression, support persecuted writers, and promote literary culture. Here are some of the latest ways PEN America is speaking out.

A person with short gray hair and a gray sweater sits in front of bookshelves, next to the book cover for Books Through Bars: Stories from the Prison Books Movement, featuring a stylized prison bar design.
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Friday March 15

PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of March 11

PEN America works tirelessly to defend free expression, support persecuted writers, and promote literary culture. Here are some of the latest ways PEN America is speaking out.

More Articles by Manal Khan

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Friday March 8

PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of March 4

An elderly man with gray hair and a mustache, wearing a gray shirt, sits indoors with a gentle expression. A colorful, blurred painting hangs on the wall behind him.
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Friday March 1

PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of February 26

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Friday February 23

PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of February 19

Five people stand together, smiling, in a wood-paneled room. The person in the center holds a display of colorful book covers, including titles like Gender Queer and This Book Is Gay.
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Friday February 16

PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of February 12

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Friday February 9

PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of February 5

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Friday February 2

PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of January 29

An older man with a beard speaks into a microphone while seated onstage. Behind him, the name Ai Weiwei is displayed in large white letters on a dark background.
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Friday January 26

PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of January 22

Two women stand indoors at an event; one speaks into a microphone while holding papers, the other stands nearby. A sign reads PEN America and city lights are visible through large windows behind them.
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Friday January 19

PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of January 15

Grace Linn, an elderly woman with white hair and glasses, holds up a colorful quilt with the words Targeted & Banned and fabric books including Harry Potter, Anne Frank, and Fahrenheit 451 sewn onto it.
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Friday December 22

PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of December 18

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Friday December 15

PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of December 11

Three people stand smiling beside a colorful “Revolution on Canvas” movie poster in an indoor setting with dim lighting and tiled floors, as featured in recent PEN America news. The poster displays illustrated figures and awards laurels at the top.
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Friday December 8

PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of December 4

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Wednesday November 22

PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of November 20

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Friday November 17

PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of November 13

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Friday November 10

PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of November 6

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Friday November 3

PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of October 30

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Friday October 27

PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of October 23

A person holding five books in front of their face wears a shirt that says I read banned books. The books include Flamer and This Book is Gay. A red banner at the bottom reads, Shop original art by banned illustrators.
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Friday September 29

PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of September 25