Before he was the symbol of a struggle, or a cause to fight for, Ashraf Fayadh was a writer, and so it’s his words which deserve attention.
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As Cumhuriyet journalists await their verdict in Turkey, Can Bahadır Yüce pays tribute to his imprisoned colleagues and reflects on the link between populism and anti-intellectualism.
Read MoreA conversation with Vigdis Hjorth
We have to work on two fronts. We have to do something about the structures, and we also have to help the individual.
Read MoreIf This is a Lament
Exclusive preview of the title poem, ‘If this is a lament’, from a new chapbook of work by Turkish poet Bejan Matur, translated by Jen Hadfield and Canan Marasligil.
Read MoreA conversation with Dorthe Nors
You become an estranged human being, which leads to a certain kind of solitude and loneliness.
Read MoreA conversation with Mohsin Hamid
‘Even if you’re 75 years old and haven’t left the city you’ve grown up in, you have migrated through time. To me, it feels like the theme of being human is being a migrant.’
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