Nayrouz Qarmout writes about Edinburgh, Gaza, short stories, and packing her bag.
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With this Novel, I Return: An Interview with Rafik Schami
Syrian-German novelist Rafik Schami discusses liberty, storytelling, language and exile.
Read MoreThe Revolution over Dinner
Elliot Ackerman reflects on the role of fiction in times of conflict. His new novel Dark at the Crossing is published by Daunt Books in April 2017.
Read MoreArt and Culture from the Frontline: In the hope that Syria Speaks even more!
Syrian journalist and short story writer Rasha Abbas interrogates the role of art and literature in conflict
Read MoreWho wants to kill a million?
To inaugurate the publication of Syria Speaks, which will be touring UK bookshops, universities, refugee centres and schools, co-editor Malu Halasa writes for PEN Atlas about the uprising, the bravery and black humour of the activists, and how a satirical cartoon and finger puppets inspired the collection
Read MoreSyria – the betrayed uprising
Samar Yazbek, journalist, author and winner of an English PEN Writers in Translation award, returns our attention to Syria, the cynicism of the regime, the influence of outside powers, and how these combine at a great cost to the people
Read Moreبالدم تُكتب ثقافة سوريا الجديدة
لا يمكن الحديث عن الثقافة السورية دون الحديث عن دور الثورة السورية التي قامت بهدم البنية القديمة لهذه الثقافة، وبداية إنتاج قيم جديدة لثقافة سورية جديدة تنتظر نهاية المرحلة الدموية من الثورة لتبدأ بالاستقرار، وهذه القيم الجديدة متنوعة ويجري اختبارها كل يوم. رغم الدماء وقوافل الشهداء وتدمير المدن من قبل النظام بصواريخ السكود والطائرات الحربية…
Read MoreWritten in blood: The beginnings of a new Syrian society
In a moving piece for PEN Atlas, Khaled Khalifa writes about the hypocrisy of the intelligentsia, the context of the Syrian revolution, and the task of imagining the world that will come after.
Read MoreGeography of Secrets
Nihad Sirees, author of the PEN Award-winning The Silence and the Roar, writes for PEN Atlas about his memories of growing up in Aleppo, Syria, and the way his sensual memories of the past now struggle with the violence and horror of the present
Read MoreDispatch from Syria: Capturing the Truth
Following on from her piece for the English PEN magazine, Samar Yazbek describes the dangerous, often fatal struggle of capturing the truth of the Syrian revolution
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