Bahey eldin Hassan, Condemned But Defiant
In 2020, Egypt's dictatorship condemns one of its most stalwart human rights activists to 15 years in prison for something he posted in a tweet.
In 2020, Egypt's dictatorship condemns one of its most stalwart human rights activists to 15 years in prison for something he posted in a tweet.
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New literature translated from abroad is a cause for celebration.
The vocalist from Tunis who lives in New York was confined in Tunis and found herself "falling back in love with music that is simple, direct, and from the heart."
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Franco-Sudanese master painter Hassan Musa is the bomb.
What we're reading, watching, listening to and otherwise indulging in (comments welcome).
I love Beirut. I've lived there for longer than I've lived anywhere else on earth. But what happened in Beirut on August 4th is profoundly not my story.