From Ajdabiya to Rome
Najwa Bin Shatwan on her geographic and writerly journey. Translated by Sawad Hussain.
PEN Transmissions
Articles
Something Different Altogether: A Conversation with Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan
Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan on Islamophobia, storytelling, and the politics of existing.
My Crime, Being Born Illegal: Shen Yang in Conversation with Nicky Harman
Shen Yang speaks to Nicky Harman about the One Child policy, "excess-birth daughters", and her memoir, More Than One Child.
Delhi’s Educational Underbelly
Anandi Mishra on Mukherjee Nagar and her journey to writing.
In All Its Forms: A Conversation with Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Ayanna Lloyd Banwo on ghost stories, love stories, Trinidad, and grief.
Something Shadowless, Like You: Nedim Türfent Writes Back to Ai Weiwei from Prison
Kurdish poet and journalist Nedim Türfent writes to Ai Weiwei, who has sent a postcard to Türfent as part of the PENWrites campaign.
My Character, My Pseudonym, and Me
Fatima Daas on names. Translated by Lara Vergnaud.
All My Languages
Ariel Saramandi on Mauritius, identity, and the languages in which she writes, thinks and dreams.
Dwelling in and ‘Writing’ the City
Daniela Hodrová on the city. Translated by Elena Sokol.
No Memories, Except Memories of a Memory
Sascha A. Akhtar on the literature of South Asia, and young people translating Urdu poetry.
The Epoch of Human Shame: An Interview with Samar Yazbek
Samar Yazbek on conflict, imagination and literature in Syria. Translated by Leri Price.
The Threat of the Mob: An Interview with Anuradha Roy
Anuradha Roy on artists facing threat, publishing in India, and literary dogs.