Live From London
Ali Abu Yasin's PEN Pinter Prize Writer of Courage 2026 speech. Translated by Sawad Hussain. Delivered at the British Library.
Essays
Articles
The Future Will Be in Our Image
Elhum Shakerifar on The Conference of the Birds and the Global Sumud Flotilla.
High Probability, a Cowardly Phrase
Parham Ghalamdar on thresholds, drawings, and war.
Silence as Expression, Symbol, and the Risks Facing Sudanese Writers and Filmmakers
Amal Akasha on Sudanese film, 1964 onwards.
The Bus Stop
L.R. – a pseudonym – writes from Afghanistan. Translated by Abdul Bacet Khurram.
The Haircut Razor
yuwei hua on family, writing, and identity.
Plum Stew
Mahtab Grimshaw on food, Iran, and T. S. Eliot
A Matter of Conscience: Alice Oswald
Alice Oswald on what it means to write with and from conscience.
A Matter of Conscience: Reni Eddo‑Lodge
Reni Eddo‑Lodge on what it means to write with and from conscience.
A Matter of Conscience: Ahdaf Soueif
Ahdaf Soueif on what it means to write with and from conscience.
Leaping Seasons
Hongyu Jasmine Zhu on precious memories with her mother.
Coffee Corner
Bushra al-Maqtari on how Sana’a, Yemen, has changed. Translated by Sawad Hussain.
Between Worlds: Sabrina Mahfouz’s Encomium for Leila Aboulela
Sabrina Mahfouz's 2025 PEN Pinter Prize encomium.
Stella Gaitano’s PEN Pinter Prize Writer of Courage 2025 Speech
Stella Gaitano, PEN Pinter Prize Writer of Courage 2025.
This Is Not My Story to Tell
Hajera Khaja on telling her friend's story.
There Is Never One English
Deepa Rajagopalan on creating space at the centre.
Missing Persons and Missed Connections
Em Dial on archives and invitations of silence.
Shadow Histories: Writing What You Don’t Know
Christine Wu on reimagining family history.