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Ali Kalaei. Photo: Hossein Salmanzadeh. Photo.

Journalist, blogger

Ali Kalaei

Khaled Harara. Photo: Joakim Roos

rapper/hip-hop artist

Khaled Harara

Blogger Le Thanh Trung. Photo.

Blogger/Journalist

Le Thanh Trung

Nasrin Madani. Photo.

writer/critic/editor

Nasrin Madani

Mohammad Baharloo. Photo.

writer, editor

Mohammad Baharloo

Ahmed Mohamed. Photo: Carina Wallin. Photo.

Ahmed Mohamed

Christopher Mlalazi. Photo.

Playwright, novelist, poet

Christopher Mlalazi

Poet/Journalist

Poet/Journalist

Naeimeh Doustdar Sanaye

Elahe Rahroniya. Photo.

writer/performance artist/film maker

Elahe Rahroniya

Mohammad Habeeb on the conflict in Syria at the Kapittel festival in Stavanger. Photo.

Poet, writer, translator, human rights activist

Mohammad Habeeb

Svetlana Alexievich. Photo: © Marion Stalens 2016. Photo.

journalist/writer

Svetlana Alexievich

Novelist and Poet Chenjerai Hove. Photo.

Novelist/poet/playwright

Chenjerai Hove

Irakli Kakabadze. Photo by Ithaca NY. Photo.

Irakli Kakabadze

Khalid Albaih. Photo.

Cartoonist

Khalid Albaih

Housam Al-Mosilli. Photo: Mikael Svensson/Corren. Photo.

Writer, journalist

Housam Al-Mosilli

Novelist, poet, singer-songwriter

Arash Chakeri

Felix Kaputu. © Krakow Festival Office 2016. Photo.

Felix Kaputu

Ragip Zarakolu. Photo.

writer/publisher

Ragip Zarakolu

Erol Özkoray. Photo

Journalist, political writer

Erol Özkoray

Theater Director/Screenwriter Mansour Koushan. Photo.

Theater Director/Screenwriter

Mansour Koushan

Anzhelina Polonskaya. Photo.

Poet

Anzhelina Polonskaya

Sepideh Jodeyri. Photo.

poet/translator

Sepideh Jodeyri

Babak Salimizadeh. Photo.

writer/poet/translator

Babak Salimizadeh

Musician

Araz Elses

Writer, journalist

Mamon Ali Jabari

Zineb el Rhazoui. Photo: © 2009 Hassan Ouazzan

journalist/writer/human rights advocate

Zineb el Rhazoui

Boris Korkmazov. Photo.

Novelist

Boris Korkmazov

Raza Ahmad Rumi. Photo.

Journalist, author, policy analyst

Raza Ahmad Rumi

Cartoonist Abduallahi Muhiaddin. Photo.

Cartoonist/journalist

Abduallahi Muhiaddin

cartoonist

Mana Neyestani

Journalist, lawyer

Sonali Samarasinghe

Photo by: Mathilda Rahm

journalist/art critic/curator

Ashraf Atraqchi

Filmmaker Andrei Nekrasov. Photo.

Filmmaker/writer/journalist

Andrei Nekrasov

Jude Dibia. © Ejiro Onobrakpor. Photo

Author/Activist

Jude Dibia

Ashur Etwebi. Photo and copyright: Javad Montazeri. Photo

Poet, physician, translator, activist

Ashur Etwebi

Art critic Suhael Sami Nader. Photo.

political commentator/literary- and fine arts critic

Suhael Sami Nader

Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury. Photo: Arne Olav Lunde Hageberg. Photo.

Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury / Tutul

Artist, animator

Mohsen Hossaini

Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo. Photo.

Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo

Nama Jafari. Photo: Bente Fagerlund

Poet/writer/blogger/editor

Nama Jafari

Mahsa Nikan. Photo.

psychologist, author of children's stories

Mahsa Nikan

Poet, scholar, literary critic, translator of poetry

Pegāh Ahmadi

Daniel Mekonnen

Writer, scholar

Daniel Mekonnen

Aslı Erdoğan. Photo.

Novelist, poet

Aslı Erdoğan

Translator/Poet Mohsen Emadi. Photo.

poet/translator

Mohsen Emadi

Omid Shams Gakieh. Photo.

Journalist, artist, author, literary critic

Omid Shams Gakieh

Poet Mansur Rajih. Photo.

Poet/political activist

Mansur Rajih

Hasan Yousefi Eshkevari

journalist, researcher

Hasan Yousefi Eshkevari

Eritrean journalist and author, Tesfagiorgis Habte Kelati, in Luleå City of Refuge. Photo.

Journalist/Author

Tesfagiorgis Habte Kelati

Jahangir Alam Akash

journalist, human rights defender

Jahangir Alam Akash

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Syrian mourners carry coffins of victims of an ISIS attack on Sweida, 26 July 2018. SANA

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200 people killed and 300 injured after three terrorist bombings in Sweida, southern Syria. What happened?

14. Aug 2018

Benyamin Farnam. Private photo. Photo.

Oslo welcomes Benyamin Farnam

Iranian documentary producer, editor and film maker, Benyamin Farnam, was forced to leave Iran because of his political views and work. He is now ICORN resident in Oslo, where he will continue his work.

08. Jul 2018

Milthon Robles. Photo: Luay Albasha. Photo.

Barcelona welcomes Milthon Robles as ICORN writer

An investigative journalist critical of the Honduran authorities and organised crime, Milthon Robles, has faced repeated threats and intimidation for his work. He is now ICORN writer in residence in Barcelona for the next two years.

06. Jul 2018

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