26.1.2016
14.01.2016
Worldwide Reading of selected poems and other texts in support of Ashraf Fayadh
DOCUMENTATION
14.01.2016
Worldwide Reading of selected poems and other texts in support of Ashraf Fayadh
DOCUMENTATION
14.01.2016
Worldwide Reading of selected poems and other texts in support of Ashraf Fayadh
The international literature festival Berlin (ilb) and Authors for Peace call on all individuals, institutions, schools and media outlets that care about justice and freedom to participate in a worldwide reading of selected poems and other texts in support of Ashraf Fayadh, on 14 January 2016.
Ashraf Fayadh, a 35 year-old Palestinian poet and art curator, who lives in Saudi Arabia, has been sentenced to death by a Saudi court on 17 November 2015 for the “crime” of apostasy. He was denied access to a lawyer throughout his detention and trial.
Fayadh has been a key figure in taking Saudi contemporary art to a global audience. Chris Dercon, the director of Tate Modern, and a friend of the poet, described him as “someone who is outspoken and daring.”
Besides renouncing Islam, Fayadh also stands accused of blaspheming and promoting atheism through his collection of poetry, Instructions Within, published in 2008. Fayadh has asserted that the poems are “just about me being [a] Palestinian refugee … about cultural and philosophical issues. But the religious extremists explained it as destructive ideas against God.”
The charges, coupled with the lack of due legal process, show that it is not Fayadh who is guilty but rather Saudi Arabia that is once again guilty of disregarding human rights and the rule of law. In various surveys the kingdom continually ranks as one of the least free countries in the world. According to Human Rights Watch, Saudi Arabia’s ever more repressive laws now criminalize free expression and give the authorities excessive police powers that are not subject to judicial oversight.
Ashraf Fayadh’s case is not the story of one man, but a symbol for all the victims of a deeply repressive regime that is supported by Western governments who claim to value freedom and democracy above all. Right now Saudi Arabia sits on the UN Human Rights Council, a body whose members are supposedly those who uphold the highest standards of civil liberties. Saudi Arabia is there since 2013 thanks to secret vote-trading deals conducted with the UK, as revealed by Wikileaks. Other Western countries keep weapons and legitimacy streaming towards Saudi Arabia in order to keep oil flowing towards themselves. Caught in the current are ordinary people like Ashraf Fayadh, whose rights go unheeded in the kingdom and abroad.
Amidst all the recent outrage expressed by Western leaders against IS, in the rhetoric of war and threats of retribution, there has not been a word about Saudi Arabia’s role in helping to promulgate the virulent form of Islam practiced by IS. There is no doubt about the overlaps in their ideology: both certainly endorse lashing or beheading (on the latter front Saudi Arabia actually outdid IS in the last year) anyone who does not share their views.
With this worldwide reading, we demand that the UK and US governments intervene on behalf of Ashraf Fayadh as a first step towards pressuring Saudi Arabia to raise its human rights standards.
We further demand that the United Nations suspend Saudi Arabia from the Human Rights Council until its abysmal record on upholding civil liberties improves.
We also call on Western governments, especially in the UK and the US, to acknowledge the problems inherent in maintaining cozy, unquestioning relations with a country renowned for systematic human rights abuses.
Worldwide Reading of selected poems and other texts in support of Ashraf Fayadh
The international literature festival Berlin (ilb) and Authors for Peace call on all individuals, institutions, schools and media outlets that care about justice and freedom to participate in a worldwide reading of selected poems and other texts in support of Ashraf Fayadh, on 14 January 2016.
Ashraf Fayadh, a 35 year-old Palestinian poet and art curator, who lives in Saudi Arabia, has been sentenced to death by a Saudi court on 17 November 2015 for the “crime” of apostasy. He was denied access to a lawyer throughout his detention and trial.
Fayadh has been a key figure in taking Saudi contemporary art to a global audience. Chris Dercon, the director of Tate Modern, and a friend of the poet, described him as “someone who is outspoken and daring.”
Besides renouncing Islam, Fayadh also stands accused of blaspheming and promoting atheism through his collection of poetry, Instructions Within, published in 2008. Fayadh has asserted that the poems are “just about me being [a] Palestinian refugee … about cultural and philosophical issues. But the religious extremists explained it as destructive ideas against God.”
The charges, coupled with the lack of due legal process, show that it is not Fayadh who is guilty but rather Saudi Arabia that is once again guilty of disregarding human rights and the rule of law. In various surveys the kingdom continually ranks as one of the least free countries in the world. According to Human Rights Watch, Saudi Arabia’s ever more repressive laws now criminalize free expression and give the authorities excessive police powers that are not subject to judicial oversight.
Ashraf Fayadh’s case is not the story of one man, but a symbol for all the victims of a deeply repressive regime that is supported by Western governments who claim to value freedom and democracy above all. Right now Saudi Arabia sits on the UN Human Rights Council, a body whose members are supposedly those who uphold the highest standards of civil liberties. Saudi Arabia is there since 2013 thanks to secret vote-trading deals conducted with the UK, as revealed by Wikileaks. Other Western countries keep weapons and legitimacy streaming towards Saudi Arabia in order to keep oil flowing towards themselves. Caught in the current are ordinary people like Ashraf Fayadh, whose rights go unheeded in the kingdom and abroad.
Amidst all the recent outrage expressed by Western leaders against IS, in the rhetoric of war and threats of retribution, there has not been a word about Saudi Arabia’s role in helping to promulgate the virulent form of Islam practiced by IS. There is no doubt about the overlaps in their ideology: both certainly endorse lashing or beheading (on the latter front Saudi Arabia actually outdid IS in the last year) anyone who does not share their views.
With this worldwide reading, we demand that the UK and US governments intervene on behalf of Ashraf Fayadh as a first step towards pressuring Saudi Arabia to raise its human rights standards.
We further demand that the United Nations suspend Saudi Arabia from the Human Rights Council until its abysmal record on upholding civil liberties improves.
We also call on Western governments, especially in the UK and the US, to acknowledge the problems inherent in maintaining cozy, unquestioning relations with a country renowned for systematic human rights abuses.
Freiheit für ASHRAF FAYADH
Das internationale literaturfestival berlin (ilb) und Authors for Peace rufen alle Menschen, Institutionen, Schulen und Medien, denen Freiheit und Bürgerrechte wichtig sind, zur Teilnahme an einer weltweiten Lesung von Gedichten und Texten als Unterstützung für Ashraf Fayadh, am 14. Januar 2016 auf.
Ashraf Fayadh, ein 35-jähriger, in Palästina geborener Dichter und Kurator, der in Saudi-Arabien lebt, ist von einem saudischen Gericht am 17. November 2015 für die “Straftat” des Abfalls vom Glauben zum Tode verurteilt worden. Während der Haft und der Gerichtsverhandlung wurde ihm nicht erlaubt, sich einen Anwalt zu nehmen.
Fayadh ist eine Schlüsselfigur in der Vermittlung zeitgenössischer Kunst aus Saudi-Arabien für ein weltweites Publikum. Chris Dercon, der Direktor der Tate Modern und ein Freund des Dichters, hat ihn als „jemand beschrieben, der freimütig und mutig ist.”
Zusätzlich zur Verleugnung des Islams wird Fayadh auch der Blasphemie und der Förderung des Atheismus in seiner 2008 veröffentlichten Gedichtsammlung Anweisungen von Innen angeklagt. Fayadh hat dagegen versichert, dass die Gedichte „allein von mir als Flüchtling aus Palästina handeln … über kulturelle und philosophische Probleme. Aber religiöse Extremisten haben es als zerstörerische Ideen gegen Gott gewertet.”
Die Vorwürfe, zusammen mit der Abwesenheit eines den Rechtsnormen verpflichteten Prozesses, zeigen, dass es nicht Fayadh ist, der schuldig ist, sondern eher Saudi-Arabien, das sich erneut schuldig macht, indem es, Menschenrechte und Rechtsgrundsätze missachtet. In den Ranglisten landet das Königreich ständig auf einem der letzten Plätze, wenn es um Freiheit und Demokratie geht. Gemäß Human Rights Watch kriminalisieren Saudi-Arabiens immer repressivere Gesetze die freie Meinungsäußerung und geben den Behörden übermäßige Polizeimacht. Von richterlicher Kontrolle keine Spur.
Ashraf Fayadhs Fall ist nicht allein seine Geschichte - sie steht vielmehr symbolisch für alle Opfer eines von Grund auf repressiven Regimes, das von westlichen Regierungen unterstützt wird. Regierungen, die eigentlich ständig die Werte der Freiheit und Demokratie als leuchtendes Banner vor sich her tragen. Im Moment ist Saudi-Arabien sogar Mitglied im UN-Menschenrechtsrat, einer Organisation, die per se die allerhöchsten Standards der zivilen Freiheiten repräsentiert. Saudi-Arabien sitzt in diesem Gremium seit 2013, da es heimlich mit Großbritannien einen Stimmen-Deal verabredet hatte, wie Wikileaks enthüllt hat. Andere westliche Staaten verkaufen an Riad für viel Geld Waffen und applaudieren bei allen möglichen Gelegenheiten den Saudis öffentlich, damit bloß weiterhin das Öl fließt. In dieser Zwickmühle sitzen Menschen wie Ashraf Fayadh ohnmächtig fest. Männer und Frauen, deren Rechte sowohl im Königreich, als auch außerhalb der Landesgrenzen unbeachtet bleiben.
Während der zu Recht kürzlich von westlichen Politikern geäußerten Abscheu über die Verbrechen der IS-Terroristen - es wurde mit Krieg und Vergeltung gedroht -, ist kein Sterbenswörtchen über Saudi-Arabiens unrühmliche Rolle bei der Verbreitung der gewalttätigen Variante des Islam, die eben der selbst ernannte Islamische Staat praktiziert, gefallen. Und es gibt eben keinerlei Zweifel, dass sich die Ideologien von Saudis und Islamisten ähneln: beide heißen Auspeitschungen und Hinrichtungen von denjenigen gut, die nicht hundertprozent ihrer Ansicht sind. Wobei Saudi-Arabien im letzten Jahr sogar mehr Menschen hingerichtet hat als der IS.
Mit dieser weltweiten Lesung fordern wir Großbritannien und die Vereinigten Staaten auf, sich für Ashraf Fayadh einzusetzen und so, in einem ersten Schritt, dafür zu sorgen, dass Saudi-Arabien die Menschenrechtsstandards endlich anhebt.
Außerdem fordern wir, dass die Vereinten Nationen Saudi-Arabien vom UN-Menschenrechtsrat ausschließen, bis das Königreich seine entsetzliche Menschenrechtsbilanz verbessert hat und Freiheit und Bürgerrechte anerkennt.
Zusätzlich appellieren wir an alle westlichen Regierungen, besonders die britische und amerikanische, zuzugeben, dass es Probleme gibt, wenn man gleichzeitig freundschaftliche, unkritische Beziehungen zu einem Land unterhält, dass systematisch Menschenrechtsverletzungen begeht.
Die gesamten Lesetexte werden demnächst in mehreren Sprachen auf der Website www.worldwide-reading.com veröffentlicht. Bitte kontaktieren Sie uns, wenn Sie teilnehmen wollen, unter folgender E-Mail-Adresse: [email protected]
الحياة والحرية للشاعر ٔاشرف فيّاض
مهرجان األدب العالمي في برلين (ILB) يدعو جميع األفراد والمٔوسسات والمدارس ووسأيل اإلعالم ممّن يهتمون بالعدالة والحرية، المشاركة في القراءة في جميع ٔانحاء العالم لقصأيد ونصوص مختارة لدعم ٔاشرف فياض، في 14 يناير 2016.
اشرف فياض، البالغ من العمر 35 عاماً، وهو شاعر وقيِّم فني فلسطيني، يعيشٔ في المملكة العربية السعودية، حُكِم عليه باإلعدام من قبل محكمة سعودية في 17 نوفمبر 2015 عن "جريمة" الرّدة. وقد حُرِم من االتصال بمحام طوال فترة احتجازه ومحاكمته.
ولفيّاض دور رٔييسي في تقديم الفن السعودي المعاصر لجمهور عالمي. كريس دركون، مدير متحف التيت الحديث في لندن، وصديق للشاعر، وصف فيّاض بٔانه "شخص صادق وجريء."
اضافة ٕالى التخّلي عن اإلسالم، فياض متّهم بالتجديف وتعزيز اإللحاد من خاللٕ مجموعته الشعرية "التعليمات... بالداخل" (دار الفارابي، 2008). فياض ئوكِّد ان القصأيد هي حول تجربته كالجٔي فلسطيني، وتتعّلق بقضايا ثقافية فلسفية،ٔ فسّرها متطرفون على ٔانها ٔافكار هّدامة ضد الذات اإللهية.
التَُهمُ، ٕالى جانب غياب مجرى عادل للقانون، تبيِّن ٔانه ليس فياض المذنب، اّنما المملكة العربية السعودية التي تتجاهل حقوق اإلنسان وسيادة القانونٕ من جديد. تشير مختلف اإلحصأييات ٕالى ٔان السعودية تحتل باستمرار مرتبة اقّلّ الدول حرية في العالم. وفقّاً لمنظمة هيومن رايتس ووتش، بتبنيهأ قوانين قمعية ٔاكثر من ٔاي وقت مضى، تجرِّم السعودية اآلن حرية التعبير، وتمنح الشرطَةّ صالحيات مفرطة ال تخضع للرقابة القضأيية.
حالة ٔاشرف فياض، هي ليست حكاية فرد واحد، ٕانما هي رمز لكل ضحايا النظام القمعي المدعوم من قبل حكومات غربية تّدعي ٔانها تدافع عن الحرية والديمقراطية قبل كل شيء. حالياً، المملكة العربية السعودية هي عضو في مجلس حقوق اإلنسان في األمم المتحدة، وهي الهئية التي من المفترض ٔان يكون اعضأوها ممّن يتمسّكون بٔاعلى معايير الحريات المدنية. المملكة العربيةٔ السعودية هي عضو في الهئية منذ العام 2013، ذلك بفضل صفقات تصويت وتداوالت سرِّية ٔاُجريت مع بريطانيا، كما كشفت وثأيق نشرتها منظّمة ويكيليكس. دول غربية ٔاخرى تبقي تدفق األسلحة والشرعية ٕالى المملكة العربية السعودية من ٔاجل الحفاظ على تدفُّق النفط ٕاليها. وفي خضم كل هذا، تضيع حقوق الناس العاديين، ٔامثال ٔاشرف فياض، داخل السعودية وخارجها.
وسط كل الغضب الذي عبّر عنه قادة غربيون في اآلونة األخيرة ضد تنظيم الدولة اإلسالمية في العراق والشام، وخطاب الحرب والتهديد بالعقاب، لم تصدر كلمة واحدة حول الدور السعودي في المساهمة على نشر الصورة المشوّهة لإلسالم
الذي يمارسه التنظيم. ليس هناك شك حول التشابه في فكر الجهتين: كالهما ئوِّيد الجلد وقطع رٔاس ٔاي شخص ال يوافقهما اآلراء (في العام الماضي فاقت المملكة العربية السعودية على التنظيم في ممارستها ذلك).
مع هذه القراءة التي ندعو لتنظيمها في جميع ٔانحاء العالم، نطالب الحكومات في بريطانيا والواليات المتحدة، التدخل إلنقاذ ٔاشرف فياض، كخطوة اولى للضغط على السعودية لتحسين معايير حقوق اإلنسان فيها.ٔ
كما نطالب بٔان تعِّلق األمم المتحدة، عضوية المملكة العربية السعودية من مجلس حقوق اإلنسان، حتى يتحسَّن سجِّلها في دعم الحريات المدنية.
كما وندعو الحكومات الغربية، وخاصة في بريطانيا والواليات المتحدة، االعتراف بالمشاكل المتٔاصِّلة في الحفاظ على عالقات حميمة مع بلد يشتهر بانتهاكات ممنهجة لحقوق اإلنسان.
الموقعون: تتوفر جميع النصوص باللغات العربية واإلنجليزية واأللمانية ... (اإليطالية
واإلسبانية الخ، سيتم تٔاكيدها الحقّاً).
يرجى االتصال مهرجان األدب العالمي في برلين ٕاذا كنتم/ن ترغبون/ترغبن في المشاركة. عنوان البريد اإللكتروني هو: [email protected]
مهرجان األدب العالمي في برلين (ILB) يدعو جميع األفراد والمٔوسسات والمدارس ووسأيل اإلعالم ممّن يهتمون بالعدالة والحرية، المشاركة في القراءة في جميع ٔانحاء العالم لقصأيد ونصوص مختارة لدعم ٔاشرف فياض، في 14 يناير 2016.
اشرف فياض، البالغ من العمر 35 عاماً، وهو شاعر وقيِّم فني فلسطيني، يعيشٔ في المملكة العربية السعودية، حُكِم عليه باإلعدام من قبل محكمة سعودية في 17 نوفمبر 2015 عن "جريمة" الرّدة. وقد حُرِم من االتصال بمحام طوال فترة احتجازه ومحاكمته.
ولفيّاض دور رٔييسي في تقديم الفن السعودي المعاصر لجمهور عالمي. كريس دركون، مدير متحف التيت الحديث في لندن، وصديق للشاعر، وصف فيّاض بٔانه "شخص صادق وجريء."
اضافة ٕالى التخّلي عن اإلسالم، فياض متّهم بالتجديف وتعزيز اإللحاد من خاللٕ مجموعته الشعرية "التعليمات... بالداخل" (دار الفارابي، 2008). فياض ئوكِّد ان القصأيد هي حول تجربته كالجٔي فلسطيني، وتتعّلق بقضايا ثقافية فلسفية،ٔ فسّرها متطرفون على ٔانها ٔافكار هّدامة ضد الذات اإللهية.
التَُهمُ، ٕالى جانب غياب مجرى عادل للقانون، تبيِّن ٔانه ليس فياض المذنب، اّنما المملكة العربية السعودية التي تتجاهل حقوق اإلنسان وسيادة القانونٕ من جديد. تشير مختلف اإلحصأييات ٕالى ٔان السعودية تحتل باستمرار مرتبة اقّلّ الدول حرية في العالم. وفقّاً لمنظمة هيومن رايتس ووتش، بتبنيهأ قوانين قمعية ٔاكثر من ٔاي وقت مضى، تجرِّم السعودية اآلن حرية التعبير، وتمنح الشرطَةّ صالحيات مفرطة ال تخضع للرقابة القضأيية.
حالة ٔاشرف فياض، هي ليست حكاية فرد واحد، ٕانما هي رمز لكل ضحايا النظام القمعي المدعوم من قبل حكومات غربية تّدعي ٔانها تدافع عن الحرية والديمقراطية قبل كل شيء. حالياً، المملكة العربية السعودية هي عضو في مجلس حقوق اإلنسان في األمم المتحدة، وهي الهئية التي من المفترض ٔان يكون اعضأوها ممّن يتمسّكون بٔاعلى معايير الحريات المدنية. المملكة العربيةٔ السعودية هي عضو في الهئية منذ العام 2013، ذلك بفضل صفقات تصويت وتداوالت سرِّية ٔاُجريت مع بريطانيا، كما كشفت وثأيق نشرتها منظّمة ويكيليكس. دول غربية ٔاخرى تبقي تدفق األسلحة والشرعية ٕالى المملكة العربية السعودية من ٔاجل الحفاظ على تدفُّق النفط ٕاليها. وفي خضم كل هذا، تضيع حقوق الناس العاديين، ٔامثال ٔاشرف فياض، داخل السعودية وخارجها.
وسط كل الغضب الذي عبّر عنه قادة غربيون في اآلونة األخيرة ضد تنظيم الدولة اإلسالمية في العراق والشام، وخطاب الحرب والتهديد بالعقاب، لم تصدر كلمة واحدة حول الدور السعودي في المساهمة على نشر الصورة المشوّهة لإلسالم
الذي يمارسه التنظيم. ليس هناك شك حول التشابه في فكر الجهتين: كالهما ئوِّيد الجلد وقطع رٔاس ٔاي شخص ال يوافقهما اآلراء (في العام الماضي فاقت المملكة العربية السعودية على التنظيم في ممارستها ذلك).
مع هذه القراءة التي ندعو لتنظيمها في جميع ٔانحاء العالم، نطالب الحكومات في بريطانيا والواليات المتحدة، التدخل إلنقاذ ٔاشرف فياض، كخطوة اولى للضغط على السعودية لتحسين معايير حقوق اإلنسان فيها.ٔ
كما نطالب بٔان تعِّلق األمم المتحدة، عضوية المملكة العربية السعودية من مجلس حقوق اإلنسان، حتى يتحسَّن سجِّلها في دعم الحريات المدنية.
كما وندعو الحكومات الغربية، وخاصة في بريطانيا والواليات المتحدة، االعتراف بالمشاكل المتٔاصِّلة في الحفاظ على عالقات حميمة مع بلد يشتهر بانتهاكات ممنهجة لحقوق اإلنسان.
الموقعون: تتوفر جميع النصوص باللغات العربية واإلنجليزية واأللمانية ... (اإليطالية
واإلسبانية الخ، سيتم تٔاكيدها الحقّاً).
يرجى االتصال مهرجان األدب العالمي في برلين ٕاذا كنتم/ن ترغبون/ترغبن في المشاركة. عنوان البريد اإللكتروني هو: [email protected]
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Signatories:
Héctor Abad, Colombia
Alaa Al-Aswany, Egypt
Ahmed Almulla, Saudi Arabia
Badria Al-Shihi, Oman
Martin Amis, UK/ USA
Chloe Aridjis, Mexico/ UK
Homero Aridjis, Mexico
Rae Armantrout, USA
Carmen-Francesca Banciu, Germany
John Banville, Ireland
Priya Basil, UK/ Germany
Corina Bernic, Romania/ Germany
Charles Bernstein, USA
Carol Birch, UK
Knut Boeser, Germany
Alida Bok, Sweden
Mirko Bonné, Germany
Piedad Bonnett, Colombia
Rachid Boudjedra, Algeria
Hans Christoph Buch, Germany
Rafael Cardoso, Brasil
Brian Castro, Australia
Patrizia Cavalli, Italy
Amir Hassan Cheheltan, Iran
Mariana Chiesa Mateos, Argentina/ Spain/ Italy
Noam Chomsky, USA
Jennifer Clement, USA/ Mexico
Edwidge Danticat, Haiti/ USA
Marie Darrieussecq, France
Keki Daruwalla, Pakistan
Michael Day, USA
Aleš Debeljak, Slovenia
Jan de Leeuw, Belgium
Lidija Dimkovska, Macedonia
Jörn Donner, Finland/ Sweden
Negin Ehtesabian, Iran
Luis Fayad, Colombia
Jostein Gaarder, Norway
Timothy Garton Ash, UK
Jochen Gerz, Germany
Paul Ginsborg, UK/ Italy
Namita Gokhale, India
Peter Goldsworthy, Australia
Patricia Grace, New Zealand
Kurt Groenewold, Germany
Jan Groh, Germany
Durs Grünbein, Germany/ Italy
Nedim Gürsel, Turkey/ France
Paal-Helge Haugen, Norway
Sverre Henmo, Norway
Edward Hirsch, USA
Rolf Hosfeld, Germany
Dieter Ingenschay, Germany
Hendrick Jackson, Germany
Gerald Jatzek, Austria
Elfriede Jelinek, Austria
Viktor Jerofejew, Russia
Gail Jones, Australia
Lloyd Jones, New Zealand
Fady Joudah, Palestine/USA
Peter Stephan Jungk, Austria/ France
Sabine Kebir, Germany
Thomas Keneally, Australia
Sibylle Knauss, Germany
Marie-Luise Knott, Germany
Wayne Koestenbaum, USA
Ursula Krechel, Germany
Judith Kuckart, Germany
Stan Lafleur, Germany
Laila Lalami, USA/ Morocco
Christoph Leisten, Germany
Jürgen Lodemann, Germany
Paul Michael Lützeler, Germany/ USA
Mohamed Magani, Algeria
Jamal Mahjoub, Sudan/ UK
Geert Mak, Netherlands
Norman Manea, Romania/ USA
Alberto Manguel, Argentina/ France
Émile Martel, Canada
Maaza Mengiste, Ethiopia/ USA
Amanda Michalopoulou, Greece
Hala Mohammad, Syria
Herta Müller, Romania/ Germany
Adolf Muschg, Switzerland
Kiran Nagarkar, India
Obi Nwakanma, Nigeria
Moni Nilsson, Swedenmanguel
Bernard Noël, France
Florence Noiville, France
Brigitte Oleschinski, Germany
Uri Orlev, Poland/ Israel
Peter Pabisch, Austria/ USA
Michael Palmer, USA
Miquel de Palol, Spain
Orhan Pamuk, Turkey/ USA
Tim Parks, UK
Don Paterson, Scotland
Andras Petöcz, Hungary
Kornelijus Platelis, Lithuania
Marko Pogacar, Croatia
Marie Pohl, Germany
Francine Prose, USA
Ilma Rakusa, Switzerland
Laura Restrepo, Colombia/ Spain
Göran Rosenberg, Sweden
Mikhail Ryklin, Russia
Mohamed Salmawy, Egypt
Sapphire, USA
Ute Scheub, Germany
Wolfgang Schiffer, Germany
Elke Schmitter, Germany
Peter Schneider, Germany
Lorenz Schröter, Germany
Raoul Schrott, Austria
Elif Shafak, Turkey/ UK
Farshid Shafiee, Iran
Owen Sheers, UK
Adania Shibli, Palestine/ Germany
Rajvinder Singh, India/ Germany
Ostap Slyvynsky, Ukraine
Tzveta Sofronieva, Bulgaria/ Germany
Ahdaf Soueif, Egypt/ UK
Wole Soyinka, Nigeria
Klaus Staeck, Germany
Peter Stamm, Switzerland
Kanta Stanchina, India
C.K. Stead, New Zealand
Aleš Šteger, Slovenia
Stefanie von Steinaecker, Germany
E. E. Sule, Nigeria
George Szirtes, Hungary/ UK
Janne Teller, Denmark
Habib Tengour, Algeria
Hans Thill, Germany
Annika Thor, Sweden
Uwe Timm, Germany
Mario Vargas Llosa, Peru/ Spain
Ivan Vladislavic, South Africa
István Vörös, Hungary
Stefan Weidner, Germany
Eliot Weinberger, USA
Irvine Welsh, UK
Herbert Wiesner, Germany
Robert Williams, UK
Dubravka Ugresic, Croatia/ Netherlands
Jovan Zivlak, Serbia
Slavoj Žižek, Slovenia
PEN Centres
PEN International, Jennifer Clement, Eugene Schoulgin, Gloria Guardia
PEN Bangladesh, Syeda Aireen Jaman
PEN Bosnia and Herzegovina, Azra Bektasagic
PEN Bulgaria, Boyko Lambovski
PEN Cambodia, Heng Sreang
PEN Canada, Brendan de Caires
PEN Català, Carlota Sas
PEN Colombia, Carlos Vasquez, Ruben Dario Florez, Luis Fayad
PEN Croatia, Nadežda Čačinovič, Tomica Bajsić
PEN Eritrea in Exile, Dessale B. Abraham
PEN Esperanto, Chiara Macconi
PEN Finland, Jarkko Tontti, Sirpa Kähkönen, Marianne Bargum, Iida Simes, Johanna Sillanpää
PEN Flanders, Natalie Ariën
Pen France, Jean-Luc Despax
PEN Center of German-Speaking Writers Abroad, Gabrielle Alioth
PEN Ghana, Frankie Asare-Donkoh
PEN Great Britain, Cat Lucas
PEN Guatemala, Carlos René García
PEN Haiti, Jem Milcé
PEN Honduras, Dina Meza
PEN India, Ranjit Hoskote
PEN Langue d'Oc, Miquèl Decor
PEN Melbourne, Christine McKenzie, Judith Rodriguez
PEN Mexico, Magali Tercero
PEN Mexico/ San Miguel, Lucina Kathmann
PEN Netherlands, Manon Uphoff, Aleid Truijens
PEN Nigeria, Olúwáfirópò Ewénlá
PEN Peru, Tulio Mora
PEN Poland, Anna Nasilowska
PEN Portugal, Teresa Salema Cadete
PEN Puerto Rico, Andrés Candelario, Miriam Montes Mock, Rosa Margarita Hernández, Melvin Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Helga Umpierre, Lauribel López Viera
PEN Romania, Magda Carneci
PEN Russia, Ekaterina Turchaninova
PEN Serbia, Vida Ognjenovic
PEN South Africa, Lindsay Callaghan
PEN Spain, Rogelio Lugo
PEN Suisse Romand, Nguyên Hoàng Bao Viêt
PEN Sweden, Ola Larsmo, Elnaz Baghlanian
PEN Turkey, Zeynep Oral, Tarık Günersel
PEN USA, Elliot Vredenburg
PEN Wales Cymru, Owen Sheers
Posters:
Héctor Abad, Colombia
Alaa Al-Aswany, Egypt
Ahmed Almulla, Saudi Arabia
Badria Al-Shihi, Oman
Martin Amis, UK/ USA
Chloe Aridjis, Mexico/ UK
Homero Aridjis, Mexico
Rae Armantrout, USA
Carmen-Francesca Banciu, Germany
John Banville, Ireland
Priya Basil, UK/ Germany
Corina Bernic, Romania/ Germany
Charles Bernstein, USA
Carol Birch, UK
Knut Boeser, Germany
Alida Bok, Sweden
Mirko Bonné, Germany
Piedad Bonnett, Colombia
Rachid Boudjedra, Algeria
Hans Christoph Buch, Germany
Rafael Cardoso, Brasil
Brian Castro, Australia
Patrizia Cavalli, Italy
Amir Hassan Cheheltan, Iran
Mariana Chiesa Mateos, Argentina/ Spain/ Italy
Noam Chomsky, USA
Jennifer Clement, USA/ Mexico
Edwidge Danticat, Haiti/ USA
Marie Darrieussecq, France
Keki Daruwalla, Pakistan
Michael Day, USA
Aleš Debeljak, Slovenia
Jan de Leeuw, Belgium
Lidija Dimkovska, Macedonia
Jörn Donner, Finland/ Sweden
Negin Ehtesabian, Iran
Luis Fayad, Colombia
Jostein Gaarder, Norway
Timothy Garton Ash, UK
Jochen Gerz, Germany
Paul Ginsborg, UK/ Italy
Namita Gokhale, India
Peter Goldsworthy, Australia
Patricia Grace, New Zealand
Kurt Groenewold, Germany
Jan Groh, Germany
Durs Grünbein, Germany/ Italy
Nedim Gürsel, Turkey/ France
Paal-Helge Haugen, Norway
Sverre Henmo, Norway
Edward Hirsch, USA
Rolf Hosfeld, Germany
Dieter Ingenschay, Germany
Hendrick Jackson, Germany
Gerald Jatzek, Austria
Elfriede Jelinek, Austria
Viktor Jerofejew, Russia
Gail Jones, Australia
Lloyd Jones, New Zealand
Fady Joudah, Palestine/USA
Peter Stephan Jungk, Austria/ France
Sabine Kebir, Germany
Thomas Keneally, Australia
Sibylle Knauss, Germany
Marie-Luise Knott, Germany
Wayne Koestenbaum, USA
Ursula Krechel, Germany
Judith Kuckart, Germany
Stan Lafleur, Germany
Laila Lalami, USA/ Morocco
Christoph Leisten, Germany
Jürgen Lodemann, Germany
Paul Michael Lützeler, Germany/ USA
Mohamed Magani, Algeria
Jamal Mahjoub, Sudan/ UK
Geert Mak, Netherlands
Norman Manea, Romania/ USA
Alberto Manguel, Argentina/ France
Émile Martel, Canada
Maaza Mengiste, Ethiopia/ USA
Amanda Michalopoulou, Greece
Hala Mohammad, Syria
Herta Müller, Romania/ Germany
Adolf Muschg, Switzerland
Kiran Nagarkar, India
Obi Nwakanma, Nigeria
Moni Nilsson, Swedenmanguel
Bernard Noël, France
Florence Noiville, France
Brigitte Oleschinski, Germany
Uri Orlev, Poland/ Israel
Peter Pabisch, Austria/ USA
Michael Palmer, USA
Miquel de Palol, Spain
Orhan Pamuk, Turkey/ USA
Tim Parks, UK
Don Paterson, Scotland
Andras Petöcz, Hungary
Kornelijus Platelis, Lithuania
Marko Pogacar, Croatia
Marie Pohl, Germany
Francine Prose, USA
Ilma Rakusa, Switzerland
Laura Restrepo, Colombia/ Spain
Göran Rosenberg, Sweden
Mikhail Ryklin, Russia
Mohamed Salmawy, Egypt
Sapphire, USA
Ute Scheub, Germany
Wolfgang Schiffer, Germany
Elke Schmitter, Germany
Peter Schneider, Germany
Lorenz Schröter, Germany
Raoul Schrott, Austria
Elif Shafak, Turkey/ UK
Farshid Shafiee, Iran
Owen Sheers, UK
Adania Shibli, Palestine/ Germany
Rajvinder Singh, India/ Germany
Ostap Slyvynsky, Ukraine
Tzveta Sofronieva, Bulgaria/ Germany
Ahdaf Soueif, Egypt/ UK
Wole Soyinka, Nigeria
Klaus Staeck, Germany
Peter Stamm, Switzerland
Kanta Stanchina, India
C.K. Stead, New Zealand
Aleš Šteger, Slovenia
Stefanie von Steinaecker, Germany
E. E. Sule, Nigeria
George Szirtes, Hungary/ UK
Janne Teller, Denmark
Habib Tengour, Algeria
Hans Thill, Germany
Annika Thor, Sweden
Uwe Timm, Germany
Mario Vargas Llosa, Peru/ Spain
Ivan Vladislavic, South Africa
István Vörös, Hungary
Stefan Weidner, Germany
Eliot Weinberger, USA
Irvine Welsh, UK
Herbert Wiesner, Germany
Robert Williams, UK
Dubravka Ugresic, Croatia/ Netherlands
Jovan Zivlak, Serbia
Slavoj Žižek, Slovenia
PEN Centres
PEN International, Jennifer Clement, Eugene Schoulgin, Gloria Guardia
PEN Bangladesh, Syeda Aireen Jaman
PEN Bosnia and Herzegovina, Azra Bektasagic
PEN Bulgaria, Boyko Lambovski
PEN Cambodia, Heng Sreang
PEN Canada, Brendan de Caires
PEN Català, Carlota Sas
PEN Colombia, Carlos Vasquez, Ruben Dario Florez, Luis Fayad
PEN Croatia, Nadežda Čačinovič, Tomica Bajsić
PEN Eritrea in Exile, Dessale B. Abraham
PEN Esperanto, Chiara Macconi
PEN Finland, Jarkko Tontti, Sirpa Kähkönen, Marianne Bargum, Iida Simes, Johanna Sillanpää
PEN Flanders, Natalie Ariën
Pen France, Jean-Luc Despax
PEN Center of German-Speaking Writers Abroad, Gabrielle Alioth
PEN Ghana, Frankie Asare-Donkoh
PEN Great Britain, Cat Lucas
PEN Guatemala, Carlos René García
PEN Haiti, Jem Milcé
PEN Honduras, Dina Meza
PEN India, Ranjit Hoskote
PEN Langue d'Oc, Miquèl Decor
PEN Melbourne, Christine McKenzie, Judith Rodriguez
PEN Mexico, Magali Tercero
PEN Mexico/ San Miguel, Lucina Kathmann
PEN Netherlands, Manon Uphoff, Aleid Truijens
PEN Nigeria, Olúwáfirópò Ewénlá
PEN Peru, Tulio Mora
PEN Poland, Anna Nasilowska
PEN Portugal, Teresa Salema Cadete
PEN Puerto Rico, Andrés Candelario, Miriam Montes Mock, Rosa Margarita Hernández, Melvin Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Helga Umpierre, Lauribel López Viera
PEN Romania, Magda Carneci
PEN Russia, Ekaterina Turchaninova
PEN Serbia, Vida Ognjenovic
PEN South Africa, Lindsay Callaghan
PEN Spain, Rogelio Lugo
PEN Suisse Romand, Nguyên Hoàng Bao Viêt
PEN Sweden, Ola Larsmo, Elnaz Baghlanian
PEN Turkey, Zeynep Oral, Tarık Günersel
PEN USA, Elliot Vredenburg
PEN Wales Cymru, Owen Sheers
Posters:
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Austria
Organiser: Freirad Freies Radio Innsbruck / 105,9 Mhz
Venue: Egger-Lienz-Straße 20/Stöckelgebäude
Time: 3 - 4 pm
Participants: Mira Kugler, Michael Haupt
Website: freirad.at
Organiser: A cooperation of BUNDESPUNKT and Shakespeare & Company booksellers
Venue: Sterngasse Nr.2, 1010 Vienna
Time: 3:00 PM
Website: www.bundespunkt.at, www.mariusgabriel.net, www.shakespeare.co.at
Bolivia
Organiser: PEN Bolivia / Biyú Suárez C.
Venue: Museo de la libertad, Plaza 24 de Septiembre, Santa Cruz
Time: 7:30 - 9 pm
Participants: 6 readers, two singers and a painter
Website: http://penbolivia.org
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Organiser: PEN Bosnia Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Organiser: MENAR Film Festival
Venue: Cinema House, ul. "Ekzarh Yosif" 37, 1000 Sofia
Time: 7:00 pm
Participants: Maya Tzenova
Website: http://en.menarfest.com/welcome.html
Canada
Organizer: SEK Beddiari, from ADAB Canada (Auteurs de la Diaspora Arabe et Berbère au Canada) and BEROAF Editions
Venue: 2515, rue Delisle, Montreal, H3J1K8
Time: 6:30 pm
Participants: Expecting 20 to 30 poets and writers
China
Organiser: Chris Song Zijiang
Venue: La Casa Bistro, Central, Hong Kong
Time: 6:30 pm
Participants:Bei Dao, Lau Yee Ching, Chris Song, James Shea, Ng Mei Kwan, Gabriel Wu, Zeit Fong, Matthew Cheng and others
Croatia
Organiser: Croatian PEN, Croatian Writers Society & BOOKSA Literary Club
Venue: BOOKSA Club Martićeva 14d, Zagreb
Time: 6:00 pm
Participants: Tomica Bajsić, Ana Brnardić, Branko Čegec, Lana Derkač, Tomislav Domović, Dorta Jagić, Miroslav Kirin, Tonko Maroević, Kemal Mujičić, Sibila Petlevski, Ivan Šamija, Davor Šalat, Dinko Telećan, Luka Mavretić, Nadežda čačinovič, PEN centre president
Website: https://hr-hr.facebook.com/Booksa-163143567055433and
Denmark
Organiser: Danish PEN / Amnesty International Denmark
Venue: Saudi Arabian Embassy, Omøgade 8, Østerbro, Copenhagen
Time: 4:30 pm - 5 pm
Egypt
Organiser: Cairo Literature Festival / Mohamed El-Baaly
Venue: Al Kotob Khan (Cairo, Maadi, 13, road 254, Degla)
Time: 7:00 pm
Participants: Abdelmoneim Ramadan (Poet), Abdelrehim Youssef (Poet), Ahmad Al- Shahawy (Poet), Ahmed Shawki Ali (Novelist & Writer), Fatma Kandil, (Poet & Critic), Ghada Khalifa (Poet), Muhammed Abd Elnaby (Novelist & Writer), Montaser Abdel Mawgoud (Poet), Waheed Taweela (Novelist & Writer)
Website: http://cairoliteraturefestival.org/ar/
France
Organiser: Maison des écrivains et de la littérature
Venue: Paris
Organiser: Bahiyyih Nakhjavani
Venue: Amicale Rooms of the Agora Building, Council of Europe, Strasbourg
Time: 6 pm - 8 pm
Germany
Organiser: Agora – Gesellschaft für Literatur, Kunst und Kultur e.V.
Venue: Buchhandlung Fritz Scherer, Paul-Baehr-Straße 4, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen
Time: 6 pm - 7:30 pm
Participants: Michael Scholz und Susanna Traut
Website: www.kultur-agora.de
Organiser: Lenaugrundschule in Berlin-Kreuzberg / Katrin Schings
Venue: Bibliothek der Lenau-Grundschule in Kreuzberg
Time: 3 pm
Participants: Katrin Schings, Children 2nd to 4th grade
Organiser: network for international affairs (nefia e.V.)
Venue: Newsroom of ze.tt, Berlin
Website: www.nefia.org
Organiser: Ibn Rushd Fund for Freedom of Thought in Kooperation mit der Lettrétage
Venue: Mehringdamm 61, 10961 Berlin
Time: 8 pm
Participants: Nihad Siris; Faten El Dabbas und Leila El-Amaire von i,slam; Deutsche Jugend für Palästina; Deutsch-Kunst-Kurs der 10. Klasse der Bertha von Suttner-Oberschule, Hamid Fadlalla Cora Josting vom Ibn Rushd Fund
Languages: English, German, Arabic
Additional Information: Musikalische Umrahmung mit Trommel
Website: www.lettretage.de
http://www.ibn-rushd.org/typo3/cms/de/events/joint-activities/worldwide-reading-for-ashraf-fayadh/
Organiser: Europäisches Gymnasium Bertha von Suttner / Sibylle Seite
Venue: Reginhardstr. 172, 13409 Berlin
Time: 10 am
Participants: Sibylle Seite, Leistungskurs Deutsch 12
Website: www.bertha-von-suttner.de
Organiser: Schliemann-Grammar School Berlin / Christina Gruhle
Venue: Schliemann-Grammar School Berlin, Dunkerstr. 64, 10439 Berlin
Time: 8:15 am - 9:30 am
Organiser: Gemeinschaftsschule Campus Efeuweg / Alexandra Gebhardt
Venue: Gemeinschaftsschule Campus Efeuweg, Schulcafeteria, Berlin
Participants: Flüchtlinge, Schüler
Organiser: Indieberlin
Venue: Bülowstr. 66, 10783 Berlin
Time: 5 - 8 pm
Participants: Eva Loschky, Petra van Laak, Noel Maurice, Polly Trope, Claudia Rapp, Valentina Stone, Alex J. Eccleston and others
Website: www.indieberlin.de
Organiser: internationales literaturfestival berlin in Zusammenarbeit mit dem HAU Hebbel am Ufer
Venue: HAU Hebbel am Ufer 2 Berlin
Time: 7:30 pm
Participants: Readings by Frank Arnold, Fadhil al-Azzawi, and Liao Yiwu. Panel with Ulrike Freitag, Adania Shibli, Peter Schneider, moderated by Priya Basil
Website: www.hebbel-am-ufer.de
Organiser: Willy Brandt Schule / Marie Pohl
Venue: Willy Brandt Schule, Grüntaler Str. 5, 13357 Berlin
Participants: Marie Pohl, English Course
Organiser: Amnesty International
Venue: Villa Ichon, Goetheplatz 4, Bremen
Time: 7:00 PM
Participants: (Probably) Irmgard Laaf, Siegfried Maschek
Website: http://www.amnesty-bremen.de/Main/20151216004
Organiser: Literaturhaus Villa Augustin
Venue: Literaturhaus Villa Augustin, Antonstr.1, 01097 Dresden
Time: 7 pm
Participants: Uta Hauthal
Additional Information: Anschließend Konzert der "Verschenkten Lieder" mit Uta Hauthal
(Gesang) undKonrad Möhwald (Klavier)
Organiser: Rotraut de Neve / YOP year of performance
Venue: Hamburg
Organiser: Filmraum Hamburg in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Writers' Room Hamburg
Venue: Filmraum Hamburg, Müggenkampstraße 45
Time: 8 pm
Participants: Daniel Bielenstein, Henry Holland, Sascha Preiß, Larissa Rode und Claire Walka
Mohammed Alhisamawi, Jaber Tomizi
Website: www.filmraum.net
Organiser: Marktkirche Hannover / Hanna Kreisel-Liebermann
Venue: Marktkirche Hannover
Organiser: International School Hannover Region - Languages Dept. / Jake Eagle
Venue: Bruchmeisterallee 6, 30169 Hannover
Participants: English Class K12 Students
Website: www.is-hr.de
Organiser: Sandra Burkhardt, Deutsches Literaturinstitut Leipzig
Venue: Deutsches Literaturinstitut Leipzig, Wächterstraße 34
Time: 6 pm
Participants: Simon Kalus, Esther Becker, Ronya Othmann, Wolfram Lotz, Özlem Özgül Dündar, Jan Kuhlbrodt, Martina Hefter, Einführung: Josef Haslinger
Organiser: Georg-D. Schaaf, Verband der Freien Lektorinnen und Lektoren e. V. (VFLL), Regionalgruppe Rhein/Ruhr
Venue: Diözesanbibliothek, Überwasserkirchplatz 2, 48143 Münster
Time: 7 - 8 pm
Participants: Abdo Abboud, Astrid Dehe, Udo W. Hombach, Kirsten Krumeich
Website: http://www.lektorenverband.de/freeashraffayadh-vfll-lesung-in-muenster/
Organiser: Internationale Armin T. Wegner Gesellschaft e.V. und der Verband Deutscher SchriftstellerInnen, Sektion Bergisches Land / Ulrich Klan
Venue: City-Kirche, Kirchstr. 5, 42103 Wuppertal
Time: 7 pm
Participants: Olaf Reitz, Safeta Obhodjas, Michael Zeller, Andreas Steffens, Anne Linsel, Firas Aldani, Ulrich Klan
Additional Information: Musical reading
Greece
Organiser: Hellenic Authors’ Society and the Poets Circle
Venue: "Epi Lexei" bookshop Academias Street, Athens
Time: 8 pm
Participants: Yiorgos Chouliaras, Stathis Gourgouris, Persa Koumoutsi, Sarah Thilykou and others
Website: www.authors.gr
Italy
Organiser: Journal la macchina sognante, ´Gruppo giovani di Amnesty International di Bologna, Gruppo musicale Hudud, Associazione Movimento DAL Sottosuolo, multiVERSI, poet Enea Roversi
Venue: Libreria Ubik- Irnerio, Via Irnerio, 27, Bologna
Time: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Participants: Gruppo giovani di Amnesty International di Bologna (the youth group of Amnesty International in Bologna), Gruppo musicale Hudud, Associazione Movimento DAL Sottosuolo, multiVERSI, poet Enea Roversi
Website: http://lamacchinasognante.com
https://www.facebook.com/events/1724257111193778/
Organiser: UAAR, Italian Humanist Association in collaboration with Amnesty International, Chiara Comita
Venue: Piazza San Carlo, Torino
Time: 5:30 pm
Organiser: Griot Bookshop & editoriaraba
Venue: Spazio Formiche di Vetro, via dei Vascellari 40, Rome
Time: 6:30 pm
Participants: Francesca Caferri, journalist; Riccardo Noury, Amnesty International Italy, spokesperson; Simone Sibilio, professor at Cà Foscari University; bilingual readings by Muhammad Abdel Kader (Arabic) and actors from Formiche di Vetro (Italian)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/835640286535272/
Organiser: UAAR, Italian Humanist Association in collaboration with Amnesty International, Chiara Comita
Venue: Saudi Arabian Embassy, Rome
Time: 5:30 pm
Organiser: UAAR, Italian Humanist Association in collaboration with Amnesty International, Chiara Comita
Venue: Urban Center, Via Carpenino, La Spezia
Time: 5:00 pm
Organiser: Q Code Mag
Venue: Libreria les Mots, via Carmagnola angolo via Pepe, Milano
Time: 6:30 pm
Participants: Jolanda Guardi, translator and professor of Arabic literature; a representative from Amnesty International Italy; bilingual readings by Tareq al-Jabr (Arabic) and an Italian actor (tbc)
Website: http://www.librerialesmots.it/
Organiser: University of Napoli L’Orientale, Dpt. of Asia, Africa and the Mediterranean
Venue: room 2.1, palazzo del Mediterraneo, Napoli
Time: 8:30 pm
Additional Information: Poems will be read in the class of Arabic language and literature
Organiser: Associazione POP, progetto Ottobre in Poesia
Venue: La Sala Conferenze delle Messaggerie Sarde, Sassari
Time: 7 pm
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/659022027534468/659206744182663/
Organiser: ITTE – Itinerari teatralizzati
Place: Villacidro
Time: 7 pm
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/659022027534468/659206744182663/
Latvia
Organiser: Literature Without Borders (Latvia)
Venue: NicePlace Mansards, 21 Krišjāņa Barona street, Rīga
Time: 7:00 pm
Participants: Jānis Rokpelnis, Kārlis Vērdiņš, Edvīns Raups, Pēteris Draguns, Toms Treibergs, Jelena Glazova, Dmitry Kuzmin, Artur Punte, Sergej Timofejev, Semjon Hanin and other poets and translators
Lebanon
Organiser: Jahida Wehbe
Mauritius
Organiser: Ledikasyon pu Travayer / Alain Ah-Vee
Place: Grand River North West, Port Louis
Time: 6 pm
Participants: Umar Timol, Ashish Beesoondyal, Helina Hookoomsing, Pascal Nadal, Tania Haberland, Richard Sedley Assonne, Norman Tambanivoul, Vincent Pellegrin, Sarah-Jane Naraina, Indranee Canthiram, Begum Bedullah, Anne-Marie Joly, Noor Adam Essack, Vijay Naraidoo, Alain Fanchon, Dini Lallah, Aqiil Gopee, Yusuf Kadel, Henri Favory, Marie-France Favory
Mexico
Organiser: Magali Tercero, Presidenta PEN México
Venue: Casa Refugio, Casa Citlaltépetl 25, Col. Condesa
Time: 7 pm
Participants: Homero Aridjis, María Baranda, Carmen Boullosa, Hernán Bravo Varela, Rocío Cerón, Alicia García Bergua, Tanya Huntington, Rose Mary Espinosa, José Ángel Leyva, Víctor Manuel Mendiola, Eduardo Milán, Miryam Moscona, Philippe Ollé-Laprune, Elena Poniatowska, Alicia Quiñones, Josué Ramírez, María Rivera, Magali Tercero, Eduardo Vázquez Martín y María Elena Ruiz, among others
Website: penmexico.org.mx/index.html
Myanmar
Organiser: PEN Myanmar Center
Venue: PEN Myanmar Center
31, Upper Pazundaung Road, Pazundaung Township, Yangon
Time: 7 pm
Participants: Maung Day and others
Netherlands
Organiser: PEN International / Writers Unlimited
Venue: Writers Unlimited Festival, The Hague
Participants: Jennifer Clement, Jung Chang
New Zealand
Organiser: Courtney Sina Meredith
Venue: Auckland Central Library 44-46 Lorne St, Auckland
Time: 5:30 PM
Participants: Courtney Sina Meredith, Robert Sullivan
Website: http://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/EN/Events/Events/pages/lifeandfreedomforashraffayadh.aspx
Nigeria
Organiser: PEN Nigeria
Venue: Obafemi Awolowo University, Institute of Cultural Studies, Ibadan
Time: 5:30 pm
Participants: Wọlé Ṣóyínká, Jahman Aníkúlápó, Tóyìn Akinoshó, Folú Àgóí, Perpetual Ezeifule, Dèjì Tóyè, Jùmọ̀kẹ́ Verisimo, Iquo Diana, Ṣẹ́gun Adéfilá, Dagar Tollar, Dámì Àjàyí, Ṣọlá Ọlọrunyọmí, Fẹ́mi Ọ̀sọ́fisan, Rẹ̀mí Rájí, Tádé Ìpàdeọlá, Fẹ́mi Morgan, Servio Gbàdàmọ́sí, Rótìmí Babatúndé, Ayọ̀délé Ọlọ́fintúàdé, Ayodele Olofunlua, Funmi Aluko, Benson Eluma, Yomi Ogunsanya, Adebayo Lamikanra, Gbemisola Remi Adeoti, Adébáyọ̀ Moṣọbalájé, Chijioke Uwasomba, Ọládélé Noah, Díẹ̀kárá Ọlọ́runtọ́ba-Ójù, Rọ́pò Ewéńlá
Organiser: PEN Nigeria
Venue: Freedom Park, Marina Lagos, Ife
Time: 4 pm - 7 pm
Participants: Wọlé Ṣóyínká, Jahman Aníkúlápó, Tóyìn Akinoshó, Folú Àgóí, Perpetual Ezeifule, Dèjì Tóyè, Jùmọ̀kẹ́ Verisimo, Iquo Diana, Ṣẹ́gun Adéfilá, Dagar Tollar, Dámì Àjàyí, Ṣọlá Ọlọrunyọmí, Fẹ́mi Ọ̀sọ́fisan, Rẹ̀mí Rájí, Tádé Ìpàdeọlá, Fẹ́mi Morgan, Servio Gbàdàmọ́sí, Rótìmí Babatúndé, Ayọ̀délé Ọlọ́fintúàdé, Ayodele Olofunlua, Funmi Aluko, Benson Eluma, Yomi Ogunsanya, Adebayo Lamikanra, Gbemisola Remi Adeoti, Adébáyọ̀ Moṣọbalájé, Chijioke Uwasomba, Ọládélé Noah, Díẹ̀kárá Ọlọ́runtọ́ba-Ójù, Rọ́pò Ewéńlá
Organiser: PEN, Association of Nigeria Authors, AJ House of Poetry, Lagos International Poetry Festival, Committee for Relevant Art, Culture Advocates Caucus
Venue: University of Ibadan, Institute of African studies, Lagos
Participants: Wọlé Ṣóyínká, Jahman Aníkúlápó, Tóyìn Akinoshó, Folú Àgóí, Perpetual Ezeifule, Dèjì Tóyè, Jùmọ̀kẹ́ Verisimo, Iquo Diana, Ṣẹ́gun Adéfilá, Dagar Tollar, Dámì Àjàyí, Ṣọlá Ọlọrunyọmí, Fẹ́mi Ọ̀sọ́fisan, Rẹ̀mí Rájí, Tádé Ìpàdeọlá, Fẹ́mi Morgan, Servio Gbàdàmọ́sí, Rótìmí Babatúndé, Ayọ̀délé Ọlọ́fintúàdé, Ayodele Olofunlua, Funmi Aluko, Benson Eluma, Yomi Ogunsanya, Adebayo Lamikanra, Gbemisola Remi Adeoti, Adébáyọ̀ Moṣọbalájé, Chijioke Uwasomba, Ọládélé Noah, Díẹ̀kárá Ọlọ́runtọ́ba-Ójù, Rọ́pò Ewéńlá
Norway
Organiser: Erling Kittelsen
Place: Kongensgt. 16, 0153 Oslo
Time: 15. January, 8 pm
Palestine
Organiser: Qattan Foundation
Venue: Oregano coffee, Ramallah center, Old quarter
Time: 6 pm
Participants: Mohammad Daqqa, Khaled Jouma, Fares Sabaneeh, Hala Shrouf, Ahmad Yaqoub, Liana Badr, Muhanad AbdelHamid
Portugal
Organiser: PEN Clube Português (Portuguese PEN Centre) and Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores (Portuguese Authors' Society)
Venue: Auditório Maestro Frederico de Freitas, Av. Duque de Loulé, 31
Time: 6:30 pm
Participants: Members of Portuguese PEN and other poets, who will read poems by Ashraf Fayadh, their own poems and poems by authors who cannot be present
Russia
Organiser: Russian poets / Sakharov Center
Venue: Sakharov Center, 57 Zemlyanoy Val Street, bld 6., Moscow
Time: 7 pm - 9 pm
Website: http://www.sakharov-center.ru/
Serbia
Organiser: Kulturni Front / Grad - European centre for culture and debate
Place: Braće Krsmanović 4 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Website : http://www.gradbeograd.eu/clanak_program_datum.php?datum_pocetka=2016-01-14
Singapore
Organiser: NUS Middle East Institute and Yale-NUS College
Venue: MEI Seminar Room, Blk B, Level 6, 29 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore 119620
Time: 5 pm
Spain
Organiser: Basque PEN
Venue: Euskal Herria, Agoitz Plaza 1, 48015 Bilbo
Sweden
Organiser: Göteborg Litteraturhus / Swedish PEN
Venue: Heurlins plats 1, Gothenburg
Time: 6 pm
Participants: Meira Ahmemulic, Kristín Bjarnadóttir, Jesper Brygger, Karin Brygger, Stewe Claeson, Åke Edwardson, Helena Eriksson, Linn Hansén, Gunnar D Hansson, Kennet Klemets, Jörgen Lind, Tetz Rooke, Jessica Schiefauer
Website: goteborgslitteraturhus.se/nyheter
Organiser: Swedish PEN and Kulturhuset Stadsteatern Stockholm
Venue: Kulturhuset Stadsteatern Stockholm, Sergels Torg
Time: 6 – 7 pm
Website: http://kulturhusetstadsteatern.se/
Switzerland
Organiser: Literaturhaus Basel
Place: Basel
Organiser: index | Wort und Wirkung
Venue: Elisabethenstr. 14a 8004 Zürich
Time: 8 pm
Participants: u. A. Melanie Katz, Ulrike Ulrich, Annette Lory, Ahmad Alrayan
Organiser: Verein SCHRONK! Biel/Bienne
Venue: Schiffländte / Port de plaisance Biel/Bienne Schweiz
Time: 6 pm
Website: https://www.facebook.com/schronkbielbienne
http://www.schronk.ch
UK
Organiser: English PEN / The Mosaic Rooms
Venue: The Mosaic Rooms - A.M. Qattan Foundation, Tower House, 226 Cromwell Road , London
Time: 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Participants: Selma Dabbagh, AL Kennedy, Ruth Padel and others
Additional Information: The opening of The Mosaic Rooms’ exhibition, Suspended Accounts, featuring new work by emerging Palestinian artists, will follow the reading.
Website: https://www.englishpen.org/event/worldwide-reading-for-ashraf-fayadh/
Organiser: Lancaster Central Library / Carol Birch
Place: Market Square, Lancaster, UK
Time: 7 pm - 9 pm
Participants: Jo Baker, Yvonne Battle-Felton, Carol Birch, Carole Coates, Andy Darby, Carys Davies, Paul Farley, Sarah Hymas, Pauline Keith, Angela Martin and Saleel Nurbhai
Organiser: Joanna Guthrie
Venue: Norwich Arts Centre, 51 St Benedicts Street, Norwich, UK
Time: 8 pm
Participants: George Szirtes, Moniza Alvi, Tiffany Atkison, Helen Ivory, Andreas Holland, Joanna Guthrie, Martin Figura, Laura Scott and others
Website: https://norwichartscentre.co.uk/events/poetry-for-ashrad-fayadh/
Organiser: Wales PEN Cymru / Menna Elfyn, University of Wales
Venue: Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Time: 7 pm
Organiser: Scottish PEN
Place: Glasgow
Organiser: Scottish PEN
Place: Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh
Organiser: Ledbury Poetry Festival
Place: Ledbury, Herefordshire
Time: 1 pm
Website: www.poetry-festival.co.uk
Ukraine
Organiser: Ukrainian Literary Center
Venue: 1-3/5, Pushkinska str, Kupidon bar
Time: 7 pm
Website: http://facebook.com/events/918476674902371/
Organiser: Book Maestro Club
Venue: 37, Baydy Vyshnevetskogo str, Kobzar Muzeum, Cherkasy
Time: 4 pm
Participants: Artur Shapoval, Nyuta Bondarenko, Boghdan Chernenko, Denis Andrushenko, Nika Skrypay, Yaroslav Lytvyn, Liudmyla Shlihta
Website: http://litcentr.in.ua/news/2016-01-14-3836
Organiser: YE Bookstore
Venue: 30, Lesi Ukrainki str, YE Bookstore, Lutsk
Time: 5 pm
Participants: Olga Lyasnyuk, Vitaliy Tkachuk, Anna Lutsiuk, Maria Marchenkova
Website: http://litcentr.in.ua/news/2016-01-14-3836
Organiser: 99 Poetry Club
Venue: 193, Lenin avenue, Lenin Gallery, Zaporizhzhya
Time: 6 pm
Participants: Oles Barlig, Tetiana Savchenko, Viktoria Petrova, Yuriy Ganoshenko, Viktoria Petrova, Olena Olshanska
Website: http://facebook.com/events/1016060281784001/
USA
Organiser: Agnes Scott College / Waqas Khwaja
Venue: Agnes Scott College (Decatur, GA 30030) Frannie Auditorium, Campbell Hall
Time: 6 pm
Participants: Franklin Abbot, Funmi Akinfenwa, Calvin Burgamy, Alan Grostephan, Kai Issa, Latianna Nichols, Paige Sullivan, Marcus Taylor, Dan Veach, Ajay Vishwanathan, Waqas Khwaj
Organiser: The International Writing Program at The University of Iowa. Co-sponsors: UI Center for Human Rights and Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature
Venue: Shambaugh House (430 N. Clinton), Iowa City
Time: 12 pm
Website: iwp.uiowa.edu
Organiser: Catherine Fletcher
Venue: Terraza 7 Café, 40-19 Gleane St, Jackson Heights, New York
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Participants: Idra Novey, Bob Holman, Mohamad Hodeib
Website: www.terrazacafe.com
Organiser: PEN American Center / Clarisse Rosaz Shariyf
Venue: Brooklyn Museum, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York
Time: 7:00 PM
Participants: Natalie Diaz, Ru Freeman, Lawrence Joseph, Dina Omar, Dread Scott, Rob Spillman, Elissa Schappell
Website: http://www.pen.org/event/2015/12/22/life-and-freedom-ashraf-fayadh
Organiser: Kelly Writers House
Venue: Kelly Writers House (at the University of Pennsylvania) 3805 Locust Walk
Time: 12:00 pm
Participants: Charles Bernstein, Ron Silliman, Ariel Resnikoff, among others
Website: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/calendar/0116.php
Organiser: Peace / Works & The Green Line Café Poetry Series hosted by Leonard Gontarek
Venue: The Green Line Café, 45th & Locust Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Time: 7 pm
Website: www.greenlinecafe.com
Organiser: MFA Program in Creative Writing, BSU
Venue: Boise State University, Boise, ID, USA
Time: 2 pm
Participants: Pierre Joris, Martin Coreless-Smith & others
Organiser: Teatro Paraguas
Venue: Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie, Santa Fe NM 87507 US
Time: 5 pm
Participants: Open Mic
Website: www.teatroparaguas.org
Organiser: Deborah Wodraska
Venue: Kismet Creative Center, 3409 Iowa Ave, St. Louis, MO 63118 USA
Time: 7 pm
Participants: Deborah Wodraska, Hart L'Ecuyer
Organiser: Emily Farranto, Andy Young, Khaled Hegazzi
Venue: Ten Gallery, New Orleans
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Austria
Organiser: Freirad Freies Radio Innsbruck / 105,9 Mhz
Venue: Egger-Lienz-Straße 20/Stöckelgebäude
Time: 3 - 4 pm
Participants: Mira Kugler, Michael Haupt
Website: freirad.at
Organiser: A cooperation of BUNDESPUNKT and Shakespeare & Company booksellers
Venue: Sterngasse Nr.2, 1010 Vienna
Time: 3:00 PM
Website: www.bundespunkt.at, www.mariusgabriel.net, www.shakespeare.co.at
Bolivia
Organiser: PEN Bolivia / Biyú Suárez C.
Venue: Museo de la libertad, Plaza 24 de Septiembre, Santa Cruz
Time: 7:30 - 9 pm
Participants: 6 readers, two singers and a painter
Website: http://penbolivia.org
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Organiser: PEN Bosnia Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Organiser: MENAR Film Festival
Venue: Cinema House, ul. "Ekzarh Yosif" 37, 1000 Sofia
Time: 7:00 pm
Participants: Maya Tzenova
Website: http://en.menarfest.com/welcome.html
Canada
Organizer: SEK Beddiari, from ADAB Canada (Auteurs de la Diaspora Arabe et Berbère au Canada) and BEROAF Editions
Venue: 2515, rue Delisle, Montreal, H3J1K8
Time: 6:30 pm
Participants: Expecting 20 to 30 poets and writers
China
Organiser: Chris Song Zijiang
Venue: La Casa Bistro, Central, Hong Kong
Time: 6:30 pm
Participants:Bei Dao, Lau Yee Ching, Chris Song, James Shea, Ng Mei Kwan, Gabriel Wu, Zeit Fong, Matthew Cheng and others
Croatia
Organiser: Croatian PEN, Croatian Writers Society & BOOKSA Literary Club
Venue: BOOKSA Club Martićeva 14d, Zagreb
Time: 6:00 pm
Participants: Tomica Bajsić, Ana Brnardić, Branko Čegec, Lana Derkač, Tomislav Domović, Dorta Jagić, Miroslav Kirin, Tonko Maroević, Kemal Mujičić, Sibila Petlevski, Ivan Šamija, Davor Šalat, Dinko Telećan, Luka Mavretić, Nadežda čačinovič, PEN centre president
Website: https://hr-hr.facebook.com/Booksa-163143567055433and
Denmark
Organiser: Danish PEN / Amnesty International Denmark
Venue: Saudi Arabian Embassy, Omøgade 8, Østerbro, Copenhagen
Time: 4:30 pm - 5 pm
Egypt
Organiser: Cairo Literature Festival / Mohamed El-Baaly
Venue: Al Kotob Khan (Cairo, Maadi, 13, road 254, Degla)
Time: 7:00 pm
Participants: Abdelmoneim Ramadan (Poet), Abdelrehim Youssef (Poet), Ahmad Al- Shahawy (Poet), Ahmed Shawki Ali (Novelist & Writer), Fatma Kandil, (Poet & Critic), Ghada Khalifa (Poet), Muhammed Abd Elnaby (Novelist & Writer), Montaser Abdel Mawgoud (Poet), Waheed Taweela (Novelist & Writer)
Website: http://cairoliteraturefestival.org/ar/
France
Organiser: Maison des écrivains et de la littérature
Venue: Paris
Organiser: Bahiyyih Nakhjavani
Venue: Amicale Rooms of the Agora Building, Council of Europe, Strasbourg
Time: 6 pm - 8 pm
Germany
Organiser: Agora – Gesellschaft für Literatur, Kunst und Kultur e.V.
Venue: Buchhandlung Fritz Scherer, Paul-Baehr-Straße 4, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen
Time: 6 pm - 7:30 pm
Participants: Michael Scholz und Susanna Traut
Website: www.kultur-agora.de
Organiser: Lenaugrundschule in Berlin-Kreuzberg / Katrin Schings
Venue: Bibliothek der Lenau-Grundschule in Kreuzberg
Time: 3 pm
Participants: Katrin Schings, Children 2nd to 4th grade
Organiser: network for international affairs (nefia e.V.)
Venue: Newsroom of ze.tt, Berlin
Website: www.nefia.org
Organiser: Ibn Rushd Fund for Freedom of Thought in Kooperation mit der Lettrétage
Venue: Mehringdamm 61, 10961 Berlin
Time: 8 pm
Participants: Nihad Siris; Faten El Dabbas und Leila El-Amaire von i,slam; Deutsche Jugend für Palästina; Deutsch-Kunst-Kurs der 10. Klasse der Bertha von Suttner-Oberschule, Hamid Fadlalla Cora Josting vom Ibn Rushd Fund
Languages: English, German, Arabic
Additional Information: Musikalische Umrahmung mit Trommel
Website: www.lettretage.de
http://www.ibn-rushd.org/typo3/cms/de/events/joint-activities/worldwide-reading-for-ashraf-fayadh/
Organiser: Europäisches Gymnasium Bertha von Suttner / Sibylle Seite
Venue: Reginhardstr. 172, 13409 Berlin
Time: 10 am
Participants: Sibylle Seite, Leistungskurs Deutsch 12
Website: www.bertha-von-suttner.de
Organiser: Schliemann-Grammar School Berlin / Christina Gruhle
Venue: Schliemann-Grammar School Berlin, Dunkerstr. 64, 10439 Berlin
Time: 8:15 am - 9:30 am
Organiser: Gemeinschaftsschule Campus Efeuweg / Alexandra Gebhardt
Venue: Gemeinschaftsschule Campus Efeuweg, Schulcafeteria, Berlin
Participants: Flüchtlinge, Schüler
Organiser: Indieberlin
Venue: Bülowstr. 66, 10783 Berlin
Time: 5 - 8 pm
Participants: Eva Loschky, Petra van Laak, Noel Maurice, Polly Trope, Claudia Rapp, Valentina Stone, Alex J. Eccleston and others
Website: www.indieberlin.de
Organiser: internationales literaturfestival berlin in Zusammenarbeit mit dem HAU Hebbel am Ufer
Venue: HAU Hebbel am Ufer 2 Berlin
Time: 7:30 pm
Participants: Readings by Frank Arnold, Fadhil al-Azzawi, and Liao Yiwu. Panel with Ulrike Freitag, Adania Shibli, Peter Schneider, moderated by Priya Basil
Website: www.hebbel-am-ufer.de
Organiser: Willy Brandt Schule / Marie Pohl
Venue: Willy Brandt Schule, Grüntaler Str. 5, 13357 Berlin
Participants: Marie Pohl, English Course
Organiser: Amnesty International
Venue: Villa Ichon, Goetheplatz 4, Bremen
Time: 7:00 PM
Participants: (Probably) Irmgard Laaf, Siegfried Maschek
Website: http://www.amnesty-bremen.de/Main/20151216004
Organiser: Literaturhaus Villa Augustin
Venue: Literaturhaus Villa Augustin, Antonstr.1, 01097 Dresden
Time: 7 pm
Participants: Uta Hauthal
Additional Information: Anschließend Konzert der "Verschenkten Lieder" mit Uta Hauthal
(Gesang) undKonrad Möhwald (Klavier)
Organiser: Rotraut de Neve / YOP year of performance
Venue: Hamburg
Organiser: Filmraum Hamburg in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Writers' Room Hamburg
Venue: Filmraum Hamburg, Müggenkampstraße 45
Time: 8 pm
Participants: Daniel Bielenstein, Henry Holland, Sascha Preiß, Larissa Rode und Claire Walka
Mohammed Alhisamawi, Jaber Tomizi
Website: www.filmraum.net
Organiser: Marktkirche Hannover / Hanna Kreisel-Liebermann
Venue: Marktkirche Hannover
Organiser: International School Hannover Region - Languages Dept. / Jake Eagle
Venue: Bruchmeisterallee 6, 30169 Hannover
Participants: English Class K12 Students
Website: www.is-hr.de
Organiser: Sandra Burkhardt, Deutsches Literaturinstitut Leipzig
Venue: Deutsches Literaturinstitut Leipzig, Wächterstraße 34
Time: 6 pm
Participants: Simon Kalus, Esther Becker, Ronya Othmann, Wolfram Lotz, Özlem Özgül Dündar, Jan Kuhlbrodt, Martina Hefter, Einführung: Josef Haslinger
Organiser: Georg-D. Schaaf, Verband der Freien Lektorinnen und Lektoren e. V. (VFLL), Regionalgruppe Rhein/Ruhr
Venue: Diözesanbibliothek, Überwasserkirchplatz 2, 48143 Münster
Time: 7 - 8 pm
Participants: Abdo Abboud, Astrid Dehe, Udo W. Hombach, Kirsten Krumeich
Website: http://www.lektorenverband.de/freeashraffayadh-vfll-lesung-in-muenster/
Organiser: Internationale Armin T. Wegner Gesellschaft e.V. und der Verband Deutscher SchriftstellerInnen, Sektion Bergisches Land / Ulrich Klan
Venue: City-Kirche, Kirchstr. 5, 42103 Wuppertal
Time: 7 pm
Participants: Olaf Reitz, Safeta Obhodjas, Michael Zeller, Andreas Steffens, Anne Linsel, Firas Aldani, Ulrich Klan
Additional Information: Musical reading
Greece
Organiser: Hellenic Authors’ Society and the Poets Circle
Venue: "Epi Lexei" bookshop Academias Street, Athens
Time: 8 pm
Participants: Yiorgos Chouliaras, Stathis Gourgouris, Persa Koumoutsi, Sarah Thilykou and others
Website: www.authors.gr
Italy
Organiser: Journal la macchina sognante, ´Gruppo giovani di Amnesty International di Bologna, Gruppo musicale Hudud, Associazione Movimento DAL Sottosuolo, multiVERSI, poet Enea Roversi
Venue: Libreria Ubik- Irnerio, Via Irnerio, 27, Bologna
Time: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Participants: Gruppo giovani di Amnesty International di Bologna (the youth group of Amnesty International in Bologna), Gruppo musicale Hudud, Associazione Movimento DAL Sottosuolo, multiVERSI, poet Enea Roversi
Website: http://lamacchinasognante.com
https://www.facebook.com/events/1724257111193778/
Organiser: UAAR, Italian Humanist Association in collaboration with Amnesty International, Chiara Comita
Venue: Piazza San Carlo, Torino
Time: 5:30 pm
Organiser: Griot Bookshop & editoriaraba
Venue: Spazio Formiche di Vetro, via dei Vascellari 40, Rome
Time: 6:30 pm
Participants: Francesca Caferri, journalist; Riccardo Noury, Amnesty International Italy, spokesperson; Simone Sibilio, professor at Cà Foscari University; bilingual readings by Muhammad Abdel Kader (Arabic) and actors from Formiche di Vetro (Italian)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/835640286535272/
Organiser: UAAR, Italian Humanist Association in collaboration with Amnesty International, Chiara Comita
Venue: Saudi Arabian Embassy, Rome
Time: 5:30 pm
Organiser: UAAR, Italian Humanist Association in collaboration with Amnesty International, Chiara Comita
Venue: Urban Center, Via Carpenino, La Spezia
Time: 5:00 pm
Organiser: Q Code Mag
Venue: Libreria les Mots, via Carmagnola angolo via Pepe, Milano
Time: 6:30 pm
Participants: Jolanda Guardi, translator and professor of Arabic literature; a representative from Amnesty International Italy; bilingual readings by Tareq al-Jabr (Arabic) and an Italian actor (tbc)
Website: http://www.librerialesmots.it/
Organiser: University of Napoli L’Orientale, Dpt. of Asia, Africa and the Mediterranean
Venue: room 2.1, palazzo del Mediterraneo, Napoli
Time: 8:30 pm
Additional Information: Poems will be read in the class of Arabic language and literature
Organiser: Associazione POP, progetto Ottobre in Poesia
Venue: La Sala Conferenze delle Messaggerie Sarde, Sassari
Time: 7 pm
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/659022027534468/659206744182663/
Organiser: ITTE – Itinerari teatralizzati
Place: Villacidro
Time: 7 pm
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/659022027534468/659206744182663/
Latvia
Organiser: Literature Without Borders (Latvia)
Venue: NicePlace Mansards, 21 Krišjāņa Barona street, Rīga
Time: 7:00 pm
Participants: Jānis Rokpelnis, Kārlis Vērdiņš, Edvīns Raups, Pēteris Draguns, Toms Treibergs, Jelena Glazova, Dmitry Kuzmin, Artur Punte, Sergej Timofejev, Semjon Hanin and other poets and translators
Lebanon
Organiser: Jahida Wehbe
Mauritius
Organiser: Ledikasyon pu Travayer / Alain Ah-Vee
Place: Grand River North West, Port Louis
Time: 6 pm
Participants: Umar Timol, Ashish Beesoondyal, Helina Hookoomsing, Pascal Nadal, Tania Haberland, Richard Sedley Assonne, Norman Tambanivoul, Vincent Pellegrin, Sarah-Jane Naraina, Indranee Canthiram, Begum Bedullah, Anne-Marie Joly, Noor Adam Essack, Vijay Naraidoo, Alain Fanchon, Dini Lallah, Aqiil Gopee, Yusuf Kadel, Henri Favory, Marie-France Favory
Mexico
Organiser: Magali Tercero, Presidenta PEN México
Venue: Casa Refugio, Casa Citlaltépetl 25, Col. Condesa
Time: 7 pm
Participants: Homero Aridjis, María Baranda, Carmen Boullosa, Hernán Bravo Varela, Rocío Cerón, Alicia García Bergua, Tanya Huntington, Rose Mary Espinosa, José Ángel Leyva, Víctor Manuel Mendiola, Eduardo Milán, Miryam Moscona, Philippe Ollé-Laprune, Elena Poniatowska, Alicia Quiñones, Josué Ramírez, María Rivera, Magali Tercero, Eduardo Vázquez Martín y María Elena Ruiz, among others
Website: penmexico.org.mx/index.html
Myanmar
Organiser: PEN Myanmar Center
Venue: PEN Myanmar Center
31, Upper Pazundaung Road, Pazundaung Township, Yangon
Time: 7 pm
Participants: Maung Day and others
Netherlands
Organiser: PEN International / Writers Unlimited
Venue: Writers Unlimited Festival, The Hague
Participants: Jennifer Clement, Jung Chang
New Zealand
Organiser: Courtney Sina Meredith
Venue: Auckland Central Library 44-46 Lorne St, Auckland
Time: 5:30 PM
Participants: Courtney Sina Meredith, Robert Sullivan
Website: http://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/EN/Events/Events/pages/lifeandfreedomforashraffayadh.aspx
Nigeria
Organiser: PEN Nigeria
Venue: Obafemi Awolowo University, Institute of Cultural Studies, Ibadan
Time: 5:30 pm
Participants: Wọlé Ṣóyínká, Jahman Aníkúlápó, Tóyìn Akinoshó, Folú Àgóí, Perpetual Ezeifule, Dèjì Tóyè, Jùmọ̀kẹ́ Verisimo, Iquo Diana, Ṣẹ́gun Adéfilá, Dagar Tollar, Dámì Àjàyí, Ṣọlá Ọlọrunyọmí, Fẹ́mi Ọ̀sọ́fisan, Rẹ̀mí Rájí, Tádé Ìpàdeọlá, Fẹ́mi Morgan, Servio Gbàdàmọ́sí, Rótìmí Babatúndé, Ayọ̀délé Ọlọ́fintúàdé, Ayodele Olofunlua, Funmi Aluko, Benson Eluma, Yomi Ogunsanya, Adebayo Lamikanra, Gbemisola Remi Adeoti, Adébáyọ̀ Moṣọbalájé, Chijioke Uwasomba, Ọládélé Noah, Díẹ̀kárá Ọlọ́runtọ́ba-Ójù, Rọ́pò Ewéńlá
Organiser: PEN Nigeria
Venue: Freedom Park, Marina Lagos, Ife
Time: 4 pm - 7 pm
Participants: Wọlé Ṣóyínká, Jahman Aníkúlápó, Tóyìn Akinoshó, Folú Àgóí, Perpetual Ezeifule, Dèjì Tóyè, Jùmọ̀kẹ́ Verisimo, Iquo Diana, Ṣẹ́gun Adéfilá, Dagar Tollar, Dámì Àjàyí, Ṣọlá Ọlọrunyọmí, Fẹ́mi Ọ̀sọ́fisan, Rẹ̀mí Rájí, Tádé Ìpàdeọlá, Fẹ́mi Morgan, Servio Gbàdàmọ́sí, Rótìmí Babatúndé, Ayọ̀délé Ọlọ́fintúàdé, Ayodele Olofunlua, Funmi Aluko, Benson Eluma, Yomi Ogunsanya, Adebayo Lamikanra, Gbemisola Remi Adeoti, Adébáyọ̀ Moṣọbalájé, Chijioke Uwasomba, Ọládélé Noah, Díẹ̀kárá Ọlọ́runtọ́ba-Ójù, Rọ́pò Ewéńlá
Organiser: PEN, Association of Nigeria Authors, AJ House of Poetry, Lagos International Poetry Festival, Committee for Relevant Art, Culture Advocates Caucus
Venue: University of Ibadan, Institute of African studies, Lagos
Participants: Wọlé Ṣóyínká, Jahman Aníkúlápó, Tóyìn Akinoshó, Folú Àgóí, Perpetual Ezeifule, Dèjì Tóyè, Jùmọ̀kẹ́ Verisimo, Iquo Diana, Ṣẹ́gun Adéfilá, Dagar Tollar, Dámì Àjàyí, Ṣọlá Ọlọrunyọmí, Fẹ́mi Ọ̀sọ́fisan, Rẹ̀mí Rájí, Tádé Ìpàdeọlá, Fẹ́mi Morgan, Servio Gbàdàmọ́sí, Rótìmí Babatúndé, Ayọ̀délé Ọlọ́fintúàdé, Ayodele Olofunlua, Funmi Aluko, Benson Eluma, Yomi Ogunsanya, Adebayo Lamikanra, Gbemisola Remi Adeoti, Adébáyọ̀ Moṣọbalájé, Chijioke Uwasomba, Ọládélé Noah, Díẹ̀kárá Ọlọ́runtọ́ba-Ójù, Rọ́pò Ewéńlá
Norway
Organiser: Erling Kittelsen
Place: Kongensgt. 16, 0153 Oslo
Time: 15. January, 8 pm
Palestine
Organiser: Qattan Foundation
Venue: Oregano coffee, Ramallah center, Old quarter
Time: 6 pm
Participants: Mohammad Daqqa, Khaled Jouma, Fares Sabaneeh, Hala Shrouf, Ahmad Yaqoub, Liana Badr, Muhanad AbdelHamid
Portugal
Organiser: PEN Clube Português (Portuguese PEN Centre) and Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores (Portuguese Authors' Society)
Venue: Auditório Maestro Frederico de Freitas, Av. Duque de Loulé, 31
Time: 6:30 pm
Participants: Members of Portuguese PEN and other poets, who will read poems by Ashraf Fayadh, their own poems and poems by authors who cannot be present
Russia
Organiser: Russian poets / Sakharov Center
Venue: Sakharov Center, 57 Zemlyanoy Val Street, bld 6., Moscow
Time: 7 pm - 9 pm
Website: http://www.sakharov-center.ru/
Serbia
Organiser: Kulturni Front / Grad - European centre for culture and debate
Place: Braće Krsmanović 4 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Website : http://www.gradbeograd.eu/clanak_program_datum.php?datum_pocetka=2016-01-14
Singapore
Organiser: NUS Middle East Institute and Yale-NUS College
Venue: MEI Seminar Room, Blk B, Level 6, 29 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore 119620
Time: 5 pm
Spain
Organiser: Basque PEN
Venue: Euskal Herria, Agoitz Plaza 1, 48015 Bilbo
Sweden
Organiser: Göteborg Litteraturhus / Swedish PEN
Venue: Heurlins plats 1, Gothenburg
Time: 6 pm
Participants: Meira Ahmemulic, Kristín Bjarnadóttir, Jesper Brygger, Karin Brygger, Stewe Claeson, Åke Edwardson, Helena Eriksson, Linn Hansén, Gunnar D Hansson, Kennet Klemets, Jörgen Lind, Tetz Rooke, Jessica Schiefauer
Website: goteborgslitteraturhus.se/nyheter
Organiser: Swedish PEN and Kulturhuset Stadsteatern Stockholm
Venue: Kulturhuset Stadsteatern Stockholm, Sergels Torg
Time: 6 – 7 pm
Website: http://kulturhusetstadsteatern.se/
Switzerland
Organiser: Literaturhaus Basel
Place: Basel
Organiser: index | Wort und Wirkung
Venue: Elisabethenstr. 14a 8004 Zürich
Time: 8 pm
Participants: u. A. Melanie Katz, Ulrike Ulrich, Annette Lory, Ahmad Alrayan
Organiser: Verein SCHRONK! Biel/Bienne
Venue: Schiffländte / Port de plaisance Biel/Bienne Schweiz
Time: 6 pm
Website: https://www.facebook.com/schronkbielbienne
http://www.schronk.ch
UK
Organiser: English PEN / The Mosaic Rooms
Venue: The Mosaic Rooms - A.M. Qattan Foundation, Tower House, 226 Cromwell Road , London
Time: 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Participants: Selma Dabbagh, AL Kennedy, Ruth Padel and others
Additional Information: The opening of The Mosaic Rooms’ exhibition, Suspended Accounts, featuring new work by emerging Palestinian artists, will follow the reading.
Website: https://www.englishpen.org/event/worldwide-reading-for-ashraf-fayadh/
Organiser: Lancaster Central Library / Carol Birch
Place: Market Square, Lancaster, UK
Time: 7 pm - 9 pm
Participants: Jo Baker, Yvonne Battle-Felton, Carol Birch, Carole Coates, Andy Darby, Carys Davies, Paul Farley, Sarah Hymas, Pauline Keith, Angela Martin and Saleel Nurbhai
Organiser: Joanna Guthrie
Venue: Norwich Arts Centre, 51 St Benedicts Street, Norwich, UK
Time: 8 pm
Participants: George Szirtes, Moniza Alvi, Tiffany Atkison, Helen Ivory, Andreas Holland, Joanna Guthrie, Martin Figura, Laura Scott and others
Website: https://norwichartscentre.co.uk/events/poetry-for-ashrad-fayadh/
Organiser: Wales PEN Cymru / Menna Elfyn, University of Wales
Venue: Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Time: 7 pm
Organiser: Scottish PEN
Place: Glasgow
Organiser: Scottish PEN
Place: Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh
Organiser: Ledbury Poetry Festival
Place: Ledbury, Herefordshire
Time: 1 pm
Website: www.poetry-festival.co.uk
Ukraine
Organiser: Ukrainian Literary Center
Venue: 1-3/5, Pushkinska str, Kupidon bar
Time: 7 pm
Website: http://facebook.com/events/918476674902371/
Organiser: Book Maestro Club
Venue: 37, Baydy Vyshnevetskogo str, Kobzar Muzeum, Cherkasy
Time: 4 pm
Participants: Artur Shapoval, Nyuta Bondarenko, Boghdan Chernenko, Denis Andrushenko, Nika Skrypay, Yaroslav Lytvyn, Liudmyla Shlihta
Website: http://litcentr.in.ua/news/2016-01-14-3836
Organiser: YE Bookstore
Venue: 30, Lesi Ukrainki str, YE Bookstore, Lutsk
Time: 5 pm
Participants: Olga Lyasnyuk, Vitaliy Tkachuk, Anna Lutsiuk, Maria Marchenkova
Website: http://litcentr.in.ua/news/2016-01-14-3836
Organiser: 99 Poetry Club
Venue: 193, Lenin avenue, Lenin Gallery, Zaporizhzhya
Time: 6 pm
Participants: Oles Barlig, Tetiana Savchenko, Viktoria Petrova, Yuriy Ganoshenko, Viktoria Petrova, Olena Olshanska
Website: http://facebook.com/events/1016060281784001/
USA
Organiser: Agnes Scott College / Waqas Khwaja
Venue: Agnes Scott College (Decatur, GA 30030) Frannie Auditorium, Campbell Hall
Time: 6 pm
Participants: Franklin Abbot, Funmi Akinfenwa, Calvin Burgamy, Alan Grostephan, Kai Issa, Latianna Nichols, Paige Sullivan, Marcus Taylor, Dan Veach, Ajay Vishwanathan, Waqas Khwaj
Organiser: The International Writing Program at The University of Iowa. Co-sponsors: UI Center for Human Rights and Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature
Venue: Shambaugh House (430 N. Clinton), Iowa City
Time: 12 pm
Website: iwp.uiowa.edu
Organiser: Catherine Fletcher
Venue: Terraza 7 Café, 40-19 Gleane St, Jackson Heights, New York
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Participants: Idra Novey, Bob Holman, Mohamad Hodeib
Website: www.terrazacafe.com
Organiser: PEN American Center / Clarisse Rosaz Shariyf
Venue: Brooklyn Museum, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York
Time: 7:00 PM
Participants: Natalie Diaz, Ru Freeman, Lawrence Joseph, Dina Omar, Dread Scott, Rob Spillman, Elissa Schappell
Website: http://www.pen.org/event/2015/12/22/life-and-freedom-ashraf-fayadh
Organiser: Kelly Writers House
Venue: Kelly Writers House (at the University of Pennsylvania) 3805 Locust Walk
Time: 12:00 pm
Participants: Charles Bernstein, Ron Silliman, Ariel Resnikoff, among others
Website: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/calendar/0116.php
Organiser: Peace / Works & The Green Line Café Poetry Series hosted by Leonard Gontarek
Venue: The Green Line Café, 45th & Locust Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Time: 7 pm
Website: www.greenlinecafe.com
Organiser: MFA Program in Creative Writing, BSU
Venue: Boise State University, Boise, ID, USA
Time: 2 pm
Participants: Pierre Joris, Martin Coreless-Smith & others
Organiser: Teatro Paraguas
Venue: Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie, Santa Fe NM 87507 US
Time: 5 pm
Participants: Open Mic
Website: www.teatroparaguas.org
Organiser: Deborah Wodraska
Venue: Kismet Creative Center, 3409 Iowa Ave, St. Louis, MO 63118 USA
Time: 7 pm
Participants: Deborah Wodraska, Hart L'Ecuyer
Organiser: Emily Farranto, Andy Young, Khaled Hegazzi
Venue: Ten Gallery, New Orleans
