For four summer days, writers and artists in ICORN residency in Sweden, Denmark and Norway were gathered at the Foundation Biskops Arnö for a Creative Writing Seminar. The Seminar is a part of a collaboration between ICORN and Biskops Arnö as a part of the Nordic translation project Ratatosk.
02. Sep 2020
Iraqi freelance journalist and researcher, Safaa Khalaf, was finally welcomed in Stavanger after a long wait in exile, between Beirut and Istanbul. Khalaf is the first to arrive in an ICORN residency following the travel restrictions imposed worldwide to reduce the spread of the Covid-19 virus.
24. Aug 2020
Risking jail, Dr. Sedigheh Vasmaghi, lawyer, poet, women’s rights activist and former ICORN writer in residence in Uppsala, has denied presence at a hearing at the Revolutionary Court of the Islamic Republic of Iran where she is accused of threatening national security. She shares her own defence to the “Court of Public Opinion”. The court decision will be made on Monday 10 August. Read her defence in full in this article.
07. Aug 2020
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