Bergen
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Mayor of Bergen Linn Kristin Engø speaking at the opening of the celebrations marking Bergen’s 15 years as an ICORN City of Refuge. Photo: Benyamin Farnam.
Bergen joined ICORN in 2008. Bergen Public Library administers the ICORN programme in the city.
Since then, Bergen has hosted nine writers, artists, and journalists in ICORN residence, including Hossein Heidary, Ayaz Khonsyawashan, Lokeesan Appuththurai, Kareem Amer, Ratan Kumar Samadder, Abduweli Ayup, Kaveh Ayreek, and Shoaib Durrazai.
