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Aslı Ceren Aslan. Photo: Lina Alriksson.

‘We Are Each Other’s Remedy’: Aslı Ceren Aslan’s literary debut shines light on systemic injustice in Turkey

27. Nov 2023

From left to right: Jannatun Nayeem Prity, Parvin Ardalan, and Atefe Asadi in Athens. Photo: Private.

Reflections from The Garden Sessions and The Safe Havens Conference 2023

16. Nov 2023

Omer Abib. Photo: Sofia Hegevall.

Journalist, writer, and translator Omer Abib is Östersund's new ICORN resident

06. Nov 2023

Raafat Hekmat. Photo: Matilda Rahm.

Stockholm ICORN City of Refuge welcomes poet and writer Raafat Hekmat

02. Nov 2023

Wesam Almadani. Photo: Marcus Støren.

Wesam Almadani: ‘If the deaths of 1873 children do not mobilise the world- will my words?’

26. Oct 2023

Mayor Paweł Adamowicz Award 2023: Nominations Deadline Extended to 4 December

24. Oct 2023

Meryem Sultan on stage during Bergen ICORN City of Refuge’s 15th anniversary celebration. Photo: Benyamin Farnam.

Writer, translator, and activist Meryem Sultan is the new ICORN resident in Lillehammer

19. Oct 2023

Narges Mohammadi, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate for 2023. Photo: Reihane Taravati.

Narges Mohammadi’s Nobel Peace Prize means that ‘the world has heard the voices of Iranian women’ says Moloud Hajizadeh

13. Oct 2023

Duaa Kamel, Sjón, Helge Lunde, and Kerstin Almegård during the conversation ‘Taking a Stand for Freedom of Expression as Cities: The Power of the ICORN Network’ at the Gothenburg Bookfair. Photo: Nadja Ali.

Taking a Stand for Freedom of Expression at the 2023 Gothenburg Book Fair

06. Oct 2023

The cover of ‘Forbidden Letters’ by Mahdieh Golroo.

Mahdieh Golroo’s ‘Forbidden Letters’: Bravery and Weakness in the Fight for Women’s Rights

28. Sep 2023

Clay Pham. Photo: Private.

Documentary filmmaker Clay Pham takes up ICORN residency in Sweden

22. Sep 2023

Nathalie Goethals speaking at the 2023 ICORN Network Meeting in Brussels. Photo: Private.

Nathalie Goethals on her work as ICORN coordinator: You learn to see your own environment, your city, your own organisation, through different eyes each time’.

15. Sep 2023

Writer, translator, singer, and activist Meryem Sultan and Patricia Griffioen, ICORN coordinator in Lillehammer City of Refuge on stage during the opening ceremony. Photo: Benyamin Farnam.

Bergen celebrates 15 years as an ICORN City of Refuge!

08. Sep 2023

Arya Aramnejad in interview with BBC Persia 29 August 2023 on the crackdown on artists in Iran. Photo.

Artists Defying Repression in Iran – Arya Aramnejad in Interview with BBC Persian

01. Sep 2023

Wahab Michael Sbhatu. Photo: Private.

Radio journalist, writer, and activist Wahab Michael Sbhatu is the ICORN resident in Kristiansand

24. Aug 2023

Writers at the Biskops Arnö workshop with author Athena Farrokhzad. Photo: Karin Hansson.

Biskops Arnö Writing Workshop 2023: ’Great people, enlightening information, and wonderful nature’

18. Aug 2023

Writer, journalist, and voice actor Saiful Baten Tito. Photo: Private.

Writer, journalist, and voice actor Saiful Baten Tito is Gothenburg’s new ICORN resident

11. Aug 2023

Ramy Essam performing at 2016 ICORN General Assembly in Paris. Photo: H.Garat JB. Gurliat

Uplifting, raw, and angry: Ramy Essam’s new album Metgharabiin is out

04. Aug 2023

Copenhagen’s ICORN Coordinators Mette Bech Petersen and Jonas Kongstad Østergård at the 2023 ICORN Network Meeting in Brussels. Photo: Caroline Lessire.

Jonas Kongstad Østergård: 'As ICORN coordinator, you must be open to new opportunities…Lots of trial and error!'

25. Jul 2023

Left to right: Robert Piaskowski, Aldona Machnowska-Góra, and Helge Lunde signing the ICORN Membership Agreement. Photo: Szymona Pulcyna.

Welcome to ICORN, Warsaw

21. Jul 2023

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