Ithaca City of Asylum
Providing refuge for persecuted writers and artists since 2001
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Sonali Samarasinghe Addresses ICORN Global Meeting in Paris
Sonali Samarasinghe, a former ICOA writer in resident, gave a very eloquent speech about her experiences to the ICORN General Assembly in Paris this spring. Reclaiming the Lost Sonali Samarasinghe speaking at the opening of the ICORN General Assembly in…
Read MorePittsburgh City of Asylum welcomes new writer
Pittsburgh City of Asylum has announced the arrival of Tuhin Das, their newest exiled writer-in-residence. Tuhin is a poet, short story writer, and editor from Bangladesh. Since September of 2015, he has been in hiding due to death threats, a…
Read MoreReadings and Performances in Honor of Sabeen Mahmud
Raza Rumi invites you to his event. Sunday, April 24 at 2:30 p.m Buffalo Street Books in Ithaca, New York. “Faasla Na Rakhein – Pyar Hone Dein” Let there be no distance – let there be love. A year ago,…
Read MoreRaza Rumi at Spring Writes
Sunday, May 1 3:00 – 4:00pm Buffalo Street Books Raza Ahmad Rumi reads from his memoir in progress and will also read some of his political writings on Pakistan and South Asia. The reading will be followed by a Q &A.
Read MoreRaza Rumi publishes powerful WorldPost piece
Raza Rumi writes on the need for Pakistan to engage actively in deradicalization. Read more here.
Read MoreRumi speaks at SU and CU
Violent extremism in Pakistan, much in the news of late, will be the subject of two talks by ICOA resident writer Raza Rumi next week at two regional universities. Raza will give a talk on Tuesday, April 5 at Syracuse…
Read MoreRaza Rumi reading March 30
LANDSCAPES OF MEMORY: BELONGING, UNBELONGING a reading by Raza Rumi scholar in residence at Ithaca College’s Honors Program and Ithaca City of Asylum’s featured writer Author of Delhi by Heart: Impressions of a Pakistani Traveler, Raza Rumi will read from his memoir…
Read MoreICOA’s Ithaca Out Loud Event Featured on WSKG Radio
In November 2014 Ithaca City of Asylum presented Ithaca Out Loud, a performance in which Ithaca actors read stories by Ithaca authors. WSKG radio was interested in airing the performance, and in January 2016 they selected “Maintenance,” by Jacob White, “an atmospheric and…
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