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Raza Rumi hosts film premiere
The Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival will host its kick-off event with a one-time only screening of the internationally acclaimed hit feature narrative film SHAH (Pakistan, 2015). The screening is Sunday February 21 at 4:30 p.m. at Cinemapolis. The first…
Read MoreICOA’s parent organization honored
Cornell University and the Center for Transformative Action (CTA) will receive a 2016 Ashoka U-Cordes Innovation Award in recognition of the innovation, adaptability and maturity of CTA’s model of social entrepreneurship.
Read MoreKakabadze convicted and fined; PEN International joins ICOA’s call to action
On January 22, 2016, former Ithaca City of Asylum writer Irakli Kakabadze was found guilty by a court in the Republic of Georgia on a charge stemming from his arrest during a peaceful protest on December 25, 2015. Kakabadze, who…
Read MoreICOA Issues Call to Action
Ithaca City of Asylum board members are calling on people to write to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Georgia, Giorgi Kvirikashvili, to protest the arrest and beating of former resident writer Irakli Kakabadze by security forces in the…
Read MoreNew Writer in Residence and 2015 Voices of Freedom Event
Ithaca City of Asylum presents Voices of Freedom 2015, featuring our new writer-in-residence, Raza Ahmad Rumi. Rumi is a Pakistani policy analyst, journalist, and author. He has been a leading voice in Pakistan’s public arena against extremism and human-rights violations….
Read MoreKakabadze Assaulted in Republic of Georgia; Dolidze Takes Government Position There
Ithaca City of Asylum’s fourth resident writer, Irakli Kakabadze, resumed his career as a human rights campaigner in the Republic of Georgia in 2012 after the defeat of Prime Minister Saakashvili, under whose regime he was harassed and imprisoned five…
Read MoreReza Daneshvar 1948–2015
The Iranian playwright, Reza Daneshvar, who was Ithaca City of Asylum’s second resident writer, passed away in Paris on May 27, 2015. He was 67 years old. Reza lived in Ithaca from 2003–2006, during which he completed English versions of…
Read MoreEdward Hower’s Latest Book is an Eloquent Collection of Essays
Edward Hower, a member of the ICOA board, published his latest book, What Can You Do: Personal Essays and Travel Writing, in October. A witch-haunted temple in India; carrying a spear in New York City operas; witnessing a revolution in…
Read MoreA Voice for Freedom
Sonali Samarasinghe, Ithaca City of Asylum’s fifth writer in residence, read from her new poetry chapbook, The Land My Father Gave Me, and her upcoming nonfiction book on Sri Lankan media and politics on April 9th at 5:30 pm in…
Read MoreSamarasinghe to Teach on Challenges to Justice
Sonali Samarasinghe, Ithaca City of Asylum visiting writer and scholar in the Ithaca College Honors program, will teach a one-credit course connected to the upcoming Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF). Justice: What’s the right thing to do? From price…
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