Articles

"I survived; I know this to be a fact. Still, there are moments when survival feels too simple a word for the distance between the life I was certain would end and the one I suddenly found myself continuing. Sometimes I cannot tell whether I came close to death and lived, or whether some part of me crossed into it and was sent back."

"Five years after the Taliban’s return to power, Roya reflects on breaking the silence imposed on her. Once an engineering student dreaming of designing Afghanistan’s first skyscraper, now confined to her home, literature becomes a place where imagination resists prohibition and women’s voices endure despite all attempts to silence them."

"I am standing here to share my story, but in truth, it is the story of a war-torn country. It is the story of young people who watched their dreams vanish into the rubble of destruction. But most importantly, it is the story of vulnerable, yet incredibly resilient communities."

"Cambodia is experiencing peace. Its land, once scarred by war—from the Cold War and the Vietnam War to its own civil conflicts—still carries the weight of history. Shaken once again by wars elsewhere, including conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, Cambodian contemporary artists have transformed remnants of violence in response."