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by Keith Ross Leckie (Editor), Various (Author), Keith Ross Leckie (Introduction by)

The pieces of writing in The Uncaged Voice can be brutal and heart-rending, but they also show the strength and resilience of journalists and writers from countries where freedom of the press and of expression are ideals, not reality. These writers are all refugees from such places; theirs are voices that speak to a world in which totalitarian forces attempt to subjugate, if not annihilate, all dissension. With introductions by editor Keith Ross Leckie and Mary Jo Leddy.

Contributors include:

  • Aaron Berhane
  • Gezahegn M. Demissie
  • Alexander Duarte
  • Ava Homa
  • Adulrahman Matar
  • Ilamaran Nagarasa
  • Luis Horacio N疔era
  • Kiran Nazish
  • Pedro A. Restrepo
  • Maria Saba
  • Kaziwa Salih, PhD
  • Mahdi Saremifar
  • Bilal Sarway
  • Savithri
  • Arzu Yildiz

Author Biography

Aaron Berhane was a founder and editor-in-chief of the largest independent newspaper in Eritrea when the government ordered a crackdown on journalists and was forced to escape under a hail of bullets. He passed away in 2021.

Gezahegn M. Demissie is an award-winning journalist, writer, and filmmaker. When the increasingly oppressive Ethiopian government suspended PEN Ethiopia's licence, he and three other harassed journalists fled into exile in Canada. Demissie is leader of the Writers in Exile Committee of PEN Canada and currently edits the community journal New Perspectives.

Alexander Duarte is a journalist. He worked for El Nacional, one of the most read newspapers in Venezuela, and as director of media and public relations with the Attorney General of Venezuela until the new regime came into power at which time he and his journalist wife received death threats and fled to Canada.

Ava Homa is a Kurdish writer, journalist, and activist who was born in Iran, where she was a university teacher before leaving to find freedom in Canada.

Abdulrahman Matar is a Syrian Canadian journalist, novelist, and poet as well as a board member of the Syrian Writers Association and managing editor of Awraq magazine who spent eight years in a Syrian prison for his writing.

Ilamaran Nagarasa, known as Maran, is a freelance journalist, human rights activist, and refugee advocate originally from Sri Lanka who was imprisoned as a Tamil terrorist for more than a year after arriving in Vancouver.

Luis Horacio N疔era is an award-winning journalist born in Mexico who has been a refugee in Canada since 2008 after receiving death threats because he reported on drug cartels and corruption along the US-Mexico border.

Kiran Nazish is a Pakistani journalist covering conflict and human rights. After suffering many years of threats and intimidation in Pakistan she fled to Canada. She is the founder and director of the Coalition for Women in Journalism.

Pedro A. Restrepo is a writer, journalist, interpreter, and human rights activist who is the author of books of poetry, a novel, and works on pedagogy. He left his beloved Columbia when his father was murdered for his political beliefs.

Maria Saba is a writer, storyteller, and arts educator originally from Iran. She has published three books and over a hundred articles, interviews, and stories.

Kaziwa Salih, PhD, an expelled Kurd, is the award-winning author of several fiction and non-fiction books, as well as the founder and editor-in-chief of two journals, Nivar and Newkar.

Mahdi Saremifar is an Iranian journalist. He was a science correspondent for Hamshahri, one of the most read newspapers in Iran, and editor-in-chief of an Iranian popular science magazine. He was forced to leave Iran when the science he was reporting conflicted with the doctrines of the Supreme Leader.

Bilal Sarwary is an Afghan journalist who has worked extensively with western media outlets over the last twenty years in Afghanistan including the BBC for fourteen years. His name was on the Taliban execution list. He escaped the country in August 2021 as the Taliban closed in.

Savithri is a freelance journalist and author with a passion for writing stories about politics and human rights who works as a translator, columnist, and novelist. She grew up in Kerala, India, was forced into an abusive marriage by her family, and left the country in 2010, unable to adapt to the patriarchal tendencies and conservatism of Indian society.

Arzu Yildiz is a Turkish-born award-winning investigative journalist, senior reporter, editor, public speaker, and the author of four books. Yildiz was the recipient of the 2021 PEN Canada-Humber College Writers-in-Exile Scholarship and is currently on a Turkish government terrorist list. She wrote articles on government corruption and had to escape an arrest warrant, leaving her children behind.

Number of Pages: 248
Dimensions: 0.55 x 8.99 x 6.13 IN
Publication Date: October 21, 2023
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