New Issue of Exiled Ink! on Women’s Poetry

Summer 2007 Issue of Exiled Ink! now available
Contents:
The Landscape of Exiled Women with poetry, prose and essays on a range of subject areas including Ayan Hirsi, Nwal Al Sadaawi, Crossing the Border, Exiled D. R.Congolese women writers, the male perspective, poetry etc by Mehrangiz Rassapour, Keena-Diid Caynaane, Abdullahi Botan, Jennifer Langer, Rouhi Shafii, Reza Baraheni, Isabelle Romaine, Pireeni [...]

Exiled Lit Cafe 2 July 2007: Bells of Speech

The next appointment with Exiled Writers Ink takes place on Monday, 2 July 2007, at the Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2 at 7 pm
Bells of Speech
with music by Tara Jaff (Kurdish harpist and singer) and poetry by Nazand Begikhani, Moniza Alvi and Richard McKane. The event is chaired by Fathieh Saudi.
Entry fee 4 pounds, [...]

Colloquium on community media

Finding and Funding Voices: the inner city experience. A one-day international colloquium on community media

The Graduate Centre, London Metropolitan University, 166-220 Holloway Road, London N7 8DB.
9.00 am – 5.30 pm, Monday September 17th, 2007.
Community media can provide opportunities for social groups excluded or misrepresented in the mainstream to come in from the margins and [...]

The Blunders of Multiculturalism in Germany

by editor Sanaz Raji
Recently I read of a court decision regarding Nisha, a 26 year old Moroccan living in Germany. Nisha filed for an early divorce on the grounds that her husband was beating her. However, the court decision produced a shocking surprise– the female judge, following the logic of multiculturalism, said that Nisha (and [...]

Guide to African London

The Mayor of London together with Transport for London recently published a small Guide to African London. It contains information on cultural organisations and events; radio and television programmes as well as newspapers on Africa; addresses of shops and restaurants; and contacts of community groups based in London.
The free guide is available at the bigger tube stations or can be downloaded as [...]

Public Statement by Serbian Refugee Council

Recently, the Serbian Refugee Council published the following statement on refugee protection in Serbia:
Public Statement by Serbian Refugee Council – World Refugee Day

On the occasion of June 20th, the World Refugee Day, the Serbian Refugee Council wishes to reiterate the pressing need for establishing a fully operational system of refugee protection in Serbia.
The adoption of [...]

Photos From Our Launch Party

On Sunday May 20th , Inter-sections held its launch party at a yummy, chocolate filled joint called Coffee, Cake and Kink.
The launch party was a great success. Eleni, Lauren, and Sanaz had the opportunity to meet our readers and those who are getting acquainted with our blog. Kathrin couldn’t make it, but was there in [...]

Newest Issue of The Public Historian About Public History of Slavery and Justice

The journal is edited by the University of California Press.
Issues can be ordered on http://ucpressjournals.com/journal.asp?j=tph

Across the African Divide: Music and Poetry from Somalia and Algeria

27 June 2007, 7pm, Oxford House Cafe, Oxford House, Derbyshire Street, London, E2 6HG (nearest tube Bethnal Green)
Hudaydi – king of the oud and poet
Tahar Lamri – Algerian born poet exiled in Italy
Algerian musician (tba)
Mohamed Bashe Hassan – author of two recently published books
Translation of the Somali work by: Dr. Martin Orwin of SOAS and [...]

Refuge & Rejection: New Issue Available

The latest issue of Refuge & Rejection looks at potential contributions which the field of Religious Studies can make to the topic of refugees and forced migration.
Refuge & Rejection (http://www.asu.edu/clas/history/proj/refugee/) is a multi-faceted, internet-based project on refugees from the perspective of the humanities. It provides a forum for humanities scholars interested in the study of people displaced [...]