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We are running a project related to compiling an Anthology with short stories, excerpts of short novels, diaries, essays inspired by cases with or dedicated to innocent victims of armed conflicts – children. One of the pieces is The Letter.

A WOMAN IN THE CROSSFIRE is “a wholly unique perspective on the Syrian uprising”, based on a “diary of personal reflections” by Samar Yazbek. We all owe Max Weiss, an Assistant Professor of History and Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University, the translation of the diary in English.

Amina Mussa Wehelie – Somali Outstanding Peace Campaigner awards 2010 (read more in Get Involved).

Beatrice Lamwaka, Uganda – shortlisted for 2011 Caine Prize for African Writing and finalist for the PEN/Studzinski Literary Award 2009 (read more in Get Involved).

Syeda Henna Babar Ali – chairwoman of Pakistani PEN club. She is the recipient of the Bolan Best Poet Award and Mohtrama Fatima Jinnah Medal for her contribution to English Literature  (read more in Get Involved).

Chris Murray is a member of the International PEN Women Writer’s Committee from Ireland (read more in Get Involved). News about Chris

Nadejda Seredina is a member of PEN Russia, from Voronej, south-western Russia (coming soon).

Christopher Hayes’s letter to the Municipality of Anzio, Italy concerning a dramatic episode with a child found on the coast of the small fishing port, amidst heavy bombing (read more in Get Involved).

Claire ANDRY, Belgium, parts of her diary of the period 1943 – 1944, provided by her son, Michel GEOFFREY, European Parliament. Claire’s poems were introduced in Editions de la Revue Moderne in 1964 (coming soon).

Pepetela, parts of his YAKA novel. An outstanding novelist from Angola. The fragments have been provided by his translator in Belgium – Artur da Costa (read more about Pepetela in Get Involved).

Maria Koussa El Sett, Lebanon. She teaches French. Maria’s article is dedicated to the children of Lebanon (coming soon).