Publishing and Editing in Extreme Situations

Rasha Al-Ameer, Publisher Dar-al Jadeed, Burhan Sönmez, Author and President of PEN International, Karam Nachar, Executive Editor and Director of AlJumhuriya, Sonny Swe, CEO Frontier Myanmar.

May 22, 2023

How to strenghten the freedom to publish under authoritarian rule, during cathastrophies and in exile.

Jakob Nielsen

Jakob Nielsen is a Danish journalist. He is the Editor-in-chief for altinget.dk and mm.dk, and has written several books....

Karam Nachar

Karam S. Nachar is a Syrian writer and academic. He is co-founder and co-editor of Al-Jumhuriya, an award-winning independent media platform that provides in-d...

Rasha al Ameer

Rasha al Ameer is a Lebanese author and publisher. Since 1990 she has run the independent publishing house Dar al Jadeed that she founded with her brother, Lok...

Sonny Swe

Sonny is co-founder and CEO of Frontier Myanmar, a Yangon-based independent media organisation that reports on current affairs, business and culture in English...