Abstract
The climate for journalists and writers in Egypt remains restrictive. Here journalists gesture during their trial at a court in Cairo, in May 2016. Their banner reads, “Hey press syndicate, why is there no support for 10 of us?”
CREDIT: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters
Bottled-up messages
Charlotte Bailey introduces a new short story by this Egyptian novelist about a woman who feels trapped in a superficial life
Muscovite memories
Inspired by Putin’s Russia, this new translation from one of Russia’s acclaimed poets is published in English for the first time
Silence is not golden
The outrageous Chilean-French filmmaker shares a new translation of one of his poems, introduced by Vicky Baker
Write man for the job
Index’s Turkey contributing editor unveils an exclusive new short story about a failed novelist who gets a job policing the words of dissidents