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Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk on Turkish Censorship

"After I won the Nobel Prize, my life didn't get easier." Orhan Pamuk discusses his 12th novel 'A Strangeness in My Mind' and reflects on becoming the lightning rod for the government's crackdown on free speech.

A Radical Redo for Madama Butterfly — to Save It?

In a radically revised and trimmed version of Puccini’s classic, Heartbeat Opera tries to address the Asian stereotypes the work helped perpetuate.

Fair Trade for Palestinian Farmers

Nasser Abufarha established the Palestine Fair Trade Association and developed the first internationally recognized standard for fair trade olive oil. He joined our podcast to talk about fair trade and what it means for Palestinian farming.