Hundreds of important writers—including Irvine Welsh, Ruth Padel, and A.L. Kennedy—participated in readings across the world yesterday, January 14, to support Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh and ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A Palestinian artist sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for apostasy was quoted by a local news website Thursday as saying that he is not an atheist and that his case ...

After nearly two years in prison, Palestinian poet and artist Ashraf Fayadh, age 35, was sentenced to death by Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, November 17. “He was instrumental to introducing Saudi ...

ABHA, Saudi Arabia — Hundreds of writers around the world have joined human rights groups in urging Saudi Arabia to release a poet who faces a death sentence on charges of apostasy for his poetry.

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A Palestinian poet condemned to death in Saudi Arabia for apostasy has had his sentence reduced to prison time and lashes instead, his lawyer said Tuesday. Ashraf Fayadh ...

Ashraf Fayadh, a Palestinian artist and poet living in Saudi Arabia, is facing execution in Saudi Arabia. Though the exact nature of the charges against him isn't clear, his arrest may be a ...

A POET who was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia has sparked a Twitter hashtag after the kingdom threatened to sue any user who compared it to IS. The #SueMeSaudi began after news broke that ...

The case has sparked an international outcry, with writers condemning the sentence Hundreds of writers around the world have joined human rights groups in urging Saudi Arabia to release a poet who ...

Artists and activists this week showed their support for Ashraf Fayadh, a Palestinian poet who has been held in a Saudi prison for more than two years, by translating his writings and tweeting his ...