Stories

Tahmasbi Khorasani wins the third edition of the Roissy-en-Brie Poetry Prize

October 28, 2026

Raafat Hekmat receives Henning Mankell grant and guest-edits a special issue of PEN/Opp

October 22, 2026

SEX, POWER & BELONING: A lecture by Jude Dibia

October 19, 2026

Musician Omer Khedr is the new ICORN resident in Piteå

October 14, 2026

Poet, writer, journalist, and performance art concept developer Farzaneh Moradi is the ICORN resident in Stockholm

October 9, 2026

Courage to Speak Up

October 2, 2026

Elsusi releases ‘Live with Dignity: Who Am I?’, completing a 20-track musical project

September 25, 2026

Region Stockholm Joins ICORN

September 22, 2026

‘On the Grass of Exile’: Audio and Poetry Installation Organised by City of Asylum Detroit

September 18, 2026

Nacka joins ICORN

September 11, 2026

The seventh annual ICORN workshop at Biskops Arnö Folk High School in Sweden

September 2, 2026

Hussein Al-Dahir reflects on his ICORN residency in Færder: ‘Two years of freedom to write’

August 19, 2026

Obel Performs MIZIGO (WEIGHTS) at PERFORMATICA 2026 in Venice

August 17, 2026

Ghawgha calls on the Norwegian Government to recognise gender apartheid in Afghanistan five years after the Taliban's return to power

August 10, 2026

Dr. Rabigül Erkmen: Between Being a Citizen of the World and a Stranger in One’s Own Home

Writing Through the Night: Atefe Asadi and Daniela Dröscher Publish 'Schreiben ist Nacht'

Raafat Hekmat, Aaiún Nin, Hussein Al-Dahir, Irakli Kakabadze and Nada Al Khawwam published by the Poetry Foundation

‘Ecofeminism for Kurdistan’: Hêlan Çiya Releases New Book

Two million Norwegian kroner for a film about cartoonist Ali Dorani, aka Eaten Fish

‘The End of the Third World: The Patriarchy Virus’: Anouar Rahmani releases new novel

Mohammed Brjass’s exhibition ‘A Wandering God’ opens at the Dawit Isaak Library in Malmö

Destruction of Cultural Heritage: Vandalism, War Crimes or Cultural Genocide?

Elzahraa Jadallah, Firas Saadoon, Somaya El Sousi, Hussein Al-Dahir, and Wesam Almadani part of the ‘Home: Perspectives’ exhibition at the Preus Museum

Visual artist Ali Rahimi from Afghanistan is the ICORN resident in Gävle

From Bamyan to Sweden: Sanaz Hakimi’s Art as ‘Freedom, in a Feminine Voice’

ICORN at 20: A Network of Free Expression Resisting to Protect “Islands of Roses” by Firas Saadoon and Safaa Khalaf

‘INFECTED EMPIRE’: Mun Mun, MAEJR, and Burmese artists united in music and collective resistance

Karin Hansson reflects on her role as ICORN’s National Coordinator in Sweden: ‘Keep your head cool and your heart warm’

Nordland County joins ICORN: ‘A clear signal that we stand for freedom of expression and artistic freedom’

Ciutats en Revolta: The 2026 ICORN General Assembly in Barcelona

Iraqi journalist, writer, and media researcher Firas Saadoon is the first ICORN resident in Sandefjord

‘Literature in Exile’: ICORN anthology presented at the Warsaw Observatory of Culture

Journalist Sahar Bayati, former ICORN resident in Haugesund, has died

A decade of musical freedom: Piteå ICORN City of Refuge begins its 10th anniversary celebrations

Klas Grinell is the new National ICORN Coordinator in Sweden

February 24, 2026

Elahe Rahroniya: ‘Godzilla In The Margin Of History’

February 17, 2026

Performance artist Obel from Kenya is Östersund’s new ICORN resident

February 12, 2026

The Art of (Not) Forgetting: Olga Bubich on remembrance as resistance, solidarity, and justice

February 5, 2026

Kaveh and Fatima Ayreek at Figurfestspillene 2026

January 30, 2026

Iranian writers and artists from the ICORN network on protest, state repression, and hope

January 20, 2026

Jailed Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem İmamoğlu to receive the 2026 Mayor Paweł Adamowicz Award

January 16, 2026

Sudanese visual artist Mohammed Brjass is Malmö's 11th ICORN resident

January 14, 2026

Palestinian rapper Mohammed El-Susi to release new album ‘All I Want (Live with Dignity)’

January 9, 2026

Season's Greetings from ICORN

December 24, 2025

Descent into the Marsh: Lesia Pcholka on Protest, Unity, and the Power of Visibility

December 15, 2025

Syrian writer, journalist, and poet Manahel Alsahoui is Prague’s first ICORN resident

December 11, 2025

'Not just a project, but a part of the city’s heart': Malmö’s 15 years as an ICORN City of Refuge

December 5, 2025

Holmestrand joins ICORN

November 27, 2025

Linköping marks 10 years as an ICORN City of Refuge

November 20, 2025

‘Freedom must be hospitable’: Syrian artist Aya Kharboutli officially welcomed in Asker, Norway

November 14, 2025