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Welcome to BRIDGES - City of Asylum Pittsburgh Creative Summit 20-23 May

Barcelona to host the ICORN General Assembly in 2026

Writer, playwright, journalist, and theater teacher Sakineh Arabnejad is Trondheim's 7th ICORN resident

Text in Flight: Translation Across Borders

‘What we can learn from Turkey, where the fire that burned others now burns everyone?’

Afghan animator Freshta Safi is the new ICORN resident in Drøbak

Gothenburg welcomes journalist, writer, and human rights activist Pranto Palash as its 11th ICORN resident

Musician Evgeny Fedorov in ICORN residence in Stockholm

Hêlan Çiya: 'March 8 is not just a date, but a reminder to empower our existence'

Songs of Liberation: Ramy Essam at Det Norske Teatret in Oslo

'Artistic Freedom: the Road Ahead'- Ghawgha performs at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris

February 27, 2025

Palestinian publisher, journalist, writer, and activist Bissan Edwan is the new ICORN resident in Lund

February 14, 2025

‘Butterfly in Winterland’: A celebration of dance, music, film, and poetry in Horten

February 13, 2025

War, exile, and love: Hussein Al-Dahir’s poetic journey in Færder

February 4, 2025

Rojava and the future of Syria at Växjö City of Refuge

January 29, 2025

Visual artist and sculptor Zahraa Aqeel is Linköping’s new ICORN resident

January 20, 2025

Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko is the 2024 laureate of the Mayor Paweł Adamowicz Award

January 14, 2025

Musician and dancer Kay Zin is the ICORN resident in Horten

January 6, 2025

Poet, writer, and filmmaker Murshida Zaman’s ICORN residency in Copenhagen

January 2, 2025

The fall of the Assad regime and Syria’s future: Reflections from Syrian writers, artists, and journalists in the ICORN network

December 18, 2024

Academic, writer, translator, and journalist Nasser Ahmedin Mohammed is in ICORN residency in Oslo

December 13, 2024

Uyghur researcher, writer, and human rights defender Rabigül Erkmen is Warsaw's first ICORN resident

December 6, 2024

Ghawgha’s first LP Qaf: ‘A Journey to Rediscover Home, Identity, and Humanity’

December 5, 2024

Trondheim celebrates 20 years as an ICORN City of Refuge

November 27, 2024

In Malmö: Celebrating the Written Word, Honouring the Silenced

November 22, 2024

Sandviken welcomes Bangladeshi blogger Liakat as the city’s third ICORN resident

November 14, 2024

‘Behind the Mask’ on Uyghur linguist, writer, and activist Abduweli Ayup wins prestigious award

November 12, 2024

BELONG? Sara Khayat’s two years in Gävle

November 7, 2024

Umeå hosts the Swedish ICORN Network Meeting

November 5, 2024

Journalist Elzahraa Jadallah is the new ICORN resident in Larvik

October 28, 2024

ICORN’s new board members: Dominika Kasprowicz and Marianne Borgen

October 15, 2024

Artist Sanaz Hakimi opens first solo exhibition in Sweden

September 30, 2024

Professor Lyndsey Stonebridge: ‘Without art and education, we are not going to get politics which can protect the human condition’

September 27, 2024

Atefe Asadi: The power of literature in challenging totalitarianism

September 20, 2024

Poet, writer, and journalist Hussein Al-Dahir takes up Færder’s first ICORN residency

September 17, 2024

Ahmedur Chowdhury: July 36 and Bangla Spring: Bangladesh's Student Uprising for Democracy

September 11, 2024

Arts of Democracy: ICORN Cities of Refuge gather in Bodø, the European Capital of Culture

August 30, 2024

Anisur Rahman on Bangladesh: ‘A nation where all secular culture is under attack’

August 28, 2024

Mangfoldsfesten: Haugesund’s celebration of diversity

August 23, 2024

‘The opportunity to connect with other writers from diverse backgrounds was invaluable’: The 2024 Biskops Arnö Writing Workshop

August 13, 2024

‘Everything's Over and Starting All Over Again’: Aslı Ceren Aslan reflects on her ICORN residency

Journalist, researcher, and political activist Hamed Ainehvand is in ICORN residency in Ljubljana

Nazeeha Saeed: ‘I know the power of my voice and the power of the job I am doing’

Cultural Rhythms Music Festival: Yusuf Suleiman & Cris Gera performing in Vilnius on World Refugee Day

Welcome to ICORN, Geneva!

Music artist Mun Mun is in ICORN residency in Stockholm

Västerås in Sweden is now an ICORN City of Refuge

‘From Tehran to Fredrikstad’: Celebrating Leila Ghahremani’s ICORN residency in Fredrikstad

Strasbourg welcomes feminist journalist and content creator Marwa Olleik as its first ICORN resident

Palestinian hip-hop artist Mohammed El-Susi is the new ICORN resident in Stavanger