Akiva Eldar is a political analyst, author and contributor to Israeli daily Haaretz. He was chief political columnist, editorial writer and US Bureau Chief for the paper, where he worked for 35 years. His final column in English for the paper appeared on 13 November 2012. He also wrote columns for the Japanese daily Mainichi Shimbun, lectured in communications at Tel Aviv University's School of Journalism and worked as a consultant for PBS television.
Akli Tadjer, a Franco-Algerian writer, was born on August 11, 1954. In Paris, of Algerian immigrant parents. His first novel "Al-Tassili" was published in 1985, for which he won the "George Brasen Prize for Literary Creativity"
Akram Najaf oglu Naibov, better known by his pen name Akram Aylisli, is an Azerbaijani writer, playwright, novelist and former member of parliament. His works have been translated from his native Azerbaijani into a number of languages in the former Soviet Union and around the world. He was decorated by the President of Azerbaijan with the prestigious "Istiglal" (2002) and "Shokhrat" orders.
In 2013, after the publication of Aylisli's Stone Dreams novella, which depicted the pogroms carried out by Azerbaijanis against the Armenians in Sumgait and Baku and presented Armenians in sympathetic light, President Aliyev signed a presidential decree that stripped Aylisli of the title of "People's Writer" and the presidential pension. His books were burnt by Azerbaijani intelligentsia and compatriots in his hometown, his son and wife were fired from their jobs and a "bounty" of some $13,000 was promised for cutting the writer's ear off. In March 2014, a formal request was made by various public figures throughout the world to nominate Aylisli for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Akram Najaf oglu Naibov, mais conhecido por seu pseudônimo Akram Aylisli, é um escritor, dramaturgo, romancista e ex-parlamentar do Azerbaijão. Suas obras foram traduzidas de seu azerbaijão natal para vários idiomas na antiga União Soviética e em todo o mundo. Foi condecorado pelo Presidente do Azerbaijão com as prestigiosas ordens " Istiglal " (2002) e "Shokhrat". Em 2013, após a publicação da novela Stone Dreams de Aylisli, que retratava os pogroms realizados pelos azerbaijanos contra os armênios em Sumgait e Baku e apresentava os armênios sob uma luz simpática, o presidente Aliyev assinou um decreto presidencial que retirou de Aylisli o título de "Escritor do Povo" e a pensão presidencial. Seus livros foram queimados em sua cidade natal, seu filho e sua esposa foram demitidos de seus empregos e uma "recompensa" de cerca de $ 13.000 foi prometida por cortar a orelha do escritor. Em março de 2014, um pedido formal foi feito por várias figuras públicas em todo o mundo para nomear Aylisli para o Prêmio Nobel da Paz.
