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    "parsed_content": "Israel-Hamas Cease-FireDraft Gaza PlanIsrael\u2019s Oct. 7 FailingsRafah Crossing ReopensHamas Hostage\u2019s OrdealAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTPEN America Names New Leadership After Gaza FalloutAfter a 16-month search, the free speech group has chosen two longtime employees, Summer Lopez and Clarisse Rosaz Shariyf, as co-chief executives.Listen to this article \u00b7 5:32 min Learn moreShare full articleClarisse Rosaz Shariyf, left, and Summer Lopez are taking the helm of PEN America effective immediately.Credit...Beowulf SheehanBy Jennifer SchuesslerFeb. 12, 2026The free expression group PEN America has named two longtime senior employees as co-chief executives, 16 months after its previous leader departed amid intense controversy over the group\u2019s response to the war in Gaza.Summer Lopez and Clarisse Rosaz Shariyf, who had been serving as interim leaders, will take the helm effective immediately. Lopez, who joined PEN America in 2017, had previously served as its chief program officer for free expression. Rosaz Shariyf, who joined in 2015, had most recently been its head of literary programming.In a joint interview, they said their goal was to staunchly defend writers and free expression at a moment when threats, in the United States and around the world, had become \u201cexistential.\u201d\u201cWhether it\u2019s the cultural sector or the press or higher education, we have seen a lot of powerful institutions obey in advance,\u201d Lopez said. \u201cPEN America is not going to do that. We are going to speak up, we\u2019re going to call out what is happening and we will keep fighting back.\u201dFounded in 1922, PEN America has traditionally focused on the literary world, with particular emphasis on defending writers in authoritarian regimes. In recent years the group, which has 68 employees and an annual budget of $19.3 million, has increasingly taken on threats to free speech in the United States, including book bans, online harassment and efforts to restrict teaching.In a recent report, PEN America described a tightening \u201cweb of political and ideological control\u201d over universities during the second Trump administration. This week, the group led a delegation of prominent writers to Texas A&M to protest policies restricting teaching on race and gender, which has forced revisions to hundreds of courses.\u201cThat feels like the unique thing we can contribute in this moment,\u201d Lopez said, referring to letting literary figures take the lead.Even as it has defended free expression, PEN America has been roiled by controversy over its response to the war in Gaza. In the spring of 2024, it canceled its annual book awards and its global literary festival in the face of a boycott by writers who accused it of anti-Palestinian bias.Later that year, the group\u2019s longtime chief executive, Suzanne Nossel, left and the group announced a national search to replace her.The novelist Dinaw Mengestu, the organization\u2019s president and board chair, said the search committee had considered nearly 50 candidates. It ultimately went with the unusual dual leadership, he said, because of Lopez and Rosaz Shariyf\u2019s track record of bringing together the two sides of the group\u2019s work.\u201cWe wanted to see PEN America not as two parts, but as one whole,\u201d Mengestu said. \u201cThey understand that the relationship between free expression and literature had to be integral.\u201dLast spring, the group\u2019s annual literary festival, awards and annual gala, a rare night of old-fashioned glamour on the New York literary calendar, were held as usual. Lopez and Rosaz Shariyf said they had spent much of the past year reaching out to people with different points of view and rebuilding trust.\u201cThis was a time when we needed to listen to everyone,\u201d Rosaz Shariyf said.In September, the group issued a report on what it described as \u201cthe catastrophic destruction of Gaza\u2019s cultural heritage\u201d as a result of \u201cIsrael\u2019s military action,\u201d which it said \u201camounted to war crimes and crimes against humanity.\u201d But parsing the free expression issues surrounding the Gaza war, which began after the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel, remains contentious.This month, in an unusual move, PEN America walked back a statement defending the free expression rights of Guy Hochman, an Israeli comedian who had two U.S. tour dates abruptly canceled following accusations of inciting violence against Palestinians.The original statement, which has been removed from the group\u2019s site, said Hochman had made \u201cdehumanizing social media posts\u201d celebrating Palestinian casualties. But demanding that performers adhere to any \u201cideological litmus test\u201d to be allowed onstage, it said, was \u201ca profound violation of free expression.\u201dFive days later, the group posted a notice saying it was retracting the statement, noting that Hochman \u201chas been accused by advocacy organizations of incitement to genocide in Gaza.\u201d(In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Hochman accused critics of hypocrisy. \u201cI glorify my army. I glorify victory. That\u2019s true,\u201d he said. \u201cBut the hypocrisy is unbelievable. In Iran, thousands are killed and nobody cares.\u201d)Lopez and Rosaz Shariyf said they had each approved both the original statement and the retraction. The original did not \u201cmeet our standards,\u201d Rosaz Shariyf said.Lopez said the reversal did not mean the group was retreating from robust defense of free speech, even when it offends.\u201cOur approach is also we can defend people\u2019s right to engage in deeply offensive and hateful speech,\u201d she said. She added, \u201cWe defend the rights of people whose rights are contrary to our values all the time.\u201dMengestu said he found their willingness to retract admirable.\u201cThat shows leadership that is very deliberate and thoughtful and wants to make sure their work is held to the highest possible standard,\u201d he said. \u201cI take comfort in that.\u201dMarc Tracy contributed reporting.Jennifer Schuessler is a reporter for the Culture section of The Times who covers intellectual life and the world of ideas.See more on: The Israel-Hamas War, PEN American Center, Suzanne NosselShare full articleRelated ContentAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT",
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