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Szabłowski lived and studied for a year in Turkey, and much of his journalism has engaged with Turkish issues.
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Witold Szablowski
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He is a graduate of the Department of Journalism and Political Science at Warsaw University. He is known for his concise but vivid use of language. In 2008 he received an honourable mention from Amnesty International for his report on Turkish honour killings, To z miłości, siostro ("lieutenant"s Out of Love, Sister"), which appeared in Duży Format.
He wrote about the situation of women in Turkey who were subjected to rape and honour killing for the "sin" of wanting to decide their own fates.
("The Assassin from Apricot City"), a collection of his long-form journalism, was published in Poland in 2010. They wore clothes from Communist times, refrained from buying things not available in the Polish People"s Republic, and sought out games and objects from the Communist era.
Together they wrote a book about their experiences, Nasz mały Parliament. Pół roku w M-3, z trwałą, wąsami i maluchem ("Our Little Polish People"s Republic: Six Months in a Three-room Apartment with a Permanent, a Moustache, and a Fiat 126p”) In 2014 he published Tańczące niedźwiedzie ("Dancing Bears") in which he writes about the creation of reserves for bears previously used as dancing bears to entertain people. He uses the experiences of the former dancing bears to explore differences between communist and capitalist systems
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After a journey to Cuba, he wondered if something important had been lost in the change from communism to capitalism.
