Alim Aliev is a writer, journalist, and human rights activist. He is also a member of PEN Ukraine. After Russia’s occupation of Crimea in 2014, Alim Aliev moved to Kyiv. In 2018, he founded the Ukrainian-Crimean Tatar literary contest and festival Crimean Fig (Qirim Inciri), which is dedicated to the promotion of Crimean Tatar literature and culture in Ukraine and beyond. Alim Aliev serves as Ukrainian deputy director general of the Ukrainian Institute (affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and is a co-founder of Crimea SOS. He is also a co-author of the recently published book, Mustafa Dzhemilev: The Unbreakable, about the life of the Crimean Tatar leader.
Alim Aliev
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Founder, Crimean Fig Literary Project; Member, PEN Ukraine
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