“An American librarian, an imprisoned Saudi Arabian writer, a Turkish book publisher and a Gambian newspaper editor who was fatally shot last year were honored at the 2005 PEN Montblanc Literary Gala” on Wednesday night in New York, as an Associated Press wire story reports. The event, hosted by NBC anchor Brian Williams and chaired by Tina Brown, honored Joan Airoldi, Ali Al-Domaini, Abdullah Keskin and Deyda Hydara for “their work pursuing freedom of expression.” Video segments explained each one’s story, such as that of Airoldi, ” a librarian in Deming, Wash., who refused to comply with an FBI subpoena seeking the names and addresses of everyone who checked out a biography of Osama bin Laden.” She was given the $25,000 PEN/Newman’s Own First Amendment Award.