Archive for September, 2012

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Music Heard on Air for September 3, 2012

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Tunes spun on The World between our reports for September, 2012. Artists featured are: Charanga Cakewalk, Salif Keita, AfroCubism, Tribe 2.

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Mosque Leader Suspected of Framing Pakistani Teenager

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Children sit in front of the locked family house of Rimsha Masih, a Pakistani Christian girl accused of blasphemy, on the outskirts of Islamabad (Photo: REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood)

Last month, a 14-year-old girl was accused of blasphemy after she was found carrying burned pages from an Islamic children’s textbook. Now, it turns out the cleric making the accusation may have done the deed himself.

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Back to School at Oakland’s International High

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Arelia Martínez, 15, who moved from rural Guatemala this summer, is a freshman at Oakland International High School, a public school catering to newly arrived immigrants. (Photo: Monica Campbell)

A public school in Oakland, California tries to offer new immigrants and refugees a softer landing. Reporter Monica Campbell profiles the school.

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Redhead Day in the Netherlands

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Thousands of redheads together at the annual redheadday in Breda, the Netherlands in 2008. (Photo: Bartr/Wikipedia)

The first weekend in September brings thousands of flame-headed folk to a city in the southern Netherlands for the annual “Redhead Festival.”

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Wapapura: A Solar-Powered Recording Session in Spain

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Merope plays a song in an open field, letting the wind and birdsong pervade their recording. (Photo: Gerry Hadden)

The open air recording project called Wapapura, is the brain child of musician Rafa Kotcherha.

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