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Djily Baghdad Raps the Anthem of Y’en a Marre
Djily Baghdad, featured here in video, raps the anthem of the Y’en a marre (we’re fed up) movement. Y’en a marre is a large community of rappers who are demanding President Abdoulaye Wade to leave power.
Get Your Tear-Gas Masks Here
I used to notice the Senegalese strivers on the streets of New York City and how, whenever it rained, they’d be the first ones in the aisles of the job-lot stores, buying a gross of umbrellas, and unloading them in the proverbial New York minute [...]
Greece, Saved or Sacrificed?
The ink is not yet dry on the Greek rescue deal and the gloom has already returned. How can it be that after months of arduous, often acrimonious brinkmanship no one thinks this latest accord is good enough? [...]
The Simpsons at 500 Through the Lens of a Childhood in India
Growing up in India, I would turn to the BBC World Service for a very British view of the world. And then, watch The Simpsons for some light-hearted American humor [...]
Kosovo’s No-Credit Crunch
In Europe’s sovereign debt crisis, their problem is too much borrowing. In Kosovo, you’re lucky if you can borrow at all. Needless to say, Kosovo doesn’t have a debt crisis. But I’d reckon that your average Kosovar would happily trade places with an underwater homeowner in Nevada or a civil servant in Athens with a newly lightened paycheck [...]
Show Producer’s Blog: Anthony Shadid
Anthony Shadid was a great friend to our show, often going out of his way to make time for an interview with Lisa or Marco. Just last week he apologetically turned us down because he was about to hit the road on what turned out to be his last reporting trip. He said he’d be back in a week [...]
Israel Blames Iran for Attacks at Israeli Embassies
The Israeli government was quick to lay the blame on Iran for the two car bombs planted near Israel’s embassies in India and Georgia today [...]
Year of the Dragon in Boston’s Chinatown
This year is the most important of the Lunar New Year zodiac signs — the Year of the Dragon [...]
Malek Jandali Believes in the Creative Power of the People of Homs
Pianist and composer Malek Jandali says if Syria manages to free itself from dictatorship, it will once again create and innovate as it once did.
Earworms … Eeeewwww!!!
I can’t remember when or where I first came across the word ‘earworm,’ but I can never forget the first time I used the word in this newsroom [...]
New Anti-Corruption Ruling in India
India’s Supreme Court has canceled 122 telecommunications licenses awarded to companies in 2008. The ruling is the latest chapter in a long-running corruption drama in India.
Cartoon: Facebook Going Public
Dutch cartoonist Tom Janssen uses a familiar emoticon to show how Facebook (the company) is probably feeling about the upcoming IPO.
Apple, Human Rights, and Us
The concerns have been mounting for years, but suddenly, with last week’s blockbuster NY Times series on Apple’s supply chain, the question is on everyone’s lips: have the defining consumer products of our time been created at an intolerable human and environmental cost?
Out of Work Spaniards Flock to Germany, Confront Cultural Divide
A growing number of Spaniards are getting obsessed with Germany and its image as a worker’s paradise. Those who go learn quickly that while you may earn more in Germany you also pay more in taxes – and that everybody actually pays [...]
Macabre Questions
Ruud Verberne is the first to admit that he can be a real downer at parties. “You tell people what you do,” he says, “and they think…well, that’s a bit strange” [..]
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