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A Return to Pakistan and Patience
Flying into Islamabad in the middle of the night, I braced myself for the upcoming rituals of customs and baggage. “Patience,” I kept repeating to myself, as I descended the steps from the plane and onto a bus crowded with other passengers, including a lot of sleepy children [...]
Composer Mohammed Fairouz’s Orchestral Take on the Tahrir Square Uprising
Wednesday marks the anniversary of the start of the Egyptian uprising in Tahrir Square. Arab American composer, Mohammed Fairouz, who’s writing a concerto called “Tahrir for Clarinet and Orchestra.”
Balance Tips to China’s Cities
China has passed a milestone, that more Chinese now live in cities than in rural areas. This sounds impressive from one angle, that just over 10% of Chinese lived in cities when the Communist Party came to power in 1949, and not quite 19% when economic reforms started in 1979. [...]
Show Producer’s Blog: Newsroom Hubbub
Susan Cain’s New York Times op-ed “The Rise of the New Groupthink” makes me think a lot about the way we work here at The World. We have an open plan newsroom [...]
Conductor Martin Pearlman Remembers Gustav Leonhardt
Dutch master harpsichordist Gustav Leonhardt, died at his home in Amsterdam at the age of 83, on January 16. Leonhardt was a pioneer of the Baroque music revival. He was a scholar, teacher and conductor. In the 1950s and 60s, at a time when musicians and classical music lovers paid rare attention to the Baroque repertoire [...]
Show Producer’s Blog: Debating Foreign Policy
Last week I blogged about Syria and the R2P or the doctrine of “Responsibility to Protect.” What should the international community do in the case of a government like Syria’s, which is killing its own citizens? [...]
Wall Posters in Ultra-Orthodox Neighborhood
Here is a photo I took of several wall posters in an Ultra-Orthodox neighborhood accusing the Israeli government of trying to wipe out Judaism.
No, Sir, Google and the CIA Are Not the Same
Wednesday, I interviewed Wael Ghonim (wah-ELL go-NEEM), author of the just published Revolution 2.0: The Power of the People Is Greater Than the People in Power, and the man who steered the Egyptian revolution on Facebook.
Nigeria: Music in Protest, Protest in Music
Every day this week in Lagos, Seun Kuti, the son of Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti, has joined in protests against the government’s decision to end fuel subsidies in the country [...]
Show Producer’s Blog: R2P
Before I was a show producer I was a reporter. My first overseas assignment was Kosovo in 1999. Since that experience, much of my reporting has revolved around war and its awfulness, and questions about humanitarian intervention, civilian protection, and justice for war crimes [...]
New Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Threat Identified
Doctors in India have identified a new and frightening form of tuberculosis that appears to resist treatment by all known TB drugs. Twelve patients at a Mumbai hospital have tested positive, and there could well be more [...]
Becoming What You Criticize
While doing a story a couple of years ago about China’s soaring real estate prices, a satirical ditty making the rounds on the Internet caught my attention. It was called “Xingfu Li,” or Happiness Lane.
Cartoon: Democracy According to Syria’s Bashar al-Assad
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad doesn’t get why the whole world is demanding he introduce democratic reforms. Australian cartoonist Alan Moir captures al-Assad’s take on democracy.
Show Producer’s Blog: Remembering Haiti
A year ago this week I was in Haiti doing stories about how things stood on the anniversary of the big earthquake there. As we approach the second anniversary of that terrible day (January 12, 2010) I find myself thinking a lot about the people I met on that trip, including Rochefort Saint-Louis, a public health official tasked with collecting the bodies of cholera victims. [...]
A Day At The World [Video]
Ever wonder what it’s like to produce The World’s weekday broadcast? Video journalist and freelance producer Marcus Wraight produced this video depicting a day at The World.
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