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01/24/2012
Egypt’s Emergency Law To Be Partially Lifted One Year After First Protest
Egypt’s military ruler, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, has announced a partial lifting of Egypt’s draconian emergency law. The announcement comes a day before the anniversary of the first demonstration in Cairo’s Tahrir Square last year.
Fending for Themselves in Cairo’s Imbaba Neighborhood
Perhaps no other place represents the “divide and conquer” mentality more than Imbaba, a down-and-out neighborhood in Cairo. Now, residents are doing for themselves what the government never did.
Why Greece is Targeting Tax Evaders
Greece is hurting financially and the new interim government think it has a solution: go after tax evaders.
Turkey Calls French Genocide Bill ‘Racist’
Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan says a bill passed by the French parliament on the mass killing of Armenians under Ottoman rule is “racist.”
Iranian Officials Arrest ‘Funny in Farsi’ Translator
Two weeks ago, Iranian authorities arrested the Iranian scholar Mohammed Soleimani Nia. Nia had translated American works into Persian, including Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America. The memoir’s author, Firoozeh Dumas, tells host Marco Werman about Nia’s work, and his impact inside Iran.
No Israeli Citizenship for Palestinian Spouses
Israel’s Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that Palestinians married to Israelis will be blocked from getting Israeli citizenship.
Video: Solar Storm To Lash Earth Until Wednesday
Our Geo Quiz starts 93 million miles away: on the surface of the Sun. That’s where a solar eruption happened over the weekend. It’s described as an immense blast of plasma and radiation streaming out from the sun. The question is, what kind of storm are we talking about?
Death Threats Against Rushdie Thwart Festival Appearance
The British author was scheduled to speak this weekend at India’s largest literary festival organized in the northwestern city of Jaipur.
Video: Malian Band SMOD’s Desert-Dry Groove
After the Arab Spring of 2011, many people living in Sub-Saharan Africa began to wonder when they would rise up and have an African spring. It is hard to say when that might happen, but if it does, the uprising already has a house band in Mali, SMOD, with several road-tested anthems.
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