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Moorish grafitti and texting in Yiddish
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The Alhambra in Grenada, the crowning glory of Moorish Spain, has more than 10,000 prayers and poems in Arabic inscribed on its walls. We hear about an effort to catalog the inscriptions. Then it’s the second part of the BBC’s documentary on Yiddish. Reporter Dennis Marks takes us to New York, where the language is undergoing a modest revival: among Hasidic Jews in Crown Heights, with a family who text message in transliterated Yiddish, and with a musician a novelist who are re-interpreting the old language of Eastern Europe’s shtetls for new generations. Download MP3
The BBC’s Koneksyon Ayiti + Yiddish forever
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In the latest World in Words podcast: Eleven days after Haiti’s earthquake, the BBC began daily radio broadcasts in Haitian Creole. We hear how the broadcasts kept Haitians abreast of the news and put them in touch with loved ones. Also, the past, present and future of Yiddish. Once spoken by millions in Europe, it was nearly wiped out in the Holocaust and through assimilation. Today it survives, and not only as the language that gave English klutz, kosher, kvetch and many other evocative expressions. Download MP3
Chinese popular with American students
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Medgar Evers College Preparatory School is a public school in central Brooklyn, NY. Most of its student population is African American and Afro-Caribbean. The school runs one of the largest Chinese language programs for students not from a Chinese background in the US. The World’s Alex Gallafent went back to school for us. Download MP3
New York’s Haitian community
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Haitians living abroad have been struggling to get in touch with relatives as communication systems in Haiti were badly damaged by this week’s earthquake. Haitians in New York has been donating money and putting together food packets. The World’s Alex Gallafent visits the Haitian community in Brooklyn, New York. Download MP3 (Photo: Alex Gallafent)
Calypso Rose
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Sixty-nine year old Calypso Rose is the queen of Calypso music. She was born in Tobago and her legacy looms large throughout the Caribbean. Earlier this year, anchor Marco Werman had the chance to meet her in her adopted home of Jamaica, New York. Download MP3
Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica
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DJ Spooky, whose real name is Paul Miller, is well-known in hip-hop circles. A few years ago, Miller became fascinated with Sinfonia Antarctica, a symphony written by the 20th century British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. Miller wanted to write his own symphony to evoke Antarctica and to express his concerns for climate change. Now he is presenting that new work: “Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica.” Download MP3
Migrating Money and People
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For some poor nations, money sent back home from family members working in Western Europe and the U.S. is a lifeline. How has the financial crisis impacted this flow of money? Millions of migrant workers have lost their jobs or seen their incomes cut. The value of remittances is expected to fall for the first time since records have been kept. Download MP3Clothing with a secret
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“Dress Codes” is a new exhibit at the International Center of Photography in New York. The exhibit highlights some clothes that have a secret. The World’s Alex Gallafent interviews Peruvian photographer Milagros de la Torre. Click the link below for the audio slideshow. Download MP3Afghan indicted in bomb plot
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An Afghan immigrant has been indicted by a grand jury in New York for alleged plotting to carry out bomb attacks on the United States. Najibullah Zazi, a airport shuttle driver, was detained last Saturday along with his father and another man. All three have maintained their innocence. Bruce Finley of the Denver Post is covering the story. Download MP3Mid-east peace: The view from the West Bank
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Climate isn’t the only topic under discussion today in New York. President Obama made his most direct foray into Middle East diplomacy by convening three-way talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. We take you to the West Bank city of Nablus, where The World’s Matthew Bell has been talking to locals and gauging the mood, and the economy. Download MP3 (Photo: Matthew Bell)Stained Glass Extraordinaire
You can see right through today’s Geo Quiz. Your first clue is the artist whose name is synonymous with stained glass lamps. That’s Louis Comfort Tiffany. We want to know where Tiffany crafted his glass art…
Remembering the September 11th attacks
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Remembrance services are being held across the United States to mark the eighth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001, which killed nearly 3,000 people. At the Pentagon, President Barack Obama led the nation in remembering the attacks. President Obama promised to transform U.S. policies forged in the wake of 9/11. The World’s Matthew Bell looks at the change and the continuity in the President’s approach. Download MP39/11 culture
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The images and tales of 9/11 have been absorbed into mainstream culture over the years. Jeff Melnick has studied that process as professor of American studies at Babson College near Boston. This year he put some of those thoughts into a book, called “9/11 Culture”. Marco Werman talks with him.Download MP3
Entire program – September 11, 2009
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Download MP3Today on The World: How President Obama puts his own stamp on U-S policies that came out of the 9-11 attacks, Europe scrambles to save the Atlantic bluefin tuna from extinction, and imagine if your first day of work at Lehman Brothers was the day it crashed and kicked off the global economic crisis: one man tells his story.
A new direction for post 9-11 policies
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Download MP3President Obama led the country today in remembering the attacks of September 11, 2001. Mr. Obama promised to transform US policies forged in the wake of 9-11. The World’s Matthew Bell looks at the change – and the continuity – in the president’s approach.
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