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by Andy Blackadar
13 weeks ago
North Korea's recent nuclear test is a reminder of the serious challenges facing the United States and other countries in the region. The video shows high school students doing the role-play simulation created by the Choices Program from...
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by Almirah Radio
13 weeks ago
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Bringing up a girl is like watering a neighbor’s plant, goes a household Indian saying. In India’s highly patriarchal society, pervasive discrimination toward women and girls is manifest in family...
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by The Editors
15 weeks ago
After a successful inaugural semester featuring speakers across many disciplines, from His Excellency S.M. Krishna, External Affairs Minister of India, to renowned journalist Barkha Dutt, and Chief Economist of the World Bank, Kaushik Basu, the...
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by Almirah Radio
15 weeks ago
Photo by Shailendra Pandey
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Delhi temperatures peak at over 100 °F in May and June, and the city remains hot for much of the year. Evenings, a blessed respite from the sun, are treasured. As dusk...
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by Bruktaweit Addis
16 weeks ago
Ethiopian Christmas is on Tahasas (4th month of the Ethiopian Calendar) 29th or on January 7th (Western Calendar). I had thought Tahasas 29th was Ethiopian Orthodox Christmas, but quickly learned that all Ethiopian Christian sects, including...
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by The Editors
16 weeks ago
Yesterday, the Watson Institute launched an exciting new social media feature thusly:
"To celebrate the arrival of Friday, we’re launching a new series that (tenuously) links music and international studies.
Each month, we’ll ask you...
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by Eli Wolff
18 weeks ago
We are very pleased to announce the Muhammad Ali Center Athletes and Social Change Forum to advance education, advocacy and research on the role and contribution of athletes toward and within social change, human rights and development....
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by Sarah Forman
18 weeks ago
Almost as soon as I stepped out of the Rabat airport on a pleasantly warm Thursday evening two weeks ago, I entered into a bit of banter with a cab driver that frequently repeated itself in the following days.
“Where are you going?” he said...
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by Almirah Radio
19 weeks ago
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The road around Hyderabad's Hussain Sagar lake swelled with life at the stroke of midnight on Saturday night (January 5th). Hundreds of people—young girls, wizened grandparents, gender activists...
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by Sarah Forman
19 weeks ago
People had warned me that Moroccans would be generally kind and helpful before I showed up in the country. But I don’t think any kind of forewarning could have prepared me for the overwhelming offers of hospitality and generosity that Moroccans have...
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by Sarah Forman
19 weeks ago
I didn't realize how skeevy I looked until after the fact.
I had a meeting at one of Casblanca's Jewish Community Centers this morning, and I got there a few minutes early (thanks to a frighteningly quick taxi drive). Since it was...
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by Sarah Forman
19 weeks ago
On the last day of 2012, in honor of of a few months of international travel and lots of religious exploration, I sprang for what'll probably be the most expensive lunch I'll eat in Morocco during this sojourn. At a snazzy Kosher restaurant...
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by The Editors
19 weeks ago
Would you like to walk back to an awesome (free) prize when you return to campus this Spring? Great. Simply take a photo of you during this winter break that:
1. Shows you in any "international" setting (anywhere outside the US, at an airport...
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by Almirah Radio
20 weeks ago
Photo: Simran Jagdev
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India is the startled host to a flurry of new music festivals. With ambitious music ventures like Only Much Louder fueling the independent music scene, the last few years have...
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by Dominic Mhiripiri
20 weeks ago
I had to wait for the last day of 2012 — after a reasonable amount of processing — to sketch a few thoughts on Dr. Mo Ibrahim’s keynote speech at the Achebe Colloquium on Africa three weeks back. Ibrahim touched on an array of topics, but I...
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by Sarah Forman
20 weeks ago
The main synagogue in Rabat is pretty nondescript. It’s a nice-looking white building with a wide staircase in a comfortable area of town. Though there’s a small mezuzah on the front door that easily blends into the dark colored molding, nothing...
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by Bruktaweit Addis
20 weeks ago
Agazh Developments
This month, we’ve been finalizing Agazh’s website and its social media. We hope to launch the website in a few weeks. The talented Meagan Ducharme re-designed our letterhead logo to make it more suitable for the web. She also...
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by The Editors
21 weeks ago
Most of you have already, or are still traveling for the holidays. Here’s a quick list of 3 things you will find useful and interesting for the rest of the break:
1. Watch past events video and listen to audio content:
The website’s multi-...
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by Sarah Forman
21 weeks ago
In between my SIT-sponsored study abroad program and a two-week sojourn in Morocco, I’m lucky enough to get to spend a full week exploring southern Spain for a vacation and some language practice. So far, I’ve wandered through Sevilla and Cordóba,...
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by James Austin Whit...
23 weeks ago
Source: The Telegraph. Picture taken of Chinese migrant worker's returning home for the Lunar New Year
China’s economic development has had important changes in policy that adversely affected the indigenous private sector and more fervently favored...
