Celebration As Improv: In Libya 'We Don't Know How To Celebrate'
I've spent the day in the company of Malik L, a Benghazi-based hip hop artist who seems to get stopped every 100 feet by either a friend or a fan. In between these conversations, I asked Malik about...
View ArticleIndependence Day Parade, Benghazi-Style
Stepping out of my hotel on Friday evening, I could see cars backed up for miles, stretching all the way around the Benghazi's biggest lake, not far from the shores of the Mediterranean.Horns blared in...
View ArticlePaying Respects To A Fallen Journalist In Libya
A light mist of cold rain started falling on us from the moment we reached the cemetery. If I hadn't felt it on my face, I probably wouldn't have even noticed it, as the hardscrabble stretching...
View ArticleA Year Later, One Libyan Fighter Says 'Nothing Has Changed'
A lanky Libyan man leans hard against the railing, looking out at the waves of the Mediterranean crashing below us on the seafront in Benghazi. He's lost in thought for a moment, then shakes his head...
View ArticleFrom War Correspondents In Libya, A Toast To Fallen Comrades In Syria
We arrived nearly an hour late, our taxi drivers lost in the potholed, half-flooded streets of Tripoli. Our Libyan host, who would never have fathomed an on-time start anyway, invited us upstairs,...
View ArticleGadhafi's Compound, Slowly Being Erased From History
"I don't know why the traffic is like this," he said. "It's Friday just before prayers; where are all these people going?"My friend Emad and I had been driving around the perimeter of Bab al-Azizia,...
View ArticleOn The Syrian Border, Getting Too Close Could Get You Shot
Our car pulled over along a deserted traffic circle in a small Jordanian village. An old man freshly covered in thick, wet sleet climbed into the back seat, his cold breath reeking of cigarettes."This...
View ArticleSyrian Activist: 'It's Snowing And We're Shaking Here'
According to activists inside and outside Syria, the government's 27-day siege against the opposition stronghold of Baba Amr has now succeeded. Initial reports suggest that forces are entering this...
View ArticleAnother Boston Bombing Mystery: Who is @Al_FirdausiA?
(Andy Carvin, NPR's senior strategist for social media, sends us this dispatch about a Twitter account that may hold clues in understanding the surviving Boston bombing suspect.) Social media became a...
View ArticleAfter Two Years In Hiding, A Bahraini Blogger Escapes
The Arab world was aflame in March 2011. Longtime rulers in Tunisia and Egypt had been toppled. NATO was poised to attack Libyan government forces. The Syrian uprising was just beginning. And on the...
View ArticleCan You Hear Me Now? A Lighter Look At NSA Snooping
As news broke about the NSA collecting telephone records through Verizon, people took to Twitter to voice their opinions. As an experiment, NPR senior strategist Andy Carvin asked his followers to...
View ArticleIn Turkey, Protesters Proudly Call Themselves 'Looters'
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has shown no sympathy for the tens of thousands of protesters who've taken to the streets across the country. In fact, he seems to have energized the...
View ArticleThe 'Standing Man' Of Turkey: Act Of Quiet Protest Goes Viral
As protests against the Turkish government enter their third week, activists are taking increasingly creative measures to maintain their momentum. Over the weekend, police removed their tent city and...
View ArticleA Nonstop Tribute To Nelson Mandela
They have assembled in front of the hospital by the dozens: church groups, families, even a motorcycle club, their engines revving at full throttle. Mothers encouraged their shy children to squeeze...
View Article#Feb17: A First Visit To Revolution Central: The Benghazi Courthouse
While pretty much any corner of Benghazi is a fine place to celebrate this week, the heart of the celebrations are taking place at the courthouse and its public square, where some of the revolution's...
View ArticleCelebration As Improv: In Libya 'We Don't Know How To Celebrate'
I've spent the day in the company of Malik L, a Benghazi-based hip hop artist who seems to get stopped every 100 feet by either a friend or a fan. In between these conversations, I asked Malik about...
View ArticleIndependence Day Parade, Benghazi-Style
Stepping out of my hotel on Friday evening, I could see cars backed up for miles, stretching all the way around the Benghazi's biggest lake, not far from the shores of the Mediterranean.Horns blared in...
View ArticlePaying Respects To A Fallen Journalist In Libya
A light mist of cold rain started falling on us from the moment we reached the cemetery. If I hadn't felt it on my face, I probably wouldn't have even noticed it, as the hardscrabble stretching...
View ArticleA Year Later, One Libyan Fighter Says 'Nothing Has Changed'
A lanky Libyan man leans hard against the railing, looking out at the waves of the Mediterranean crashing below us on the seafront in Benghazi. He's lost in thought for a moment, then shakes his head...
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