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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...

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Independence 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...

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Paying 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...

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A 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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From 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,...

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Gadhafi'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,...

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On 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...

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Syrian 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...

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Another 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...

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After 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...

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Can 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...

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In 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...

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The '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...

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A 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...

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#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...

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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...

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Independence 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...

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Paying 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 Article

A 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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