Stories: Arts and Culture
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IRP report on PBS’s “Worldfocus”: Pakistanis fete end of Ramadan
Muslims have been celebrating the festival of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of fasting known as Ramadan. In Pakistan, in cities like Lahore, Eid means ...
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Kenya’s peace graffiti artist
Read the Transcript This text below is a phonetic transcript of a radio story broadcast by PRI’s THE WORLD. It has been created on deadline by a contractor for PRI. The transcript ...
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Reporter’s Journal part V: Snapshots of Kenya
The World’s Andrea Crossan recently met up with Kenyan artist Solomon Muyundo, also known as Solo 7. Muyundo is famous in his native Kibera, a huge slum in Nairobi. He’s a ...
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Reporter’s Journal part III: Snapshots of Kenya
Nairobi by Matatu After a few days in Laikipia, me and my fellow International Reporting Project journalists are back in Nairobi. I feel like I have spent so much time in off-road ...
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Japan as ground zero for no-waste lifestyle
Kamikatsu, Japan - Tucked almost imperceptibly into cedar-blanketed mountains an hour's winding drive from the nearest metropolis, Kamikatsu seems an unlikely spot for a ...
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Japan cracking US pop culture hegemony
TOKYO - Just two decades ago, Japan's image in the world was of an economic juggernaut, challenging America and other industrialized nations with its push for dominance in ...
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Global Hit: Haiti’s walking jukebox
PRI's The World, Global Hit: Haiti's walking jukebox Now to another city -- this one Haiti's capital -- Port-au-Prince. It's a poor though lively city. Many there survive on ...
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A Risky New Film on Ataturk
A new documentary film shows Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the revered and godlike founder of Turkey, as a private person with human weaknesses - a rare and risky endeavor. Click here to ...
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Creationism goes global
Is creationism contagious? For years, this peculiarly American movement seemed to be contained within our borders. But in the last several years, creationism had become a global ...
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Jake Ellison’s blog from Turkey
Jake Ellison was invited Summer 2008 to join the Gatekeeper Editors Trip to Turkey by the International Reporting Project at The Johns Hopkins University. These Web pages are an ...
