Jul 23, 2013
In its latest effort to push the boundaries of massive online training in journalism, the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas has brought together five experts, including practitioners from The New York Times, ProPublica, NPR and the Houston Chronicle, to...
Jul 23, 2013
I don’t know what you were doing in middle school, but reading newspapers and using words like “theocracy” probably weren’t among your normal activities. But for Ali Ahmed, a young Egyptian recently interviewed by El Wady News, grasping his country’s ongoing...
Jul 9, 2013
[Ed. 7/21: CSFilm has removed the last names of Afghans and the images of those still in the country due to the deteriorating security situation.] Check out this insightful article originally published in REORIENT Magazine—a publication that covers Middle Eastern arts...
Jun 27, 2013
By Shelly Kittleson, IPS News Service Students at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music. Credit: Shelly Kittleson/IPS KABUL, Jun 26 2013 (IPS) – Despite impressive advancements in enrolment rates, media reports of gas attacks on girls’ schools, shoddy...
Jun 27, 2013
By Shelly Kittleson, IPS New Agency The Hasht-e Sobh newspaper is now offering cheap SMS news-alerts to over 15,000 subscribers across Afghanistan. Credit: Shelly Kittleson/IPS KABUL, May 31 2013 (IPS) – As Afghanistan prepares for the 2014 withdrawal of foreign...