FPIF Departments: Postcard From... http://www.fpif.org/departments/postcard FPIF Departments: Postcard From... Fri, 24 May 2013 02:16:55 -0400 en-us 38.906778-77.041481 Postcard from Mumbai http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/PostcardFrom/~3/yifese2oUNY/postcard_from_mumbai http://www.fpif.org/articles/postcard_from_mumbai Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:27:51 -0400 Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat is one of many reminders that the modern economy has not transcended the realities of undercompensated manual toil.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/PostcardFrom/~4/yifese2oUNY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/postcard_from_mumbai Camel Wrestling on the Aegean Coast http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/PostcardFrom/~3/7dGmZVmMPGo/camel_wrestling_on_the_aegean_coast http://www.fpif.org/articles/camel_wrestling_on_the_aegean_coast Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:49:00 -0500 Camel wrestling is an ancient Anatolian sport originating among Turkic tribes well over 2,000 years ago, a tradition still seen along Turkey's Aegean coast.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/PostcardFrom/~4/7dGmZVmMPGo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/camel_wrestling_on_the_aegean_coast Postcard from Lebanon http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/PostcardFrom/~3/h4rh90gYhFI/postcard_from_lebanon http://www.fpif.org/articles/postcard_from_lebanon Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:05:06 -0500 Lebanon is being pulled closer yet to Syria's civil war.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/PostcardFrom/~4/h4rh90gYhFI" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/postcard_from_lebanon Postcard from Yemen http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/PostcardFrom/~3/yRMf24jUB8k/postcard_from_yemen http://www.fpif.org/articles/postcard_from_yemen Wed, 02 Jan 2013 13:23:39 -0500 Seventy-four percent of Yemenis live in rural areas, and the majority of those lack the same three things: electricity, clean water, and education.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/PostcardFrom/~4/yRMf24jUB8k" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/postcard_from_yemen The Wahhabi War on Indonesia's Shiites http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/PostcardFrom/~3/IpzvXJlz5Wc/the_wahhabi_war_on_indonesias_shiites http://www.fpif.org/articles/the_wahhabi_war_on_indonesias_shiites Wed, 05 Dec 2012 09:56:37 -0500 Indonesia's Shi'a minority is under heavy attack by Saudi-funded Wahhabists.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/PostcardFrom/~4/IpzvXJlz5Wc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/the_wahhabi_war_on_indonesias_shiites Postcard from Kiribati http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/PostcardFrom/~3/gPIHsbjLcgc/postcard_from_kiribati http://www.fpif.org/articles/postcard_from_kiribati Tue, 30 Oct 2012 07:00:00 -0400 Mortally threatened by climate change, Kiribati's future will be determined by one airport runway.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/PostcardFrom/~4/gPIHsbjLcgc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/postcard_from_kiribati Postcard from Hatay http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/PostcardFrom/~3/xETYzNIa5gw/postcard_from_hatay http://www.fpif.org/articles/postcard_from_hatay Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:22:46 -0400 The locals in one Turkish border province take a dim view of the anti-Assad fighters making their home there.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/PostcardFrom/~4/xETYzNIa5gw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/postcard_from_hatay Postcard from... Darwin http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/PostcardFrom/~3/ELoTX70ADmU/postcard_from_darwin http://www.fpif.org/articles/postcard_from_darwin Thu, 27 Sep 2012 10:28:03 -0400 Australian politicians are discovering the perils of treating their country like a U.S. military base.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/PostcardFrom/~4/ELoTX70ADmU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/postcard_from_darwin Postcard from...Mexico http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/PostcardFrom/~3/aMt5hBdRwSY/postcard_frommexico2 http://www.fpif.org/articles/postcard_frommexico2 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 17:24:33 -0400 The Mexican left is fighting a long political tradition of corruption and electoral fraud.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/PostcardFrom/~4/aMt5hBdRwSY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/postcard_frommexico2 Postcard from...Dadaab http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/PostcardFrom/~3/J_S5i97Qqsw/postcard_fromdadaab http://www.fpif.org/articles/postcard_fromdadaab Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:20:00 -0500 The invasion of Somalia has spillover effects in Kenya.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/PostcardFrom/~4/J_S5i97Qqsw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/postcard_fromdadaab