Angilee Shah

Name the city.

Thu, 23 Apr 2015 21:58:39 -0400

Name the city.

"It seems to me that U.S. culture tolerates a kind of willful ignorance about China, the country..."

Sat, 03 May 2014 12:08:45 -0400

“It seems to me that U.S. culture tolerates a kind of willful ignorance about China, the country quickly becoming its major competitor for global influence. That ignorance could be dangerous, and this book is a much-needed antidote. It’s not a survey of China’s economic and political capacities, or even a field guide to its culture; I doubt a young State Department recruit or investor would find much of value in it for twisting the Chinese situation on behalf of U.S. interests. The stories it contains, rather, are about ordinary people and for ordinary people. These characters’ backgrounds vary, but their lives come across as tellingly ambivalent, and as familiar as they are foreign. Each story is the work of an expert writer, and while the chapters present themselves as profiles, they are really conversations—speaking across cultures, languages, and prejudices. These are the kind of conversation that we all would benefit from having more of—and, if this book is any indication, we will enjoy having them, too.”

- Nathan Schneider reviews Chinese Characters on Amazon. (via chinesecharacters)

Chinese Politics class at Queen's University in Canada

Sat, 03 May 2014 12:08:08 -0400

Chinese Politics class at Queen's University in Canada:

chinesecharacters:

Chinese Characters is an assigned reading (PDF class syllabus)

Look mom! I made a GIF! publicradiointernational: Kyle...

Wed, 04 Dec 2013 17:47:16 -0500

Look mom! I made a GIF!

publicradiointernational:

Kyle Lerfarld, keeping PRI going in a Minneapolis snow storm.

Video

Thu, 31 Oct 2013 21:30:33 -0400

todaysdocument: Due to the Federal Government shutdown, the...

Tue, 01 Oct 2013 12:20:46 -0400

todaysdocument:

Due to the Federal Government shutdown, the National Archives (www.archives.gov) is closed. We are unable to post or participate in any of our social media channels during this closure. All National Archives facilities are closed, with the exception of the Federal Records Centers and the Federal Register until the Federal government reopens.

Why hello Cold War Kids

Thu, 26 Sep 2013 22:51:58 -0400

Why hello Cold War Kids

The coolest tree at @ucirvine

Tue, 17 Sep 2013 20:50:16 -0400

The coolest tree at @ucirvine

pritheworld: Risk Factors for Death Worldwide 2010 (source: GBD...

Thu, 05 Sep 2013 18:14:53 -0400

pritheworld:

Risk Factors for Death Worldwide 2010 (source: GBD 2010 via Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation)

Really enjoyed working on this graphic – the data was...

Tue, 03 Sep 2013 19:05:22 -0400

Really enjoyed working on this graphic – the data was really fascinating.

pritheworld: Share your story by using the tag #firstdays.

Tue, 20 Aug 2013 17:03:14 -0400

pritheworld:

Share your story by using the tag #firstdays.

ThingLink: Haute Hijabis | LA Weekly

Wed, 31 Jul 2013 11:09:58 -0400

ThingLink: Haute Hijabis | LA Weekly

newyorker: Leslie T. Chang on “Al-Da’iea” (“The Preacher”), Egypt’s most talked-about soap opera...

Mon, 22 Jul 2013 20:06:13 -0400

newyorker:

Leslie T. Chang on “Al-Da’iea” (“The Preacher”), Egypt’s most talked-about soap opera this Ramadan season: http://nyr.kr/12cPnxS

“Its popularity may seem strange, since millions of Egyptians recently took to the streets to depose their conservative Islamist President. But the Muslim Brotherhood, an organization that was underground for almost sixty years and governed the country for just one, still fascinates people, even those who despise it.”

From a Human Rights Watch report: Egyptian officials and...

Tue, 09 Jul 2013 10:00:44 -0400

From a Human Rights Watch report:

Egyptian officials and political leaders across the spectrum should condemn and take immediate steps to address the horrific levels of sexual violence against women in Tahrir Square. Egyptian anti-sexual harassment groups confirmed that mobs sexually assaulted and in some cases raped at least 91 women in Tahrir Square, over four days of protests beginning on June 30, 2013, amid a climate of impunity.

The Egyptian group Operation Anti-Sexual Harassment/Assault, which runs a hotline for victims of sexual assault and seeks to intervene to stop attacks, has received scores of reports of attacks on women in Tahrir Square over the past three days. The group confirmed 46 attacks on June 30, 17 on July 1, and 23 on July 2. The group’s volunteers intervened to protect and evacuate women in 31 cases of sexual assault. Four of the women needed medical assistance, including two who were evacuated by ambulance. The women’s rights group Nazra for Feminist Studies had confirmed another five attacks on June 28.

One woman required surgery after being raped with a “sharp object,” volunteers with the group said. In other cases, women were beaten with metal chains, sticks, and chairs, and attacked with knives. In some cases they were assaulted for as long as 45 minutes before they were able to escape.

…

Based on survivor and witness accounts, it appears that the attacks have tended to follow similar patterns. Typically a handful of young men at demonstrations single out a woman and encircle her, separating her from her friends. During the attacks – which have lasted from a few minutes to more than an hour – the number of attackers increases and they grope the woman’s body and try to remove her clothing. The attackers often drag the woman to a different location while continuing to attack her.

In some cases, the attackers have assaulted other women and activists with sticks and knives for trying to rescue the victims. Survivors and witnesses told Human Rights Watch that some of the men claiming to help the women during the attacks were in fact taking part, further disorienting victims, who could not assess who was in fact assisting them.

Photo: Protesters take part in a protest demanding that Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy resign at Tahrir Square in Cairo on July 1, 2013. © 2013 Reuters

pritheworld: Today’s Tumble: Sexual Assaults in Tahrir...

Mon, 08 Jul 2013 11:20:30 -0400

pritheworld:

Today’s Tumble: Sexual Assaults in Tahrir Square

On July 3 Human Rights Watch reported that during the protests last week in Cairo more than 90 women endured mob sexual assaults, harassment or rape. These reports contribute to over 170 counts of sexual mob crime reported in the last week, according to The Guardian.

The Guardian has also compiled a HarassMap that visualizes the reported attacks against women.

The World reported on widespread sexual violence against women in Cairo’s Tahrir Square back in January, with a report about a new women-led organization intended to combat the attacks.

In that interview, member of the volunteer-only Operation Anti-Sexual Harassment Salma el-Tarzi said,

“We believe that a very big part of these assaults are organized. Sexual assault has always been a tactic used by the system to intimidate women and to punish women who take part in protests or in manifestations.”

Listen to The World’s full interview with el-Tarzi below and explore The World’s #WorldGender reporting here.

lareviewofbooks: Prince, or Gen X god? Lary Wallace takes issue...

Wed, 03 Jul 2013 13:18:15 -0400

lareviewofbooks:

Prince, or Gen X god? Lary Wallace takes issue with Prince scholar Touré’s interpretation of the iconic musician’s appeal in his new book I would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon:

But it’s in those chapters where things go dreadfully, drastically, wrong, as Touré devotes page upon page to the Earth-stopping claim that a lot of Prince’s story songs, when you look at them closely, are really a lot like the storylines in pornos. Then, most egregiously of all, he goes hunting at great length for religious symbols to support his claim that Prince wants to be our messiah, and that being our messiah is how he became an icon. Touré doesn’t have to hunt far to find these things — it’s right there in the very song from which Touré’s taken his title.

Read the whole review here.

A) There’s a Prince scholar??

B) Can’t wait to read this.

Lots of great photos at migrantography. This one is from...

Sun, 30 Jun 2013 23:38:25 -0400

Lots of great photos at migrantography. This one is from Taiwan:

Sign on top left is for a foreign (female) maid and care worker service. Monthly salary of TWD 15840 (about USD 470). Most foreign domestic workers in Taiwan come from Southeast Asian countries such as the Philippines and Vietnam.

Have you participated in meal sharing?

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:27:00 -0400

It’s like couch-surfing, but with food. (Click on the link to tell your story at The World’s Tumblr.)

pritheworld:

Tell us about your experience.

Did you come to the US as a child or a teenager? What were your biggest challenges fitting in?

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:35:44 -0400

pritheworld:

Can you help us name our series?

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:48:11 -0500

pritheworld:

With our partners at PRI, we’ve been telling stories recently about first and second generation Americans: their successes and failures, hopes and challenges.

Now we’re thinking about giving a name to this coverage and we need your help. Which of these names resonates most with you?

American Passages

Immigrant Lives

Life in America

Global Nation

Please leave your thoughts in the comments.