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The biggest food assistance program in the West Bank is being shut down. The International Red Cross plans to stop its delivery of food and vouchers to some 300,000 people by the end of this month, claiming Israel has the resources to provide food in the occupied territory.
Broadcast: Nov 13 2003 on APM Marketplace Subjects: Health, War, International
3:50
Scott Carrier & Barrett Golding
A collection of voices from citizens throughout the United States sharing their views on the ongoing war effort in Iraq and the War on Terror. [transcript]
Broadcast: Nov 12 2003 on NPR Day to Day Subjects: International, Politics, Public Affairs, War
12:12
Larry Massett
A tale of disappearing train ticket offices, life-limited electric fans and the eccentricities of existence in the post-Soviet republic of Georgia. Alex returns home to Batumi, a port on the Black Sea by the Turkish border. The city has always been an outpost, the farthest reach of different empires from Roman times on. In the Soviet era, up until 1991, it prospered with booming oil refineries and tangerine groves. But now,Alex feels, his old hometown is decaying, like some provincial capital in the Middle Ages after the fall of Rome. [transcript]
Broadcast: Oct 17 2003 on PRI/MPR Savvy Traveler Subjects: Business, International, Travel
4:42
Nancy Updike
Palestine’s new PM is Abu Mazen. Four Palestinian youth in Jerusalem consider the recent change in Palestinian leadership and the effect -- if any -- it will have on their lives. [transcript]
Broadcast: Sep 11 2003 on NPR Day to Day Subjects: Politics, International, Public Affairs
5:14
Dmae Roberts
Musician Wu Man plays an instrument that is 2000 years old and is often compared to the lute. She is credited for bringing the sound of the pipa to American audiences, but often, she doesn’t play traditional music. On her current nationwide tour, she performs works by contemporary composers like Philip Glass and Tan Dun. [transcript]
Broadcast: Sep 4 2003 on KQED Pacific Time Subjects: International, Classical, Music
3:25
Larry Massett
How to use the Zulu click language in embarrassing social situations. [transcript]
Broadcast: Aug 29 2003 on PRI/MPR Savvy Traveler Subjects: Spoken Word, Travel, International
2:21
Dmae Roberts
An audio postcard of Piazza San Marcos in Venice, Italy, a blend of timelessness and tourists.
Broadcast: Jul 19 2003 on PRI/MPR Savvy Traveler Subjects: Travel, International
12:15
Andrei Codrescu & Larry Massett
Andrei returns to Romania, his homeland. "Look at the old lady looking out. She’s been looking out for three hundred years. And she’s still curious. She looks like she’s seen everyone: the Romans in their sandals, Germans in jackboots, gypsies with feet of silver, and the communists in their dialectical slippers; and pretty soon, the rollerblades will be coming. She’s not going anywhere." [transcript]
Broadcast: Jun 13 2003 on PRI/MPR Savvy Traveler Subjects: International, Travel, Literature, Historical
19:49
Nancy Updike
One journalist’s question: how do I keep these kids from joining Hamas, or doing a suicide bombing? His answer: create an incredibly popular TV program where he translates the Israeli newscasts into Arabic live, every night, in real time. Language, he says, can be a bridge to peace. A report on the complicated mission of Palestinian journalist Nasser Laham.
Broadcast: May 30 2003 on PRI/WBEZ This American Life Subjects: Politics, Public Affairs, International
6:02
Dmae Roberts
Crypto-Jews or hidden Jews are Sephaerdic Jews who emigrated to Mexico and other parts of Latin America to escape the Inquisition in the 1500’s. Many Latinos don’t even know their Jewish origins even though they might speak Ladino (mixture of Hebrew and Portugese and Spanish) and use Jewish chants in what they thought were exclusively Catholic services. Kathleen Alcala stumbled upon her Jewish origins and wrote Spirits of the Ordinary, a novel about her family history -- now a play in Portland. [transcript]
Broadcast: May 15 2003 on NPR Latino USA Subjects: Hispanic, International, Religious, Entertainment
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