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Jordan & Beyond: Pakistanis View U.S. Aid Warily

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Pakistanis View U.S. Aid Warily. October 7, 2009, 11:00 am. Http:/ atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/pakistanis-view-us-aid-warily/? Christoph Bangert for The New York Times Ali Rizvi, left, and Umair Anjum outside a McDonald’s in Islamabad. The men say the Kerry-Lugar aid bill will undermine Pakistan’s sovereignty. I spoke with several Pakistanis who shared their concerns about the bill and America’s relationship with Pakistan. 8220;There is a lot of pressure on the government to get this bill reviewed...

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Jordan & Beyond: For Longtime Captives, a Complex Road Home

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For Longtime Captives, a Complex Road Home. September 1, 2009. Http:/ www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/health/01psych.html? Jaycee Dugard has suffered sexual abuse, neglect and emotional manipulation to an extent hard to imagine, according to the charges in the case involving her abduction. But therapists say the biggest challenge facing Ms. Dugard, who was found last week after 18 years in captivity, may be switching families. Therapists say Ms. Dugard’s transition to a new life is likely to take so...By cont...

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Jordan & Beyond: Listening to (and Saving) the World’s Languages

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Listening to (and Saving) the World’s Languages. April 28, 2010. Http:/ www.nytimes.com/2010/04/29/nyregion/29lost.html? The chances of overhearing a conversation in Vlashki, a variant of Istro-Romanian, are greater in Queens than in the remote mountain villages in Croatia that immigrants now living in New York left years ago. 8220;My wife is from Java and my children were born in Jakarta — they don’t associate with the Mamuju,” he said. “I don’t read books in Mamuju&#46...These are not just some of the ...

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Jordan & Beyond: Showcase: Neighborly Hatred

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If you have the chance check out the NYTs gallery of photos and video on their website! September 3, 2009, 12:00 am. Http:/ lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/showcase-45/? PERPIGNAN, France — If you want to understand why Justyna Mielnikiewicz has spent eight years photographing border disputes and ethnic conflicts in the South Caucasus, you should know two stories from her childhood. She recalled: “When I started going to Abkhazia, people said: ‘Why are you coming here? This eight-year journey has now b...

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Jordan & Beyond: When Fear Turns Graphic

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When Fear Turns Graphic. January 17, 2010. SWITZERLAND stunned many Europeans, including not a few Swiss, when near the end of last year the country, by referendum, banned the building of minarets. Much predictable tut-tutting ensued about Swiss xenophobia, even though surveys showed similar plebiscites would get pretty much the same results elsewhere. Cries of racism, occasional legal proceedings — none of which ended up in fines against him, Mr. Segert hastens to point out — and even ba...8220;If what ...

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Jordan & Beyond: Sudan Fines Woman Who Wore Pants

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Sudan Fines Woman Who Wore Pants. September 8, 2009. By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN and WALEED ARAFAT. Http:/ www.nytimes.com/2009/09/08/world/africa/08sudan.html? NAIROBI, Kenya — A Sudanese woman who wore pants in public was fined the equivalent of $200 but spared a whipping Monday when a court found her guilty of violating Sudan’s decency laws. 8220;He didn’t give us a chance,” Mrs. Manal said. The judge had threatened to jail her for one month if she did not pay the fine. But according to The A.P.,...On Monday...

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Jordan & Beyond: Yale Press Bans Images of Muhammad in New Book

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Yale Press Bans Images of Muhammad in New Book. August 13, 2009. Http:/ www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/books/13book.html? He noted that he had been involved in publishing other controversial books — like “The King Never Smiles” by Paul M. Handley, a recent unauthorized biography of Thailand’s current monarch — and “I’ve never blinked.” But, he said, “when it came between that and blood on my hands, there was no question.”. Linda Koch Lorimer, vice president and secretary of Yale University, who had discussed...

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Jordan & Beyond: July 2010

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Which Way is Up? In 1154 Muhammad al-Idrisi created for King Roger II of Sicily the "Upside Down World Map," which today is known as the Tabula Rogeriana. al-Idrisi was a famous Islamic explorer and cartographer that pieced the map together from his personal knowledge and information from other travelers. The result was one of the most advanced and accurate maps for more than 300 years! SP Scott, in his 1904 tome,. The History of the Moorish Empire in Europe,. To read more from this book click here.

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Jordan & Beyond: Can Jews Travel Safely in the Middle East?

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Can Jews Travel Safely in the Middle East? Have you checked out Couchsurfing.com. Not only can you find a free place to crash, but you can join communities and find the answers to your questions. Read below for user's questions and replies on the subject of being a Jewish traveler in the Middle East. Wanna read more? I'm posting this email because I need your opinion. Well, what's your opinion about that? Is there a real risk? Thank you very much for your answers. You are not the first jew who come here ...

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Jordan & Beyond: NYT Editorial: Fear of Freedom

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NYT Editorial: Fear of Freedom. Http:/ www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/opinion/25sun1.html? Published: July 24, 2010. A prisoner who begs to stay indefinitely at the Guantánamo Bay detention center rather than be sent back to Algeria probably has a strong reason to fear the welcoming reception at home. It is an act of cruelty that seems to defy explanation. The Obama administration, which is trying to reduce the population at Guantánamo, battled Mr. Naji’s lawyers all the way to the Supreme Court fo...The cou...