Kristin Deasy

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• December 30, 2011

  Egypt Poised To Take Arab World In New Direction

  The coming year has the international community watching the Arab world closely, with analysts focused on Egypt, a historically a powerful force in the region, for signs of things to come.

• December 03, 2011

  'Sesame Street' Tries To Pave New Road In Afghanistan

  "Sesame Street," the world's most-viewed children's educational television show and a program known for taking on divisive social issues in the United States since the 1960s, makes its Afghan debut.

• November 24, 2011

  Egypt's 'Naked Blogger' Calls On Men To Wear Hijab

  An Egyptian blogger who sparked controversy last week by posting a photo of herself naked online has also launched a campaign calling on men to don the Islamic headscarf.

• November 17, 2011

  The New Salman Rushdie Affair: Facebook ID Crackdown Has Activists Uneasy

  Author Salman Rushdie knows he has enemies. He went into hiding for a time after Iran's Islamic authorities issued a fatwa against him in 1989 for his book "The Satanic Verses." But when Facebook changed his profile name without his permission, Rushdie found himself facing an all-new adversary. His protest against Facebook's policy of requiring legal names on accounts, however, is part of a broader debate over the ethical responsibilities for social-networking giants like Facebook.

• September 27, 2011

  The Actress Who Took On The Mufti

  Pakistani reality TV star Veena Malik is used to improvising on stage. But even she was unprepared for the surprise guest who joined her on television earlier this year: a religious cleric eager to criticize her career. The debate that followed made Pakistani television history.

• September 04, 2011

  Author Tomas Sedlacek Explains Why Economics Is All About Morality

  For many, the economy functions like a layer of the atmosphere: important, unseen but enigmatic. But now, with the West mired in debt amid a stormy global economy, a newly released book, "The Economics of Good and Evil," tries to bring the subject closer to heart. Author Tomas Sedlacek explains why consumerism is really about conscience, and how ethics can shape our fiscal future.

• August 11, 2011

  English Tea 'Antiriot' Brews Online

  Hundreds of thousands of people are responding to the riots in Britain by brewing a cup of tea, part of an ongoing viral "antiriot" organized by a 22-year-old British man. As buildings still smolder in London and elsewhere following violence organized with the help of Blackberry Messenger and other social gadgetry, the massive popularity of Facebook's "Operation Cup of Tea," almost 300,000 strong, opens an opportunity for social media to be part of the solution.

• June 28, 2011

  'Cat And Coup' Video Game Recalls Overthrow Of Popular Iranian Leader

  In a new documentary video game tracing the life and overthrow of the late Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh, Iran's hugely popular prime minister, users get to play his frisky pet cat.

• June 22, 2011

  Syrian Activist: 'If We Die, We Will Die Standing'

  What's it like to live in the midst of Syria's antigovernment uprising? Information from the ground is hard to come by as foreign media are mostly barred from the country. RFE/RL managed to speak to one young protester near the flashpoint city of Daraa, who says his family paid the ultimate price.

• June 10, 2011

  'There Is A Nation Here That Wants Freedom' -- Eyewitness To Yemen Brutality Tells His Story

  Friday is a day of prayer in the Muslim world and one that in recent weeks has often seen heightened protest activity across the Arab world. As a doctor, Hamza al-Shargabi has helped dozens of people wounded in the unrest in his native Yemen, and he recalls one violent Friday protest that nearly cost him his life. But Shargabi challenges the idea that his homeland is on the verge of civil war.

• June 01, 2011

  Kids With Bombs: In Afghanistan And Pakistan, A Child With A Dream Can Be Deadly

  There has been a spate of child suicide bombings in Afghanistan and Pakistan in recent weeks, perhaps due in part to the Taliban's latest push for fresh revenge attacks after the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. forces earlier this month. Afghan officials have accused the Taliban of training children for the attacks, although under closer inspection, the reasons why children become suicide bombers are more complex.

• May 30, 2011

  Looking To Inspire Youth, Iraq's 'Superman' Shoots For The Moon

  It seems nothing can faze 30-year-old thrill-seeker Fareed Lafta, known for extreme sports adventures and ambitions that range from skydiving over mountains to walking on the moon. But his big aspiration -- serving as a role model for Iraqi youth -- could prove to be the biggest challenge of them all.

• May 28, 2011

  Amnesty International Marks Golden Anniversary

  Amnesty International began with a lawyer's defense of two jailed Portuguese students. At 50, it now stands as the world's largest human rights organization, with some 3 million participants pressing for human rights around the globe.

• May 14, 2011

  Ethnicity Plays Second Fiddle At Eurovision Music Fest

  The popular Eurovision song contest is down to 10 candidates ahead of the final on May 14, but with all the songs in English and only Bosnia bringing any traditional instruments on stage, the contest seems less a celebration of musical diversity and more a fete to the universal appeal of pop.

• April 23, 2011

  Chornobyl Through The Eyes Of A Ukrainian Schoolgirl

  The year 1986 saw Natalia Churikova's 14-year-old world shattered by an unprecedented disaster at a nuclear plant in the Ukrainian town of Chornobyl -- a crisis that soon gripped the world.

• March 30, 2011

  Filmmaker Rafi Pitts: Iran 'On The Verge Of An Explosion'

  Celebrated Iranian filmmaker Rafi Pitts, whose political thriller "The Hunter" was nominated for Berlinale's prestigious Golden Bear award in February 2010, says one of the reasons he made a thriller was to reflect the suspense he sees building up in Iran.

• March 01, 2011

  Bahrain's Blogfather Says Arab World Shares 'Same Anger'

  Prominent blogger and online activist Ali Abdulemam, jailed by Bahrain's royal family in September and just released last week, talks to RFE/RL about the unrest unfolding in the small Persian Gulf country.

• February 18, 2011

  'Anonymous' Hackers Help Iranian Activists Fight The Regime

  An Iranian hacker who goes by the name "Arash" has spoken to RFE/RL's Radio Farda about his work with the enigmatic online collective Anonymous, members of which claim to be part of a vast cyberarmy working on behalf of the Iranian opposition and other movements.

• February 14, 2011

  World To Valentine's Day: I Love You, I Love You Not

  Where's the love for Valentine's Day? The holiday, whether it's seen as a licentious love fest or an imperialist cultural tradition imposed by the West, can be controversial -- particularly in some Muslim states.

• February 11, 2011

  Google Search for 'Ghonim' Yields New Leader

  You can Google Wael Ghonim, but the results are inconclusive. The Google executive-turned-political activist was released on February 7 after being detained for nearly two weeks by Egyptian authorities. Following a manhunt for the missing executive that turned the Internet search giant on its head, Ghonim has emerged to take center stage in Egypt's rising opposition movement.

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