Ricki Green

Also by Ricki Green

• March 23, 2009

  Letter From Almaty: Kazakhs Ring In Norouz

  Thousands of Kazakh families, young couples, and even an eagle fill the Old Square on the first day of Norouz. It is the ancient festival of the beginning of spring celebrated throughout Central Asia and Iran, where Norouz was born. Appropriately it is a sunny spring day in Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, and the crowd is in a festive mood.

• January 17, 2009

  Michelle Obama Prepares For Life In The 'Back Seat'

  As Barack Obama prepares to take office as U.S. president on January 20, his closest ally also faces a major professional shift. His wife, Michelle Obama, a career woman who is a lawyer by education, plans on becoming the first "mother-in-chief" upon taking up residence in the White House. RFE/RL correspondent Ricki Green looks at how Michelle Obama's plans fit with the traditional role of the first lady.

• July 09, 2008

  Cows And Kidnapped Brides In Kyrgyzstan

  In some areas of Kyrgyzstan as many as 80 percent of the marriages are the result of kidnapping, and the vast majority of these are nonconsensual.