Iranian poetry gives a voice to the hushed. By Alma Bahman The United States’ relationship with Iran centers on politics and nuclear weapons. But one Chicago group is trying to change that by showcasing the Middle Eastern country’s art across…
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Running the ‘L’
By Yu Le Adham Fisher of Leiceister, England has traveled to 15 cities, including London, New York and Paris in many attempts to break the record time for visiting all of the stations in a city’s public transit system. Fisher,…
Posted in North America, The Breakdown
Paint the town Thai
Albany Park gets a makeover. By Alexia Severson Songkran, the Thai New Year celebrated in mid-April, is also known as “The Water Festival” because participants toss H2O all over one another — a tradition that stems from Thailand’s scorching spring…
Homegrown education fund helps students in Jamaica hit the books
A nonprofit offers scholarships and aims to bring people together. By Zack Aldrich Every day Daphne Lopez, an 81-year-old registered nurse in Evanston, bridges the divide between her Jamaican and American identities. Lopez, who has lived in Chicago for 44…
Posted in Africa, Global Spotlight, North America Tagged with: Chicago, CROSO, education, Jamaica, scholarships
Cultural traditions of breastfeeding get a modern spin
Indian-Americans feel comfortable with the traditional nursing practice and aren’t afraid to talk about it publically. By Antonietta Colasanto Time magazine’s May 2012 cover, showing Jamie Lynne Grumet nursing her 3-year-old son, caused a controversy surrounding American reluctance for breastfeeding…
A Holocaust survivor responds to “In the Garden of Beasts”
A Wilmette resident reflects on his empathy toward the ‘innocent’ Chicago family in Hitler’s Berlin who might have stood up against the Nazis. By Gulnaz Saiyed For the past two decades, Holocaust survivor Walter Reed, 88, a retired PR consultant…
Posted in Europe, The Breakdown
World food prices plateau and aren’t going down, experts say
What do you get when you combine global warming with biofuels and more than 6 billion humans? High food prices. By Gulnaz Saiyed Heshima Kenya – a Chicago nonprofit that provides shelter, education and resources for unaccompanied refugee girls and…
Posted in Africa, The Breakdown
Following in TOMS shoes
How your for-profit business can give back By Molly Fedick TOMS wearers love their shoes for more than comfort alone — just ask Lana Buseman, 24, a marketing associate at Harry Caray’s in Chicago. “I really like the idea that…
Girl power through a global lens
Experts and activists discuss whether girls really hold the power when it comes to education. By Ashlei Williams Khady Ndiaye, a Senegalese girl with cocoa skin and a broad smile, was 11 before she ever attended school. In 1998, Amy…
Mah-Jongg: An American game?
The traditional Asian board game shapes social lives. By Yu Le Every Monday night Arlene Rubin, 72, hosts five friends at her Hyde Park home. They gossip, munch on popcorn and play mah-jongg, a Chinese board game with dominolike tiles.…
Posted in ExpoDigi
