Brian Dabbs

Special from Libya: Misrata gravediggers ensure religious rites for Qadhafi’s fallen
World

Special from Libya: Misrata gravediggers ensure religious rites for Qadhafi’s fallen

Misrata – A few hundred meters from the sea, over ramshackle huts, coarse shrubbery, and rocky desert terrain, the bodies…
Special from Libya: Training center signals rebels’ change in priorities
World

Special from Libya: Training center signals rebels’ change in priorities

Misrata -- The military police volunteers line up single file and stream toward a concrete wall defining the perimeter of…
Special from Libya: Rebels consolidate West Misrata and prepare to advance
World

Special from Libya: Rebels consolidate West Misrata and prepare to advance

Dafneya (20km west of Misrata) - The Libyan rebels strengthened their territorial hold west of Misrata on Friday, marking one…
Special from Libya: Rebels use Qadhafi’s resources against him
World

Special from Libya: Rebels use Qadhafi’s resources against him

Benghazi - In the chief stronghold of the Libyan revolutionaries, Benghazi authorities are converting former icons of Libyan leader Muammar…
Special from Libya: Expectations high for rebel advance on eastern front
World

Special from Libya: Expectations high for rebel advance on eastern front

Ajdabiya – When widespread demonstrations erupted throughout Libya in February, Suleiman Refida and his four brothers immediately chose to help…
Northern Laos: The confluence of indolence and warfare
Life & Style

Northern Laos: The confluence of indolence and warfare

The clock on the wall of Luang Prabang’s northern bus terminal read 10:00 a.m.
Burmese travel bans, Buddhas and beaches
Life & Style

Burmese travel bans, Buddhas and beaches

We sat in the anteroom of the Chinese-style guesthouse, tense, returning the stony glares of the longyi garbed Burmese men…
Festival Films: Iraq’s ‘The Quarter of Scarecrows’
Cinema/TV

Festival Films: Iraq’s ‘The Quarter of Scarecrows’

The ominous, low grumble of a bomber, slowly and methodically patrolling the vast skies above, ushers in the Iraqi soldier’s…
Sudan’s uncertainty leaves Egypt struggling to preserve interests
Egypt

Sudan’s uncertainty leaves Egypt struggling to preserve interests

Amid recent escalation in the war of words between northern and southern officials in Sudan’s ever-embattled political landscape, indicators suggest…
5 books on: Lebanon today
Books

5 books on: Lebanon today

Navigating Lebanon’s political landscape can be an overwhelming undertaking. The small Arab nation—nestled between the Mediterranean Sea, Israel and Syria—struggles…
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