Years after the first reports that rare minerals like coltan, essential to the manufacture of electronic goods including...
Aug 16, 2012
Inspecting the Inspectors: Walmart and Chiquita immune to labor oversight in Honduras
By John Otis SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — If you’ve ever wondered why conditions for legions of Latin...
Aug 15, 2012
The Partner: Ahmed Awadalla
CAIRO, Egypt — Ahmed Awadalla’s a dude, Egyptian-style. The young male activist, defender of women’s rights and anti-discrimination...
Aug 01, 2012
Samira’s Story: Why she fights for freedom, in her own words
BY SAMIRA IBRAHIMCAIRO, Egypt — In March 2011, Samira Ibrahim was arrested with dozens of other protesters in Tahrir...
Aug 01, 2012
The Voice & the Veil: Egypt’s Revolutionary Women
CAIRO, Egypt — When Bothaina Kamel began gathering signatures for her campaign to be not only Egypt’s first democratically...
Aug 01, 2012
The Poet: Marwa Maamoun
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt — She approached beaming, headscarf hardly visible behind big bursting cheeks, eyes ablaze, arms sweeping up...
Aug 01, 2012
The Pioneer: Nawal El-Saadawi
CAIRO, Egypt — In a small village outside Cairo in the early 1940s, a little Egyptian girl sent God...
Aug 01, 2012
The Prodigy: Aya Mohsen
CAIRO, Egypt — Aya Mohsen calls herself an “underage” revolutionary. The teenager Tweets against Egypt’s ruling generals from...
Aug 01, 2012
The Politician: Gamila Ismail
CAIRO, Egypt — Click. Clack. Click. Laugh. “She’s coming,” her assistant whispered. “You always know by the sound.”...
Aug 01, 2012
The Protestor: Mariam Kirollos
CAIRO, Egypt — Armed with drumsticks, Mariam Kirollos makes music at street marches to empower women. Kirollos’s animated...
Aug 01, 2012
The Performer: Sondos Shabayek
CAIRO, Egypt — In directing “Tahrir Monologues,” a theater performance that recreates revolutionary moments on stages across Egypt,...
Aug 01, 2012