Kristin Deasy

Kristin Deasy is freelance journalist working in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She previously has reported from Syria, Turkey, Egypt, and Eastern Europe, among other countries. Her work has been published in World Affairs magazine, Radio Free Europe, Global Post, the Prague Post, The Daily Beast, and others. She spent five years covering rights-related developments throughout the Middle East, Central Asia and Russia, first as a Prague-based correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), an organization that seeks to bolster press freedom, and later, as an independent reporter. She was a researcher and fact-checker for Foreign Policy writer Christian Caryl’s book “Strange Rebels,” which focuses on the year 1979 in Iran, Afghanistan, China, and Eastern Europe.

Middle East

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

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The Poet: Marwa Maamoun

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt — She approached beaming, headscarf hardly visible behind big bursting cheeks, eyes ablaze, arms sweeping up...

Aug 01, 2012

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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

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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

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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