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World Affairs

Articles in World Affairs


January 2009

Rattle and Hum

Hello, Baghdad! A Kurdish singer rocks Iraq

“Coca Si, Cocaina No”

The struggle to legitmize the coca leaf

A Film For Would-Be Immigrants

“We fade into a blistering sun... which detonates in a BLOOD EXPLOSION.”

The Mountain That Eats Men

A descent into Bolivia’s dark heart, with a gallery from photographer Jason Rothe.


December 2008

Word is Born

A new tongue emerges from Kenya’s cabdrivers

The Archipelago of Fear

Are fortification and foreign aid making Kabul more dangerous?


October 2008

Neighbourhood Watch

Security strategies for the war zone

Cross to Bear

Praying for safe passage in Morocco

Fired in Stone

A Serbian monk burns through Kosovo

Election Day in Chicago

A photo essay in Chicago, from the South Side to Grant Park on election day.

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