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Teen girl raped in Egypt speaks out, defies abuse
Written by Kristin Deasy
There she was, sitting in a sweltering sitting room in Cairo, her scarred face haloed by her Islamic headscarf, her pregnant belly pushing out a bit, her 18-year-old hands resting lightly in her lap. Her name is Ghada, and she is one of the bravest women I have ever met.
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Kristin Deasy
Kristin Deasy is a blogger with Future Challenges. Before joining the Future Challenges team, she worked as an international correspondent for the Prague-based Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a US-funded organization that broadcasts into countries that lack a fully free press. Her work has also appeared in World Affairs magazine, the Prague Post, the European online magazine Cafe Babel, and others. She currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
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America’s most vulnerable: mental health clinic shows extent of need
Written by Kristin Deasy
“America,” “affordable,” and “health care” — three terms that just don’t seem to go together.
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How Europe’s financial crisis ambushed my German class
Written by Kristin Deasy
None of us saw it coming. It was a cold November afternoon in a Berlin. We were huddled around four scratched-up tables practicing German. The topic was rent hikes caused by one of the city’s many renovation projects. Then all of a sudden, the Basque girl burst out with: “We […]
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Artist Mona Shomali: Ecology not for ‘stiff lab coats’
Written by Kristin Deasy
Once upon a time, there was a young painter named Mona Shomali. Her brown eyes glowed like candied almonds and her smile came together like a vanquished orange slice. She laughed readily, covering canvasses with beautiful images — sweeping portraits of female figures who share her Iranian descent. Art collectors were […]
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New Sausage E-Shop Uses Pig Photos To Reduce Meat Consumption
Written by Kristin Deasy
Welcome to Meine Kleine Farm (My little farm), where you actually get to meet the meat you’re going to eat. Seriously, say hello to the cute piggy face on your sausage label — because one could not exist without the other. That’s the point of the new German online initiative, […]
