Just got back from Cyprus, which has been divided since Turkish forces occupied the northern third in 1974.
I was reporting a water story, but managed to get distracted by this adorable Turkish Cypriot girl, who is like a Mediterranean version of Laura Ingalls (but in a jean jacket with pink faux-fur trim).
Ten-year-old Buse Ozyarali likes [...]
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Little house on the cleaved island
February 8, 2010 – 3:32 am
By Joanna Kakissis
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Also posted in Photos, Travel + Culture
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Tagged children, cute animals, Cyprus
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Now in the IHT/NYT: The latest story from Bangladesh
January 4, 2010 – 3:21 am
Our story on environmental migrants moving en masse to the megacity of Dhaka is finally in The International Herald Tribune and The New York Times. Thanks to photojournalist Ross Taylor’s fantastic images, the story was the front-page centerpiece of the global NYT edition. (Here’s the front page of the IHT’s Asia edition.)
I loved spending time [...]
By Joanna Kakissis
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Also posted in Environment, My Articles, The New York Times
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Tagged Atiq Rahman, Bangladesh, Barisal, climate change, Dhaka, environmental migrants, International Herald Tribune, Korail, mega-cities, Rabab Fatima, Saleemul Huq, slums
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Copenhagen, Hopenhagen, Nopenhagen…
December 20, 2009 – 9:40 am
Here are a couple of stories I did for Al-Jazeera English: one on the public battle over whether climate change is real, and another on the geopolitics of global warming pacts.
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By Joanna Kakissis
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Also posted in Environment, My Articles
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Tagged Atiq Rahman, Bangladesh Center for Advanced Studies, Barack Obama, Chatham House, China, Cleo Paskal, climate change, Geoff Dabelko, geopolitics, global warming, India, Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research, Jerry Meehl, Jim White, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Wilson Center for International Scholars
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A moving farewell from one genius to another
July 7, 2009 – 4:52 pm
Stevie Wonder sings “I Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer” (a masterpiece, my favorite) and “They Won’t Go When I Go.” RIP Michael Jackson.
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Elegies to the World’s Troubled Landscapes?
March 4, 2009 – 8:42 pm
The Eagles were on to something in 1976, when they lamented the pillaging of the western American landscape in “The Last Resort.” As eco-awareness of global warming makes major headlines, and movie stars and scientists link arms to march against coal-fired power plants, I wonder: Where are the music videos? The equivalent of “We Are [...]
By Joanna Kakissis
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Also posted in Environment, Shouts + Greetings, Travel + Culture, World Hum
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Tagged eco-songs, Environment, World Hum
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Fires in Greece
September 4, 2007 – 8:18 am
Check here and here for a couple of USA Today articles co-written last week with the paper’s European correspondent. (Photo taken Sept. 1 of the once-lush forests of Evia, an island northeast of Athens that suffered serious fire damage.)
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By Joanna Kakissis
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Also posted in Environment, Photos
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Tagged arson, Evia, fires, Greece
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