Arab-Jewish Tensions Creep Into 'Peace Village'
The Israeli village of Neve Shalom was founded decades ago as a place where Arabs and Jews could coexist in the volatile Middle East. The area has weathered regional wars and uprisings, but earlier...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana Use Sprouting In Israel
Israel has become a world leader in the use of medical marijuana. More than 10,000 patients have received government licenses to consume the drug to treat ailments such as cancer and chronic pain.But...
View ArticleWalls Of Palestinian Homes Come Tumbling Down
Israel has dramatically increased its demolitions of unauthorized Palestinian homes in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, according to a recent United Nations report.Last year, 1,100 Palestinians — more...
View ArticleReport: Violence Against West Bank Palestinians Is Up
Farming is the mainstay of the Palestinian communities around the West Bank village of Yanoun. Animals graze the land, and Palestinians make their living by harvesting citrus fruits and olives.Last...
View ArticleLatest Target For Palestinians' Protest? Their Leader
The Kalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and Ramallah in the West Bank is best known as a flashpoint between Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces.
View ArticleSinai Attack Dashes Hopes For Closer Gaza-Egypt Ties
In Gaza, the departures hall at the Rafah border crossing between the Palestinian territory and Egypt is brand new, air conditioned and festooned with Palestinian flags.Only a few days ago, uniformed...
View ArticleIsrael Monitors Egypts Call To Modify Treaty
Israel is welcoming Egypt's military efforts to stamp out Islamist militants in the Sinai following the recent border attack there that killed 16 Egyptian soldiers.
View ArticlePalestinians Fear New Israeli Moves In West Bank
Peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians have been frozen for almost two years. But Palestinians say that doesn't mean events aren't happening on the ground.Recently, the Israeli military issued...
View ArticleSneaking A Bite During Ramadan's Long, Hot Days
The Muslim holy month of Ramadan has fallen on the longest and hottest days of the year, which means up to 15 hours of fasting in soaring temperatures.This seems to have increased the number of Muslims...
View ArticleGaza's Future Looks Bleaker Even Than Its Past
Ihab Abu Nada's family lives down a series of dark narrow alleyways in Gaza City. The house has two bedrooms for the seven people living there — the kitchen and the bathroom are in the same space, and...
View ArticleA War Correspondent Takes On Her Toughest Assignment
When I discovered I was pregnant, I realized it was time for a change of pace. I'd been covering conflicts around the world for 12 years. The plan was to retreat to balmy Miami where my family is, have...
View ArticleA War Survivor, An Iraqi Makes A New Home In North Carolina
Ten years after the Iraq War began, NPR is catching up with people we encountered during the conflict. Back in 2008, NPR's armored car was targeted with a so-called sticky bomb in Baghdad. Ali Hamdani,...
View ArticleIn The Wake Of Brazil's Boom, Prices To Match
In Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest city, a Starbucks coffee shop looks as it would in the United States. It has the same jazzy music; the same items on the menu.There is one thing that is different,...
View ArticleIn Gritty Sao Paulo, Artists Take To The Streets
It's lunchtime in the heart of Sao Paulo's financial district. Surrounded by tall buildings of cool glass and steel, men and women in suits and business attire walk back and forth busily in Brazil's...
View ArticleBrazil Seeks To Avoid Own Goal Ahead Of World Cup
Soccer isn't just a sport in Brazil, it's a religion, and the main temple is the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro.The venue is not only the biggest stadium in Brazil but the biggest in South America. Over...
View ArticleAs Youth Crime Spikes, Brazil Struggles For Answers
In Rio de Janeiro, tourists are drawn to Copacabana for its wide beach and foliage-covered cliffs. But a month ago, not far from the tourist hub, an American woman and her French male companion were...
View ArticleC-Sections Deliver Cachet For Wealthy Brazilian Women
The office is immaculate, as you would expect in an upscale neighborhood in Sao Paulo — all sterile, white, modish plastic furniture and green plants. Behind the reception desk are pictures that would...
View ArticleBrazil Looks To Build A 10,000-Mile Virtual Fence
Brazil's borders are so vast, and the terrain so inhospitable, that attempting to secure them has seemed a virtually impossible task.But Brazil's rapidly expanding economy has made the country a magnet...
View Article'We Are Not Valued': Brazil's Domestic Workers Seek Rights
The phone is ringing off the hook at the crowded waiting room at the Domestic Workers Union in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil.In the past decade, millions of Brazilians have joined the middle class.
View ArticleRio Goes High-Tech, With An Eye Toward Olympics, World Cup
We are standing in front of a huge bank of screens, in the middle of which is a glowing map that changes focus depending on what the dozens of controllers are looking at.The room looks like something...
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