Barbara Demick
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Journalist and author: Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town; Nothing to Envy (N. Korea) and Logavina Street (Bosnia), visiting prof Princeton.
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The real story behind Indonesia's celebrated free election by Margaret Scott margaret scott
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Why are city-dwellers flocking to rural China?
Join Barbara Demick for a talk with China Books Review editor Alec Ash about his new memoir 'The Mountains Are High: A Year of Escape and Discovery in Rural China,' in which he answers this question. RSVP: asiasociety.org/center-us-chin…
'Barbara Demick’s China Bookshelf'
The award-winning journalist and author Barbara Demick recommends five titles, from Tibetan memoirs to environmental histories — and offers a life hack for New Yorkers with limited shelf space.
chinabooksreview.com/2024/01/09/bar…
The past eight weeks in Israel and Gaza have been the deadliest period for journalists since Committee to Protect Journalists began gathering data 30 years ago. The vast majority of the 64 total killed were Palestinian and in Gaza bravely reporting in impossible conditions.
'Intifada' literally means 'shaking off' or uprising. The first intifada was largely non-violent, although the second was not. Still, it's a big stretch to say this is calling for genocide. Daoud Kuttab داود كُتّاب latimes.com/opinion/story/…
Harvard Is Ignoring Its Own Antisemitism Experts Jewish Currents jewishcurrents.org/harvard-is-ign…