Word: blackly
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...Lake Malawi's southern shores, at Nkopola Lodge in Mangochi, a three-hour drive from Lilongwe, the capital. Headlining are English indie band the Maccabees, while other acts on the roster include DJ Nihal, hip-hop artist Sway DaSafo and Malawi's home-grown reggae band, the Black Missionaries. A detachment from the U.K.'s National Young Volunteers Service - a personal-development and service organization for young people - keeps things running smoothly over the course of the event. (See Time.com/Travel for city guides, stories and advice...
...giggle. And then there was the group of young women, all majoring in gender studies at the local Islamic college, who were snapping pictures to post on their feminist blog. "The patriarchy is very strong," concedes one blogger, Asih Baet, in John Lennon specs and a black hijab. But across Indonesia, in mosques, on blogs, and in former guava orchards, there are rebellions against...
...Straight-backed, in red lipstick and maroon-and-white polka dots, a sheer black veil slipping off her hair, Amva strides around the campus of Pesantran Kebon Jambu, which takes its name from the guava orchards that stood there before the school's mint-and-white mosque and tile-roofed dormitories. Born in the village to a family of respected kyais, or Islamic teachers, she learned her Arabic and the study of the Quran and the Islamic traditions at her father's pesantran. "My grandfather and parents always hoped someday I'd become a respected scholar," she smiles, pouring...
...about Lou Jing on the KDS Life forum asked in mock seriousness, "Is it possible that she is Obama's daughter?" Another poster said, "I can't believe she's so shameless that she would go on TV." Most of the critics are agreed on one point: that this black woman cannot be regarded as a "real" Chinese...
...first glance, the Serbian capital of Belgrade looks like any other major European city: its streets are lined with glitzy cafés and designer shops, its people smartly dressed. But sprayed in black on almost every wall in the city center are hints of a dark undercurrent - phrases like "Blood will flow," "We will get you" and "Death...