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...shock of being shipped to one of Sweden's overcrowded refugee camps, an hour's drive from Stockholm. Only Iraqis who can prove they will live with relatives in Sweden are permitted to stay outside government housing when they arrive; others slowly try to find accommodations once their refugee status is officially approved, usually within a few weeks of arrival. Most end up in Sweden's heavily immigrant ghettos, like the Stockholm neighborhood of Rinkeby. The area's expanse of characterless high-rise apartment buildings dates back to the 1960s, when the Swedish government poured billions into public housing. Driving...
...government has begun to limit the amount of time it allows Iraqis without residency status to stay in Syria, down from three months to two weeks. In mid-February, Syria shut its border with Iraq and wouldn't let any Iraqis enter for three days. The border is back open, but the message to Iraq and the U.S. was clear: Stop taking Syrian help for granted. The U.S. still needs to prove to Syria that playing a constructive role in the Middle East...
...many accounts part of an image makeover mandated by adult officers of DZ’s national organization. We use the term “adult” loosely. For the national organization’s seeming obsession with image—reminiscent of middle schoolers protective of their status in the “in crowd”—completely contradicts the bond of sisterhood they claim to uphold. Though the remaining members of the DZ chapter issued a statement yesterday denying that “race, weight, and academic majors were used as a criteria...
...theories of nonfiction and nuggets of advice. Tom Wolfe details four technical devices of a novel that can assist narrative journalists: “scene-by-scene construction,” “the use of copious dialogue,” “the careful notation of status details,” and “point of view.” Susan Orlean advises everyone to “read your stories out loud so you can hear how you tell stories.” Of writing about history, Harvard Professor of History Jill Lepore says...
...high points come in the first and last tracks. The hip modality of “From the Plantation to the Penitentiary,” the opening song, evokes the soaring beauty of “Blood on the Fields” as Sanon laments the status of black America. “In the land of freedom, in chains / In the land of freedom, insane,” she bellows. In the final song, “Where Y’all At?,” Marsalis himself delivers a poetic diatribe against modern American life. Under his shouts...