The offices of L.A. Voice, where Umar Hakim is in residency, are on the third floor of the First Baptist Church of Los Angeles. So when it comes time for Hakim to offer his daily prayers, he finds a quiet room, faces Mecca and turns his thoughts to God. “Most people don’t object to prayer,” […]
Author: Angilee Shah
Misplaced metaphors and other things that can wreck health translations
Alanna Shaikh has spent about ten years working in international development. Originally from Syracuse, New York, she works on global health, aid programs and policy, most currently for an international aid project in Tajikistan. Shaikh blogs for AidWatch, End the Neglect, UN Dispatch, and her fascinating and candid personal blog, Blood and Milk. She speaks […]
New book, now on Tumblr
The book I am co-editing with China historian Jeffrey Wasserstrom will be published next year by UC Press. In the meantime, we’ve started a Tumblr to highlight the work of contributors and provide updates, Enjoy!
Imaging a War on Terror
Two days after Osama bin Laden was killed by American forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan, President Barack Obama announced that he would not to release photos of the Al Qaeda leader’s body. He said the releasing gruesome images could incite anger against American troops abroad and create unnecessary risks to national security. He also said that […]
I’m on Tumblr!
I haven’t been blogging much lately — hope to return to my own site soon — but in the meantime, I’ve started a Tumblr to share quick things I am reading and seeing around the web. Enjoy!
My first Storify from SXSW Interactive
For my first attempt at storytelling with this new social media tool, I recapped a panel at SXSW Interactive in Austin, Texas. Feedback would be great — should I write more, include more tweets, include fewer tweets? Is this actually good for a reader who wasn’t at the event? [<a href=”http://storify.com/angshah/mobile-health-applications-the-view-from-sxsw-inte” target=”blank”>View the story “Mobile […]
PBS NewsHour’s Storify on Egypt’s Revolution
I’m testing out a new social media storytelling tool called Storify with today’s top news, one that has been told quite movingly through social media. This Storify was created by NewsHour and it’s a really interesting way to scroll through today’s events. What do you think? Do you like this kind of storytelling?
Fred Korematsu Day, Two Ways
Yesterday was Fred Korematsu Day in California. Korematsu, a Japanese-American who resisted placement in a World War II-era internment camp, and later fought in courts to have a Supreme Court conviction of “defiance” overturned, was remembered on January 30 in the state of California. In September, California declared this day, Korematsu’s birthday, to be the […]