Feb
7th
Tue
7th
Jan
7th
Sat
7th
PPR2011: Mustafa Marwan
Sep
6th
Tue
6th
Aug
17th
Wed
17th
[PRESS] The Technician NCSU
Check out PPR in NC State’s newspaper The Technician where Mohammad and Sameer talk about their experiences this summer.
http://www.technicianonline.com/features/a-summer-of-civil-rights-and-unrest-1.2610218
[PRESS] Chapel Hill News
Check out PPR in the Chapel Hill news with our poem from Egypt “Finding Meaning” and photo from Sameer.
http://www.chapelhillnews.com/2011/08/17/66237/finding-meaning.html
Aug
12th
Fri
12th
Aug
7th
Sun
7th
[POEM] 7th WUNC Piece
Ramadan is the lunar month when Muslim’s fast from sunrise to sunset
No food or water
Distancing yourself from the material world is meant to recharge you spiritually
Many have given up more than food and water this year
I can’t imagine how Mabruka Mbarki must have felt
the first month without her 16 year old son
after he was killed by police,
his memory lives on in songs of those who stood by him in protest
My mother used to tell me
how much it bothered her when people would
avoid mentioning my sister’s name after she passed away
So I understood when Mrs. Mubarki
thanked us profusely just for asking to hear her son’s story
[PRESS] WRAL News Online
Check out PPR on WRAL.com! Help us keep spreading the word by talking to local media about the project!
Aug
6th
Sat
6th
[PRESS] CNN iReport
Check out the PPR video “The Poems Already Written” on CNN.com via iReport!
Aug
5th
Fri
5th
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Listen to the 7th and final poem from our series with WUNC. You can also listen to it and “like” it on the WUNC Website. Thanks so much to everyone who has continued to support us on the radio the past two months. To see a collection of all seven poems check out the PPR page on WUNC here.
[POEM] 6th WUNC Piece
It’s hard to describe the energy inside a sunset
Or better yet the feeling of sand as it sits in your hands
I’ve never been able to describe what it’s like to absorb
The portraits on earth that have erupted from mother-nature’s core
And for our time here in North Africa
We’ve seen amazing sights
And we’ve met extraordinary people whose greatness
Hangs like medallions from their necks
But it’s hard to describe the outstanding when it’s subtle
Or to explain the incredible when it’s subdued
So I’m not sure how to tell you what Ayya is like
24 years old
Arab, Muslim, African, woman
Aug
4th
Thu
4th
[WUNC] Morning Edition Poem
Check out the 7th poem from the PPR crew tomorrow on “Morning Edition” on WUNC 91.5 FM.
The best couscous in Tunisia.
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The ruins of Carthage, Tunisia
