Working in a field called public relations that calls for being on top of the action and being well connected to people and what they do, I still find it difficult to fully embrace social media.
Author: Rana Alrabi
‘Half the Sky’ a vital film on women’s oppression
Sierra Leone, Cambodia, Vietnam: there are girls who are raped by a relative, or kidnapped by a man or a woman claiming to be a helping relative or friend and then cruelly sold and enslaved to give their body night after night, day after day, to clients, as they call them.
Corporate reality is as bad as it sounds
Sitting at home for dinner with friends—a married couple in their late twenties and mid-thirties—who are visiting from America, the conversation quickly turns sour.
Education for the Sake of Education. Who Woulda Thunk It?
I wonder how and when we stopped studying for the sake of learning. Why must it be an investment? A must? A pressure?
“Are you crazy? Board that bus! They could arrest you if you interfere”
Two police officers, a young man and a young man, wearing dark latex gloves and standing near their vehicle, are speaking with a young woman who is very thin, her blond hair is disheveled, her clothes are dirty, teeth in bad shape (several missing), and she seems intoxicated.