Political Theater in Nepal Is Driving Citizen Flight

Political Theater in Nepal Is Driving Citizen Flight

July 13/23 by Barbara Nimri Aziz With unwelcome regularity, every few months Kathmandu Valley experiences a nationally watched theatrical production. This month’s will surely be…

A Short Conversation about Malcolm X

A Short Conversation about Malcolm X

June 22/23 by B Nimri Aziz (also appearing in Counterpunch) “I’ve been rereading The Autobiography of Malcolm X”, I volunteered. It was a spontaneous announcement…

A Special Place on The Edge of Kathmandu 1983-2023

A Special Place on The Edge of Kathmandu 1983-2023

by Barbara Nimri Aziz, 06.19.23 (published in Nepal 06.17.23 by ekantipur) In 1983 when Sukanya Waiba and her sister Parijat Lama founded what’s now known…

A Reality Check on Our Polarized Lives.

A Reality Check on Our Polarized Lives.

May 26, by B Nimri Aziz. also on Counterpunch and River Reporter Arriving for my bone density test at a downstate New York hospital, I’m…

Syria, Alas. Is There Reason for Optimism?

Syria, Alas. Is There Reason for Optimism?

May 15, 2023 By B Nimri Aziz Counterpunch We have a stingy agreement from most Arab League countries that Syria, one of its founding members,…

The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela Revisited

The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela Revisited

By BNimri Aziz 04/27/23 It was only when I started reading a collection of this remarkable African leader’s prison letters (records from 1962 to 1990)…