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The truth is stranger than fiction In my September 7 commentary, DIFRET: The Abduction of a Film in Ethiopia, I expressed my outrage over the aborted Ethiopian premiere of the film DIFRET. That film, based on a “true story” of Aberash Bekele, tells...

Crimes Against Womanity: Marriage by Abduction in Ethiopia September 22, 2014 by Alemayehu G. Mariam* The truth is stranger than fiction In my September 7 commentary, DIFRET: The Abduction of a Film in Ethiopia, I expressed my outrage over the aborted...

The second in my series of short stories. I have often considered turning this one into a novel. Your thoughts would be appreciated. I knew from the moment we took to the dance floor that I had fallen hopelessly in love with Alicia Marie Courtenay....

November 10, 2014 9:00 am The examination to become a London cabby is possibly the most difficult test in the world — demanding years of study to memorize the labyrinthine city’s 25,000 streets and any business or landmark on them. As GPS and Uber imperil...

T-shirts with Glaser’s iconic I <3 NY design (photo by Dov Harrington, via Flickr) The east-facing windows of Milton Glaser’s studio on 32nd Street overlook a school playground. Every day at 2:35 pm, a deluge of rowdy grade-schoolers...