Doha, Qatar: Animal Cruelty at Souq Waqif

One woman’s journey through Souq Waqif and its animal horrors.

Animal Cruelty in Doha

Why are doha’s dogs dying?

Honoring Persephone Miel

My latest article and video – view the original at the Pulitzer Center website. On October 20, friends and colleagues of Persephone Miel gathered to remember the former senior advisor of Internews, who dedicated her life to advancing the work of journalists across the globe. Persephone passed away on June 28 after a long battle [...]

Celebrating Women’s Suffrage in America, Honoring the Scottish Women’s Movement

Today is the 90th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, which granted women in America the right to vote. But this was no passive movement – women fought hard resorting to protests, hunger strikes and even acts of vandalism to secure their vote. They owed a lot of their success to their sisters [...]

Thoughts on the War

Thoughts on the War By Christina Maria Paschyn Piece originally appeared in the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Masters of Arts Program in Middle East Studies 2008-2009 Bulletin “Is this what it feels like to be an Israeli?” I thought with a sigh as I cowered underneath the door frame to my room. Clinging to [...]

Remembering the Holocaust

On April 21st, Israelis paused for a two-minute silence to remember the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. It was marked by a series of sirens and according to the BBC, “pedestrians stopped in their tracks, drivers pulled over and got out of their cars and people in offices rose to stand next to [...]

Spring Has Sprung!

The flowers are blooming, the birds are chirping and Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is at the UN denouncing Israel as a “racist state” – again. Hooray, it’s spring time!!! Tomorrow I start my spring classes – perfect timing considering that I only finished my fall semester papers on Thursday. I wish I could say that [...]

The Curtain Closes

Guys and Dolls closed on Thursday, and I spent the weekend lying in a vegetative state, depressed to no end while stuffing an assortment of low-grade Israeli chocolate into my mouth. LOGON was the shining jewel of my existence here in Israel, and I fear the next five months will be no where near as [...]

Nothing Says War Like Musical Theater!

Maybe this will persuade people to come see my show… Yesterday the Light Opera Group of the Negev was featured in the print edition of The Jerusalem Post. I was even interviewed about my on-the-job training as a “war correspondent!” The Show Goes On Here’s the full article: The show goes on Jan. 29, 2009 [...]

Ceasefires, Elections and News, Oh My!

So this post is a bit late in coming, but I guess there’s never a bad time to celebrate peace (however temporary it may be)!!! Yes, both Israel and Hamas have announced their own unilateral ceasefires. And now my classes are back on track, Guys and Dolls is no longer performing in a tiny bomb [...]