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By: Don Duncan on Jul 10, 2010

I spent three months reporting this story, on separate trips to the West Bank, Syria and in Lebanon. The entire time was a continuous discovery of the extent of the hip-hop scene among the Palestinian dia more...

POSTED IN MUSIC

A few weeks ago I jumped rope for the first time since the fifth grade. I remember how this was absolutely my favorite after-lunch activity on the blacktop with a group of girlfriends. Now, as a young wom more...

POSTED IN CONFLICT

I walk through the town of San Giuseppe Jato and notice that everyone is staring at me. I'm in heart of Mafia territory, reporting on a hotel and restaurant that is fighting back against the organized cri more...

POSTED IN MEDIA

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Heba Aly

Heba Aly Heba Aly is a Khartoum-based freelance journalist. She has worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in both radio and television, as well as many of Canada's largest daily newspapers. She has also worked for the United Nations' humanitarian news service (IRIN) in Senegal, West Africa and Chad, central Africa. As a freelancer in Sudan, Heba has contributed news and features to various outlets, including the Globe and Mail, Christian Science Monitor, Public Radio International and IRIN. She speaks fluent Englsh and French, and also speaks Arabic and Spanish.
Marcos Federman

Marcos Federman

Marcos' passions are social communications, radio, culture, people, and traveling. His favorite radio programs are technology and traveling. He says, "I love walking the world."


Marcos was part of the founding interdisciplinary team that created a psychiatric radio program in Argentina, and he has created a documentary on the subject. He works as a reporter for a few radio stations.

Marcos' blog.

Grant Fuller

Grant Fuller

Grant Fuller is an independent radio producer living in Mexico City. He has a degree from Trinity University and a certificate from the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. His work has appeared on the World Vision Report, NYTimes.com, Weekend America, and Morning Edition through the American oral history project, StoryCorps.

Grant's recent stories on the World Vision Report are listed here.

Chris Burrell

Chris Burrell

Chris Burrell lives with his son in East Boston, Massachusetts. A freelance radio and television producer, he has contributed work to WGBH and WBUR and to the shows, Here & Now and The Takeaway. He was a staff writer for the Vineyard Gazette and has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe and Philadelphia Inquirer.

Chris' recent stories on the World Vision Report are listed here.

Ruxandra Guidi

Ruxandra Guidi Ruxandra Guidi is an independent journalist working in radio, print, and multimedia. She's based in Austin, TX, and reports regularly from the Caribbean, and both South and Central America.