"Late afternoon in southern Syria and a night sky is fast descending on a dark and terrified town, down the valley from Homs. An iron door creaks open and a young trader, Mahmoud, bounds up the stairwell of his home carrying a video camera, which he has just used to film himself digging his own grave. The cemetery is just over the road, behind a shuttered row of shops that adjoin a sniper ally. Behind it, no more than 500 metres away, is the Syrian army."

— Latest dispatch from Martin Chulov on the ground near Homs - read the report here. (via guardian)

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The FJP: Interpol Arrests Saudi Columnist for Tweeting Blasphemy

futurejournalismproject:

February 9: [Hamza] Kashgari, a 23-year old poet, was a columnist for the Jeddah-based daily Al-Bilad before last week, when he caused an uproar by posting material on his Twitter account detailing an imaginary conversation with the prophet in which he addressed him as an equal, according to…

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"My inspiration to move to Rwanda came from several sources. I had always wanted to “cheat” and squeeze two lives into the one allowed me. One never seemed like quite enough. Then came an epiphany when I heard the tagline of “Halftime” http://www.halftime.org/ : “To move from success to significance.” Significance sounded pretty interesting. Last but certainly not least, my sons, Tommy, Nathan, and Wesley, live incredibly inspirational, passionate, adventurous lives. When I first broached the idea of my move to them, they responded with an enthusiastic “What took you so long?” (and considered the move simply natural and normal, as I do now)."

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One of the best blog posts of the week. 

T.P. Allen: Why I Ditched Corporate Life And Moved To Rwanda

(via huffingtonpost)

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