About Me
My name is Eamon Kircher-Allen. I’m a freelance journalist and a recent graduate of the Masters program at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs. This blog’s focus is on the Middle East and Africa, both regions where I have lived and worked. (I lived in Syria for two years, worked for the UN there and speak Arabic; I’ve also lived and/or worked in Lebanon, Ghana and Nigeria). In this blog, I’m trying to bring a historical and contextualized, intelligent perspective to some of the most pressing issues in these regions. I also frequently digress on New York City, San Francisco and music — a few of my other favorite subjects.
Links to some of my articles:
Arabic Hip Hop in Lebanon in The Christian Science Monitor
Lebanon’s voices of the future (podcast and article) on The Pulitzer Center’s Untold Stories.
Life in Lebanon in 2008 in Mother Jones
On Darfur in The Huffington Post and SIPA News (pdf, Page 7)
On the Patriot Act and Syria, silicosis litigation and electronic discovery in California Lawyer Magazine.
There Will Be Ink (pdf), a study of journalism on the extractive industries in Ghana, Uganda and Nigeria, which I coauthored along with several other Columbia students and Columbia professor Anya Schiffrin.
Many other articles in Lebanon’s Daily Star, SIPA’s The Morningside Post and elsewhere…
http://www.myspace.com/blackfirebiko
The next great thing from San Francisco- Berkeley high history teacher
Amazing! Know that you are my brother in Capoeira, my brother in peace, and my brother in humanity. I will be offended if you don’t drop by for dinner, coffee, or a roda next time you’re close to Los Angeles. Yallah ya akhuya!
Prof. Versatil Ismail : Capoeira Batuque
P.S. Thanks for the pictures of my friend Arbi (Papagaio) in Beirut!
Thank you for the invitation, Professor Versatil! Make sure you come by Capoeira Guerreiros if you are NYC. Glad you liked the posts and pics. Arbi is the man!
Interesting blog. Came across it as I was checking for the Sudan debate. Am writing on African issues at
rubeneberlein.wordpress.com
It is interesting that you choose to work in Africa. Always a very interesting subject, and so much opportunity.