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Expository essay describing the power of bacteria as it relates to the damage it can do to human beings.
can we learn spiritual lessons from secular music
It was only a matter of time before the newspaper industry, in a last ditch effort for survival, turned to the courts -- it's the sort of Faustian pact that […]
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It all depends on what happens when the Americans leave, Farnaz Fassihi says.
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The theatre comes to life with an outpouring of emotions as people cry, clap and call out praise. I notice Amal wiping tears off her face.
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Farnaz Fassihi gained a new understanding or religion as a tool for social control in Iraq.
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Farnaz Fassihi tells the story of the Baghdad email update that made its way around the world.
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Farnaz Fassihi says Pearl’s death marked a turning point in security policy for the WSJ.
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Farnaz Fassihi takes us from fixer to translator to journalist.
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Farnaz Fassihi describes a few of the challenges facing reporters on the ground.
Getting offered $500 million for a company that doesn't even have a revenue stream would seem like a pretty good deal especially in a bad economy. But it wasn't good […]
Both middle class students wishing to forego the life-ruining nature of college loans and wealthier students who find they are suddenly unable to afford neither the Ivies nor private colleges […]