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Worldcrunch » Alidad Vassigh » Page 21
Alidad Vassigh

Alidad Vassigh

Born in Tehran, educated in Britain and France, I have been a freelance translator since the late 1990s.

You might as well turn around and walk away
In The Newscolombia

Letter To The Pope: Why You Shouldn’t Visit Colombia

by Alidad Vassigh August 17, 2017May 20, 2025
On Coups And Croissants, Why The News Is All About Me
In The Newsnews

On Coups And Croissants, Why The News Is All About Me

by Alidad Vassigh August 13, 2017May 22, 2025
Some hotels in La Havana sell Wifi cards for tourists
In The Newstourism

WiFi-Free In Old Havana, A Perfect Post-Modern Getaway

by Alidad Vassigh August 11, 2017May 22, 2025
'Show her it's a man's world'
Ideasequality

When Advertising Attacks Sexist Clichés It Helped To Create

by Alidad Vassigh August 10, 2017May 20, 2025
Students building an Ekumuro
In The Newscolombia

The Good Wall, An Ingenious Conservation Idea From A Bogota Garage

by Alidad Vassigh August 9, 2017May 22, 2025
All's whale that ends whale?
In The Newsconservation

Why The Tide Is Shifting Toward Marine Conservation

by Alidad Vassigh August 5, 2017May 22, 2025
In Caracas on July 27
In The Newsvenezuela

Latin America’s Shameful Appeasement of Nicolás Maduro

by Alidad Vassigh August 4, 2017May 23, 2025
Protester in Caracas on July 30
In The Newsvenezuela

Dictatorship Or Diversions, Eye On The End Game In Venezuela

by Alidad Vassigh August 2, 2017May 20, 2025
Demonstrators fly the Estelada, the unofficial flag of independent Catalonia, in February.
In The Newsspain

Catalonia Independence? Here’s A Tale Of Two Cities

by Alidad Vassigh August 2, 2017May 20, 2025
Martin Reynoso (center) meditating
In The Newsargentina

Mindfulness Meets Maria, A Modern Blend Of Buddhism And Christianity

by Alidad Vassigh July 25, 2017May 22, 2025
A coconut plantation in Bogota, Colombia
In The Newscolombia

Exotic Amazon Fruit Lures Farmers Away From Coca Cultivation

by Alidad Vassigh July 24, 2017May 20, 2025
Northern muriqui, critically endangered of extinction
In The Newsextinction

The False Promise Of Resurrection Biology

by Alidad Vassigh July 23, 2017May 22, 2025
Maduro at Fidel Castro's 90th birthday celebration
In The Newscuba

Venezuela On The Brink, Lessons From Castro And ​Perón

by Alidad Vassigh July 19, 2017December 20, 2025
Havana, street scene
In The Newstrump

Trump’s Cuba Policy Proves Obama Was Right

by Alidad Vassigh July 18, 2017May 20, 2025
A plane flies over Buenos Aires
In The Newsbuildings

An Architect’s Tallest Ambition, Just A Corner Of A Beautiful City

by Alidad Vassigh July 17, 2017May 23, 2025
The Monad Terrace Lagoon building in Miami designed by the French architect Jean Nouvel
In The Newsargentina

High And Dry: Architecture In the Age Of Climate Change

by Alidad Vassigh July 10, 2017May 22, 2025
Argentine cattle
In The Newsargentina

Argentina’s Famous Meat Industry Grills President Over ‘Vegan Mondays’

by Alidad Vassigh July 5, 2017May 23, 2025
Gabriel García Márquez in Osaka, Japan
In The Newscolombia

Japan’s Unlikely Love Affair With ‘One Hundred Years Of Solitude’

by Alidad Vassigh July 3, 2017May 22, 2025
Service robot ''L2B2''
In The Newsargentina

Don’t Hate Robots, They Just Want You To Have A Cooler Job

by Alidad Vassigh July 1, 2017May 22, 2025
Anti-government protesters last month in Valencia, Venezuela
In The Newsvenezuela

Venezuela, Maduro’s Greatest Threat May Be Old Friends

by Alidad Vassigh June 30, 2017May 23, 2025
The Iranian authorities burned more than 50,000 kg of drugs in 2014
In The Newsiran

Drug Use Doubles In Iran, But True Numbers May Be Even Higher

by Alidad Vassigh June 28, 2017May 22, 2025
Man dressed as Pope Francis in Buenos Aires
Ideasvatican

Why Hasn’t The Pope Visited His Native Argentina?

by Alidad Vassigh June 27, 2017May 22, 2025
Family on the river in Leticia, Amazonas
In The Newshealth

In Rural Colombia, Waging Peace By Safeguarding Water

by Alidad Vassigh June 26, 2017May 20, 2025
Argentina's National Museum of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires is housing a special exhibition on the work of Fontana
In The Newsart

Revisiting The Art — And Argentine Origins — Of Lucio Fontana

by Alidad Vassigh June 23, 2017May 22, 2025
Puppets of 20th century's worst history
In The Newscolombia

Mustache, That Must-Have Facial Prop Of Any Strongman

by Alidad Vassigh June 22, 2017December 20, 2025
Glaciers in The Antarctica
In The Newssea

The Antarctic, One Last Chance To ‘Do Right’ By Mother Nature

by Alidad Vassigh June 20, 2017May 23, 2025
A woman wears a feminist pin on her jean jacket.
Ideascolombia

Feminism Should Be Lived, Not Preached

by Alidad Vassigh June 15, 2017May 20, 2025
The three grooms
In The Newscolombia

Not A Crowd? Breakthrough Three-Way Marriage In Colombia

by Alidad Vassigh June 14, 2017May 20, 2025
Trump and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban
In The Newsunited states

Chest-Beating Is Back With Gusto In Geopolitics

by Alidad Vassigh June 14, 2017May 22, 2025
Workers prepare to demolish buildings in downtown Bogota in 2016.
In The Newscolombia

The Meaning Of Being Communist Has Been Hung Out To Dry

by Alidad Vassigh June 12, 2017May 22, 2025
Father and son
In The Newschildren

The Psychological Price Of Successful Parents

by Alidad Vassigh June 11, 2017May 22, 2025
Anti-Maduro protesters in Caracas on Wednesday
In The Newsvenezuela

Venezuela, Where Leftist Revolution Is The People’s Enemy

by Alidad Vassigh June 9, 2017May 20, 2025
Construction in Hyderabad
In The Newsmexico

For Leaders In Mexico, Lessons From India’s Rise

by Alidad Vassigh June 6, 2017May 22, 2025
A businessman walks in Buenos Aires.
In The Newsargentina

Why Companies In Argentina Are Hunting For Older Workers

by Alidad Vassigh June 5, 2017May 20, 2025
Trump at 136th Coast Guard Academy commencement ceremony in May.
In The Newsunited states

Donald Trump’s ‘Military First’ Administration

by Alidad Vassigh June 1, 2017May 21, 2025
Laborers work to extract oil in Colombia
In The Newspollution

As Oil Reserves Decline, Colombia Looks To Fracking

by Alidad Vassigh May 29, 2017May 20, 2025
Still image from an ISIS propaganda video
IdeasJudaism

The Pope Is Wrong, ‘Islamic Terrorism’ Does Indeed Exist

by Alidad Vassigh May 24, 2017May 22, 2025
Brazil's Itaipu dam illuminated
In The Newsoil

Hydropower, The Clean Motor Of Latin America’s Energy Future

by Alidad Vassigh May 18, 2017May 22, 2025
Andrés Manuel López Obrador at the presentation of his book ''Oye, Trump''
In The Newsspain

Madrid To Mexico City, Apartment Shopping In Our Airbnb Age

by Alidad Vassigh May 17, 2017May 20, 2025
A sticker on the back of a marcher's jeans reads 'live under your own rules' and he carries a condom in his back pocket during the 17th annual gay, lesbian, transsexual and bisexual pride festival and march in the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, Argentina
In The Newsmigrants

Syrian Refugee Family In Argentina Returns To ‘Safer’ Aleppo

by Alidad Vassigh May 16, 2017May 22, 2025

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