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Across the Wires Rachael Jolley

Across the Wires By Rachael Jolley

Across the Wires by Rachael Jolley


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From refugee camps around the world, are the stories that the world hears anything like the life inside? This book tells us how camps become cities themselves and new technology creates communication structures that helps residents keep in touch with their families inside and outside.

Across the Wires Summary

Across the Wires: How refugee stories get told by Rachael Jolley

From refugee camps around the world, are the stories that the world hears anything like the life inside? How camps become cities themselves and new technology creates communication structures that helps residents keep in touch with their families inside and outside. Essays from Turkish novelist Elif Shafak, Chilean-American playwright Ariel Dorfman and co-creator of TV series Father Ted Arthur Matthews. Other writers include novelist Tim Finch, digital guru Martha Lane Fox and retired major general Tim Cross, along with cartoons, graphic arts and new poetry.

Table of Contents

Editorial - Rachael Jolley Part I: Special report Across the wires: how refugee stories get told Undercover immigrant - Fabrizio Gatti Taking control of the camera - Almir Koldzic and Aine O'brien Lost boy found - Valentino Achak Deng Playing with perceptions - Kate Maltby Speak the speech, I pray you - Preti Taneja The way I see it - Rana Moneim and Mohammed Maarouf Can we be friends with the people we grew up to hate? - Rakan Clear connections - Jason Daponte Who tells the stories? - Mary Mitchell I think about when I will be a human with rights - Mohammed Al Assad Realities of the promised land - Iara Beekma I am no longer homeless, but I work without pay - Sergo Pierre Louis The whole picture - Chris Steele-Perkins Stripsearch - Martin Rowson Escape from Eritrea - Ismail Einashe A very human picture - Olivier Kugler In limbo in world's oldest refugee camps - Tim Finch Sound and fury - Rachael Jolley Sheltering from resentment - Natasha Joseph Understanding how language matters - Kao Kalia Yang Global view - Jodie Ginsberg Part II: In focus Outbreaks under wraps - Alan Maryon-Davis Trade secrets - Cesar Munoz Acebes Black hole for reporting - Duncan Tucker Lies and statistics - Nina Lakhani Charlie Hebdo: taking the long view - Arthur Mathews, Ariel Dorfman, David Edgar, Elif Shafak, Hannah Leung, Raymond Louw, Richard Sambrook Screened shots - Jemimah Steinfeld Finland of the free - Risto Uimonen Opinion: Could the UK match Finland's success? - Paul Connolly Head to head: Is privacy more vital than national security? - Martha Lane Fox and Tim Cross Part III: Culture The state v the poets - Kaya Genc Knife edge - Lucien Bourjeily Index around the world - Aimee Hamilton Social disturbance - Vicky Baker

Additional information

NPB9781473929524
9781473929524
1473929520
Across the Wires: How refugee stories get told by Rachael Jolley
New
Paperback
SAGE Publications Ltd
2015-03-27
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