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Richard Barnes is known for his wide range of photographs of what he calls “living dioramas,” from portraits of natural-history-museum displays to photos of Ted Kaczynski’s cabin. His most recent project continues in this vein, documenting contemporary Civil War reënactments throughout the South.
Click-through for a slideshow, and for more from Maria Lokke on Barnes’s photography: http://nyr.kr/VQ1mJA
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"If pressed to describe what happens during “A Civil War Christmas” (at the New York Theatre Workshop), I couldn’t really say. But if asked to relate what the two-and-half-hour production was like, I could go on about the narcotizing effect that playwright Paula Vogel’s political correctness had on at least one audience member…"
—Hilton Als reviews “A Civil War Christmas”: http://nyr.kr/11GjUks
Photograph by Carol Rosegg.
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“If there were ever gloves on in the regime’s response to unrest, they have now definitely come off.”
Jon Lee Anderson on the war against Syria’s civilians: http://nyr.kr/OyOLqv
Read more from Jon Lee Anderson about the Syrian conflict.
Photograph by Shaam News Network/AP Photo.
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In this week’s issue, Jon Lee Anderson writes of Syria’s descent into civil war. With Anderson in Syria was photographer Moises Saman. From their outpost in Azaz, and on a brief foray into Aleppo city, Saman captured in stark and heartbreaking detail the devastation that has been meted out to the country’s citizens. Click-through for a look at Saman’s work: http://nyr.kr/ND9OwG
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Women and Violence in El Salvador, a slide show: http://nyr.kr/Q8mN46
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Jon Lee Anderson on the “dizzying flurry” of historic watersheds in Syria’s war, and where it all might lead: http://nyr.kr/S16GqU
Whichever way it goes, post-Syria, we may well be speaking openly about a new Cold War, with the international battle lines drawn roughly as they are today around Syria, and with new proxy conflicts yet to come.
Photograph by Moises Saman.
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The Sri Lankan civil war lasted for a quarter of a century, from 1983 to 2009, with an estimated hundred thousand people killed. In 2011, over eight hundred and fifty-five thousand tourists visited the island—an all-time record—and the government hopes to draw 2.6 million annual tourists by 2016.
The German photographer Yannik Willing has been documenting Sri Lanka’s post-war normalization. Click-through for a selection of Willing’s work, and for more from him on the rapid changes in Sri Lanka: http://nyr.kr/N1I5QV
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"Now, Assad’s coming demise seems less of an argument than an observation."
— Steve Coll on deaths in Damascus and the end of Assad: http://nyr.kr/Ny3oNl(Source: newyorker.com)
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This week in the magazine, Dexter Filkins writes about the fate of Afghanistan after the U.S. leaves. Here is a sample of the many ads for the Afghan Army that are being shown around the country. With American support and money, the Afghan government is recruiting and training an enormous force of police and soldiers—about three hundred and fifty thousand men and women—to take over the fight against the Taliban. By the end of 2014, the United States and its allies will be mostly gone. While there will still be some Americans there to help with training, the Afghans will largely be on their own. Watch the video, and click-through for more on Afghanistan: http://nyr.kr/LSM4Ea
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In the July 9th and 16th issue of the magazine, Dexter Filkins reports from Afghanistan as the U.S. prepares to withdraw. He joins Steve Coll and Nicholas Thompson to talk about what went wrong and why the future looks so grim for Afghans. Also, Deborah Treisman and Peter Canby explain why the magazine fact-checks its fiction.
Listen to the mp3 on the player here, or right-click here to download: http://nyr.kr/LSM4Ea
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