Author Archives: JessicaFarias

By Asma Ghribi Daniel Pearl Fellow The first day at my Fellowship with the U.S. Market section of the Wall Street Journal’s Real Time Desk, I thought I would need a translator.  My supervisor was speaking English, at least it ...

By Sahar Majid Emily Hauze, a resident of Pennsylvania, is the most active Facebook user I have ever come across One of my colleagues at Dawn, Manzoor Chandio put me in touch with her when he learned that I was ...

By Anastasia Forina, Tribune reporter Some 200,000 Ukrainians live in the Midwest, including 85,000 in Illinois, and a record 1,600 came to Ukraine’s Chicago consulate May 25 to vote in the presidential elections, said Andriy Pravednyk, who has been consul ...

By Sherif Tarek, LA Times reporter The introduction of a system for mass surveillance of social media in Egypt has triggered fresh accusations that authorities seek to suppress freedoms, although Interior Ministry officials insist it is primarily designed to fight ...

By Sherif Tarek Daniel Pearl Fellow The Civic Center metro station in Los Angeles downtown was staggeringly crowded that day after work. The infamous crime scene yellow tape sealed one side of the subway platform with a train at a standstill ...