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Sladjana is a Humphrey fellow from Bosnia and Herzegovina and a documentary filmmaker, producer and a director, who is upgrading her filming skills at Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass …
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Coffee saved me from loneliness
I have been passing through a white, modern and at the same time strange building in downtown Phoenix for more than a month. The building, which is next to my …
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Half Way There
What do you want to do here- is just one of the questions I was asked and the one I couldn’t answer. I guess, to learn. But what? In the …
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Little Star Rising
Like music, literature, and poetry, documentaries also speak the all-important universal language. I knew a good book could connect people, I was certain that music could do it, but I’ve …
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Questioning our place in the world at the Musical Instrument Museum
The MIM is short for the Music Instrument Museum, and founded by Bob Ulrich. He was inspired to develop a new kind of museum that would focus on the kind …
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How I got to know Frank LLoyd Wright, America’s greatest architect
“Designing in harmony with humanity and the environment” was the philosophy of Frank Lloyd Wright who lived from 1867 to 1959. He was considered America’s greatest architect and designer, and …
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How we took a break from our online life and worked in the garden
Because of the coronavirus not many organizations in Phoenix offer the opportunities to volunteer in person. We were lucky to arrange our volunteer experience with St. Vincent de Paul Urban …
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Yes, we can!
Someone once said that brave people are those who have no fear and that courage is a physical thing engraved in people’s hearts. But bravery is not the absence of fear. It …
Read MoreFrom Pakistan to Arizona … Never Gets Boring!
Everything was changed at the airports. Once bustling airports now have masks and distancing signs everywhere. Floors are marked with red circles to stand in. I saw many people at …
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Of the Biting Cold and My Grand Canyon Experience -Samantha Refilwe Pilane
“To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake it is necessary to stand in the cold.”- Aristotle Winter break provided me with an opportunity to explore other interesting parts of Arizona …
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