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Saturday, November 21, 2009

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Gigi Douban

Gigi Douban’s work can be heard on NPR and PRI’s The World. She has also written for The Christian Science Monitor, Runner’s World and others. A Staten Island native, she lives and writes in Birmingham, Ala.

Press 1 for Arabic

It’s a cinch to have groceries delivered in Egypt—as long as you know how to place your order. GIGI DOUBAN takes stock of the pitfalls in dual-language dialogues. (Letters From Cairo | October 3, 2008)

Sins of Admission

Growing up with strict Muslim rules can be tough in mainstream America. Throw in prank calls to sexually excitable old men and the going suddenly gets harder. GIGI DOUBAN recollects her early transgressions. (Personal Essays | February 26, 2008)


TODAY’S FEATURE

The Game of Love

Anyone who says video games shouldn’t appeal to adults, let alone women, has never flirted with General Carth Onassi. MARIE MUTSUKI MOCKETT explores a virtual courtship.

OUR MAN IN BOSTON

More From Gore Vidal

Like the man himself, Gore Vidal's scrapbook of the past half-century is unparalleled.

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RoseLee Goldberg

RoseLee Goldberg is an art historian, curator, and author of Performance Art: From Futurism to the Present. In 2004, she founded PERFORMA, a non-profit arts...