Monday, December 30, 2013

2013: A Reporter's Notebook of the Year Gone By

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Busy as I was working on two books this year, my output in terms of articles was minimal. Nevertheless, I did manage to address some issu...

Books in 2013: A Personal Selection

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During a year in which I published one book, The Democratic Republic of Congo: Between Hope and Despair (Zed Books), and finished another, ...
Sunday, December 15, 2013

The Democratic Republic of Congo: Between Hope and Despair by Michael Deibert – Reviewed by Kris Berwouts

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The Democratic Republic of Congo: Between Hope and Despair by Michael Deibert Reviewed by Kris Berwouts  Posted on December 10, 2013 by...

One of the greatest

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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Ai Weiwei at the Pérez Art Museum Miami

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Ai Weiwei's commentary on the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, which killed nearly 70,000 people, a death toll blamed largely on governmen...
Sunday, December 08, 2013

Miami Art Basel 2013

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Photo © Michael Deibert
Friday, December 06, 2013

RIP, Madiba

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  "I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic...
Monday, November 25, 2013

Miami Book Fair

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Former United Nations official Mukesh Kapila, author of Against a Tide of Evil: How One Man Became the Whistleblower to the First Mass...
Thursday, November 21, 2013

In the Shadow of Saint Death: The Gulf Cartel and the Price of America's Drug War in Mexico

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  (I guess the cat is out of the bag, now. Look for it from Lyons Press in Spring 2014. MD)
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Thank you, Busboys and Poets

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Saturday, November 02, 2013

Matamoros Sunset

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Photos © Michael Deibert
Monday, October 28, 2013

Nice job, Tulane

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

SOAS Book Launch for The Democratic Republic of Congo: Between Hope and Despair

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The good people at the School of Oriental and African Studeis (SOAS) in London, along with Zed Books and the Royal African Society, earli...
Monday, October 21, 2013

London

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"I love this place. It's just like home, filthy and full of strangers."
Saturday, October 12, 2013

Doesn't get old

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Tuesday, October 01, 2013

A note on the debt ceiling debate and the government shutdown

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Just so everyone is clear: The debt ceiling vote involves paying for spending that the congress already voted to authorize, not future ...
Thursday, September 26, 2013

New report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Democratic Republic of Congo

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The new report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Democratic Republic of the Congo in important, if troubling...
Monday, September 23, 2013

The Democratic Republic of Congo: Between Hope and Despair events

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The autumn book tour schedule thus far for my new book, The Democratic Republic of Congo: Between Hope and Despair , published by Zed Book...
Sunday, September 22, 2013

Letter to The New York Times' Public Editor Margaret Sullivan on photos of the Westgate Mall shootings in Kenya

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Greeting, Ms. Sullivan, My name is Michael Deibert and I am an author and journalist who has reported from Africa off and on since 2007,...
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Monday, September 09, 2013

Why, look what the postman brought...

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