Rachel Jones
- Location
- Djibouti, Djibouti
- Birthday
- April 04
- Bio
- I am a writer and development worker. I have lived in Somalia, Kenya, and currently live in Djibouti.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Hijab and Bikinis: Sexy,
Oppressive, Modest?
May 16, 2012 02:06PM - The Beauty of Djibouti
May 11, 2012 01:07PM - Why Do They Hate Us, the
Debate
April 30, 2012 08:51AM - How Americans Talk
April 25, 2012 08:19AM - In the Worst Place to Be a
Woman, Women Go to the Gym
April 23, 2012 03:15PM
Rachel Jones's Links
Hijab and Bikinis: Sexy, Oppressive, Modest?
The Beauty of Djibouti
People need to hear more about Africa than terrorism, hunger, poverty, war, and disease. It is not all one savannah or safari. The continent is incredibly diverse and headlines would have us believe it is all chaos, and all uniform. Here is an essay I wrote about the beauty of Djibouti,… Read full post »
Why Do They Hate Us, the Debate
The article is being intensely debated, emotions are high, all kinds of colorful words are flying around.
Here are some of Foreign… Read full post »
How Americans Talk
I'm sitting in my favorite place of the year, Open Book coffee shop. It is at the Loft Literary Center, downstairs./… Read full post »
In the Worst Place to Be a Woman, Women Go to the Gym
In the worst place in the world for women, women go to the gym.
When most Westerners think about Africa, they picture starving babies from television commercials and magazine pages. Bloated bellies, listless bodies, vacant eyes, knobby knees. The obesity epidemic isn't generally associated wit… Read full post »
Smart Somali Pirates
Somali pirates are not the smartest folks on the high
seas.
After spending more than nine years in Somalia and Djibouti, when I hear stories of them battling with Navy Seals, as they did this past fall, I have to laugh.
Imagine this boat
trying to take out this…
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