Lindsey McGinnis
Asia Editor at The Christian Science Monitor
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2 weeks ago |
csmonitor.com | Sara Miller Llana |Lindsey McGinnis
The school bell, a gong, is struck at 3 p.m. as a thunderstorm rumbles and the call to Asr, the late afternoon Muslim prayer, wafts through the air. High schoolers at Daarul ‘Uluum Lido, an Islamic boarding school outside the capital, Jakarta, filter out of their classrooms, grab their mats, and head to the small, bright-green mosque at the edge of campus. Daily prayer is part of the rhythms for the 300 or so Muslim students here, both boys and girls.
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2 months ago |
csmonitor.com | Lindsey McGinnis |Sara Miller Llana
The women adjust hard hats over hijabs and pull on knee-high boots. Then they set off into what was once a dense forest of rubber and bamboo trees but is now a patchwork of small-scale palm oil fields. Everyone knows who they are. Their scarlet, elbow-patched uniforms with flames snaking up the torso, and the image of a firefighter emblazoned on the chest, give it away. This is the Power of Mama. Why We Wrote ThisThe palm oil industry has put Indonesian Borneo at risk of devastating wildfires.
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May 10, 2024 |
csmonitor.com | Lindsey McGinnis |Mackenzie Farkus
Covering elections in a sprawling nation of 1.4 billion people naturally comes with logistical hurdles. Finding a way to frame it through the lens of a universal value – trust – adds to the challenge. Our India correspondent joins his editor on our podcast to explain. India’s massive weekslong election could serve as a litmus test for the country’s democratic spirit.
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Aug 22, 2023 |
csmonitor.com | Aakash Hassan |Lindsey McGinnis
The Kashmir Walla, one of the few remaining independent news outlets in Indian-controlled Kashmir, has been under pressure for some time. Its editor, Fahad Shah, who is a regular contributor to the Monitor, has been in jail for 18 months. Over the weekend, the Indian authorities blocked access in India to the paper’s website and social media accounts, effectively closing it down. At the same time, the staff’s office landlord evicted them.
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