Articles by Margaretta Soehendro

Talk With the Taliban?

Two European-based anthropologists say that Afghans may be more inclined than some others to speak with enemies and to entertain views opposed to their own.
Published on: 12/10/2008
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Little Girls and their Lullabies

In her debut album A Good Day, Priscilla Ahn blends genres, rocks the harmonica, and takes us to another world.
Published on: 9/5/2008
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As American as Apple Pie

In the midst of her book tour for Fortune Cookie Chronicles, Jennifer 8. Lee sits down to talk about Americans' taste for Chinese food and book publishers' distaste for child porn.
Published on: 4/4/2008
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Chinese Villagers Kept a World Apart

Even after reforms, China's policies put rural people in the position of second-class citizens, explains Mark Selden.
Published on: 2/14/2008
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Avant-Garde Gamelan

In their latest performance Odalan Bali, the percussion ensemble Gamelan Cudamani fuses actual components of a Balinese temple festival with artistic interpretations.
Published on: 11/16/2007
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