Article and Photos by Bernie Debusmann and Sarakshi Rai Driving into Mumbai’s Malabar Hill area for the first time, you could be forgiven for thinking it’s an upscale area of no particular interest. India’s VVIPs live here, such as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra state and the Chief Justice. But not far from the … Continue reading
While nature often reclaims even the most ravaged realms of our planet fairly quickly, the remains of the Eritrean War for Independence from Ethiopia are, nevertheless, still strongly evident across the landscapes of Eritrea. This is perhaps not surprising, however, for a war in which well over 200,000 civilians and combatants were killed or injured. … Continue reading
Well, this certainly turned into a bigger story than we expected: The Washington Post, The Independent, News Australia, La Stampa, The Huffington Post, RT, The Daily Mail and many more along with a flood of Abu Hajaar internet memes… For those of you that haven’t seen it yet, Vice published a video that we provided … Continue reading
The Colonnade of Stars was constructed to surround the Court of the Universe at the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California: Comprised of a ring of Star figures – cast bronze females with flowing robes and upraised arms, crowned by star headdresses – these figures were created by sculptor Alexander Stirling Calder … Continue reading
Our Peshmerga friends in the Hiza Agre Fire Force Unit 80 just sent these pictures over to us, which The Velvet Rocket audience may find interesting… A group of suspected Islamic State members detained by Hiza Agre volunteers this morning while trying to sneak across the front lines from the ISIS-controlled territory around Mosul: The … Continue reading
This is the English version of our article published in Italy’s The Post Internazionale: Uncomfortably switching the selector switch on her AK-47 back and forth, 21-year-old Asmaa Dahar is detailing the sudden arrival of ISIS in her life. The small Iraqi village she is from, Seba Shekh Kheder, like many other Yazidi communities, received no warning … Continue reading
Those eyes have seen horrors you would not believe… And that is not hyperbole, I know the details of her story. ***** Continue reading
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