Lily Jamali

Brazil’s Only Indigenous Religion Coming Into Its Own

Arts, Culture & Media

This isn’t a church. It’s a “terreiro” — a place of worship for followers of the “Umbanda” faith. The people here burn incense and puff on cigars as they move with eyes closed and faces tense.

The World

Brazil ‘Pacifies’ Rio’s Favelas for 2016 Games

Global Politics

Brazil’s Charismatic Catholics Use Evangelical Methods to Inspire

Arts, Culture & Media

In a Booming Brazil, Portuguese Flock to Take Advantage

Maldives Looking At ‘Carbon Neutrality’ by 2020

Video: The Season of Carnatic Music in Chennai, India

Arts, Culture & Media

In Chennai, India, it is what is called “the December Season,” a time when the city comes alive with thousands of concerts featuring Carnatic music.

China and India Jockey for Influence in the Maldives

Global Politics

India and China are competing for influence in the Maldives, a tiny country of 1,200 islands scattered in the northern Indian Ocean.

Even in the Maldives, Climate Change Seems a Remote Threat for Many

Environment

The Maldives is one of the countries most imminently threatened by rising seas from climate change. But as Lily Jamali reports, even many people in the tiny Indian Ocean nation don’t sense a real threat to their lives and livelihoods.

Kyrgyzstan’s Akyn Poets

Arts, Culture & Media

As the Kyrgyzstan’s fledgling democracy moves forward, the local media have been covering events closely. But so has an older, arguably more powerful institution in Kyrgyzstan.

The World

Questions About US Cooperation with Repressive Regimes

Global Politics

This year’s reform movement in the Arab world has raised questions about US cooperation with repressive regimes.