News Bits and Bytes: January 15
Posted in current events, news, opera, photography on Jan 15th, 2009
Today at Expat-Advisory.com: a mini-interview I did with Cambodian-American Amara Chhin-Lawrence, classically trained in Western opera, who’s just finished performing in her country of origin after years of preparation. (Photo courtesy Chean Long)
http://www.expat-advisory.com/cambodia/phnom-penh/opera-observation-the-singer.php
More Opera updates:
http://www.whereelephantsweep.net
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2009010723516/National-news/Elephants-gets-green-light-from-ministers.html
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iMwPNgsuy3ka7Df2eJmDYEc9v3eg
http://detailsaresketchy.wordpress.com/2009/01/04/buddhist-council-silences-rock-oera/
http://mongkol.wordpress.com/2009/01/02/cambodian-monks-force-nations-first-rock-opera-off-air
http://detailsaresketchy.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/council-clash-monks-vs-ministers/
http://jinja.apsara.org/?s=%22Where+Elephants+Weep%22
———-
Not Cambodia, but of interest:
Cambodian women face the danger of of acid attacks.
In Afghanistan, they happen too, to keep female students [...]