Bibbi Abruzzini, Author at The Baltic Review

Bibbi Abruzzini is a foreign correspondent for the BALTIC REVIEW and international news agencies in South Asia. She is Italian, grew up in Brussels and has reported from several countries, including Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Croatia, France, India, Italy, Lebanon, Nepal, Tunisia,Turkey and the US - writing largely about social and development issues.

Clowns ‘heal with laughter’ in quake-hit Nepal

Laughter heals and this is proving to be true even in times of disaster. In Nepal, clowns are employing this humorous panacea in ...

By Bibbi AbruzziniMay 6, 20154

Arts

News

Nepal: taking care of psychological aftershocks

As Nepalese struggle to recover from the devastation of last week’s 7.9-magnitude earthquake, mental health experts and artists are working to bring some ...

By Bibbi AbruzziniMay 2, 20150

Arts

On shooting the stars: not your usual photographer

Since I set foot in the US and switched the TV on, there is one show that I have been following very passionately. Now, ...

By Bibbi AbruzziniApril 28, 20151

Breaking News

Stay strong Nepal – so close yet so far

A massive earthquake — the country’s worst in 80 years — rocked Nepal on Saturday. The death toll from the devastating calamity climbed ...

By Bibbi AbruzziniApril 27, 20150

Arts

The ‘Wagon Man’ of America

ARIZONA – A sea of cactus, the heat, tumbleweeds, cowboys and Indians– this is the Arizona every European imagines. Me included. Guess what? ...

By Bibbi AbruzziniApril 21, 20154

J.K. Rowling in Nepal as Pottermania grips the nation

Acclaimed novelist J.K. Rowling arrived in Kathmandu on Friday putting the Himalayan nation well and truly under her spell. Rowling traveled to Nepal ...

By Bibbi AbruzziniMarch 21, 20150

Breaking News

World

South Asia: are women unequal in God’s eyes?

Kung Fu nuns in the Himalayas, upper-class professional women in Pakistan and female ascetics in India, they all have something in common. Faith? ...

By Bibbi AbruzziniMarch 8, 20150

Basketball

How wheelchair basketball helps Nepal’s war victims

As the government still focuses on managing the post-conflict transition, a group of basketball enthusiasts moved to offer something much needed by the ...

By Bibbi AbruzziniNovember 19, 20140

News

Nepal: Restoring the ancient murals of Mustang

NEPAL (Xinhua) — A group of farmers is being trained in the skills of conservation and painting to revive their holy heritage in the ...

By Bibbi AbruzziniOctober 31, 20140

Culture

Playing for Change: Uniting the world through music

A set of earphones and a mobile recording studio were enough for the project ‘Playing for Change’ to kick off more than a decade ago. This ...

By Bibbi AbruzziniSeptember 16, 20140

Nepal: what does it mean to be a B-boy?

KATHMANDU — Walking in the streets of Kathmandu, you may have spotted a group of youngsters doing some eye-popping moves, dancing to up tempo, ...

By Bibbi AbruzziniSeptember 14, 20140

Arts

World

Teaching photography to children in Lebanon’s refugee camps

BEIRUT– A Beirut-based NGO has already trained more than 1000 children in Lebanon’s refugee camps providing them with basic photography skills and a ...

By Bibbi AbruzziniAugust 28, 20140