Deborah YaffeMay 5While the bombs fallBack in 2016, the BBC interviewed a young Syrian woman sheltering at home during the government’s brutal bombing of the city of Aleppo....
Deborah YaffeDec 9, 2019FruitcakeAs the holidays approach, you may be bracing for the arrival of that winter perennial, the fruitcake -- baked months earlier, soaked in...
Deborah YaffeNov 8, 2018LibertiesBack in middle and high school, I took French. In college, I took Italian. I enjoyed them both – beautiful languages, fascinating...
Deborah YaffeJan 1, 2018Worldwide Jane in 2018Once upon a time, Jane Austen was a British writer. But today, she’s an international phenomenon, with fan societies on at least five...
Deborah YaffeNov 16, 2017Austen in AustenistanAs I’ve noted before, the Indian subcontinent has a curious affinity for the works of Jane Austen. (The Economist's current online issue...
Deborah YaffeDec 22, 2016Jane Austen, citizen of the worldJane Austen is often seen as quintessentially English, in her portraits of a rural middle-class life dominated by the gentry and the...
Deborah YaffeMar 31, 2014Austen on the (Indian) small screenMore international Jane Austen: an Indian TV channel is launching a show “based loosely” on Sense and Sensibility. (Not to be confused, I...
Deborah YaffeMar 17, 2014Timeless (and international) AustenThe tirelessly energetic, not-yet-two-year-old Jane Austen Book Club of Mumbai, India, has issued its first publication, a forty-page...
Deborah YaffeMay 13, 2013Jane Austen in IndiaHow awesome is this? A sixteen-year-old girl in Mumbai, India, has founded the city’s first Jane Austen club. "I've been fascinated by...