Gypsies

A Gypsy Dress Designer On How To Strut Your Stuff

Sondra Celli | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding, Women and Dresses, Clothes and Confidence, Body Image, Gorgers, Wedding Dress, Gypsies, Confidence, Sondra Celi, Dress, Slidepollajax, Weddings News

Does this dress make me look: Silly, too fat, too old, "Inappropriate"... ? The answer will surprise you... and it's always the same answer.

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'My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding': It's A Man's World

Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Video, Reality TV, Canada Tv, My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, Tlc, My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding, Tv Replay, Gypsies, TV News

On "My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding" (Sun., 10 p.m. ET on TLC) bride-to-be Amber got a taste of her post-wedding gypsy lifestyle. The pregnant t...

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Woman Enslaved Her Children After Fortune Teller Told Her To

Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Linda Clappison, Video, Woman Enslaves Children Fortune Teller, Linda Clappison Torture, Roma People, Woman Enslaved Kids to Gypsies, Woman Enslaved Kids, Mom Enslaves Children Gypsies, Gypsies, Linda Clappison Children, Crime News

Shortly after a meeting with a fortune teller, a British woman locked her children in their rooms, confiscated their lightbulbs, toys and mattresses a...

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'My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding' Series Premiere

Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Reality TV, Canada Tv, Video, Tlc, My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding, Tv Replay, Gypsies, Series Premiere, Romany, Roma Gypsies, Romany Gypsies, TV News

On the series premiere of "My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding" (Sun., 10 p.m. ET on TLC) viewers were given a glimpse into traditional Romany society a...

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Ivana Mladenovic's Turn Off the Lights at Tribeca: An Interview

E. Nina Rothe | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Gypsies, Ivana Mladenovic, Tribeca Film Festival 2012, Romania, Serbia, Turn Off the Lights, Roma People, Indie Film, Culture News

Ivana Mladenovic's Turn Off the Lights is a tribute to the resilience of the Roma people. I caught up with Mladenovic during the and asked her about growing up in Serbia during the war and her inspirations as a filmmaker.

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Romanian President Cautioned For Discriminatory Remarks

AP | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Video, Romania, Romanian-Gypsies, Traian Basescu, Finland, Gypsies, Romanian President Traian Basescu, World News

BUCHAREST, Romania -- Romania's anti-discrimination council has voted to caution President Traian Basescu for making discriminatory remarks about Gyps...

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Iain McKell: The New Gypsies, a Different Way of Life, Simplicity and Freedom...

Evelyne Politanoff | Posted 10.28.2011

Read More: Photography, Iain McKell, Art, Photography Exhibitions, Book Publishing, Clic Gallery New York, Gypsies, Lain Mckell Exhibit, Iain McKell Gypsies, Lain Mckell Art, Arts News

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Pope Pledges Support For Gypsies

AP | FRANCES D'EMILIO | Posted 08.12.2011

Read More: Pope Benedict, Catholic Church, Gypsies at Vatican, Catholic Gypsies, Roma, Roma People, Vatican, Gypsies, Pope-Gypsies, Roma Gypsies, Pope Benedict XVI, Religion News

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI listened to Gypsies recount their way of life at a first-ever papal audience for them at the Vatican on Saturda...

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Roma Still Face Challenges Across Europe

Catherine Messina Paijic | Posted 06.08.2011

Read More: Roma, Gypsies, Gypsy, Roma Gypsies, The Roma, Video, World News

Commonly called "gypsies," the Roma are Europe's largest minority and fastest growing demographic, numbering nearly 10 million. But they are still largely excluded from political and civic life, battling centuries of discrimination.

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On MLK Day, Human Rights Leaders Around The World

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Gypsies, Democracy, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Nobel Peace Prize, Civil Rights, Liu Xiaobo, Women's Rights, Aung San Suu Kyi, Martin Luther King, LGBT Rights, Gay Rights, Russia, Slidepollajax, Roma, Romany Gypsies, World News

Monday marks what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 81st birthday, and though the civil rights icon's legacy is hard to match, he'd likely...

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France Sends Scores OF Gypsies Back To Romania

AP | JULIEN PROULT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gypsy Camps, Equality, Nicholas Sarkozy, Roma, Traian Basescu, Human Rights, France, Romania, Discrimination, Immigration, European Union, Gypsies, Deportation, World News

PARIS — France expelled nearly 100 Gypsies, or Roma, to their native Romania on Thursday as part of a very public effort by conservative Preside...

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Romanian Gypsy Leader Compares Sarkozy To Nazis

AP | VADIM GHIRDA | Posted 05.25.2011

COSTESTI, Romania — A Romanian Gypsy leader on Wednesday compared French President Nicolas Sarkozy to Romania's pro-Nazi wartime leader, followi...

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Sarkozy Accused Of Roma Gypsy 'Witch-Hunt'

Telegraph | Bruno Waterfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Paris, France, Gypsies, European Commission, Romani Gypsies, Eastern Europe, European Parliament, Discrimination, Roma, Romani Gypsy, Romania, Nicolas Sarkozy, World News

Nicolas Sarkozy has been accused by European politicians of carrying out a "witch-hunt" against Roma gipsy migrants following the expulsion of 1,000 g...

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Pope Benedict XVI Criticizes French Deportation Of Roma (Gypsies)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pope Gypsies, Pope Roma Rights, Gypsies, Roma Rights, France Gypsies, Religion News

By Francis X. Rocca Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) In an apparent criticism of France's mass deportation of Roma (Gypsy) immigrants, Pope B...

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Hungary Elections: Fidesz, Center-Right Party, Wins Majority, Socialists Stunned

AP | PABLO GORONDI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hungary, Hungary Elections, Fidesz, Jobbik, Socialists, Viktor Orba, Gypsies, World News

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary's center-right party reclaimed the right to govern on Sunday, winning over 50 percent of the vote and handing the ru...

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Be The Art and the Artist

Angella Nazarian | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: London, Dancers, Gypsies, Angella Nazarian, Christies, Gyspy, The Inner Life, Gitane, Healthy Living News

I believe that somewhere deep in our hearts is the archive of all our intimate memories and desires, and the experiences we were meant to have. And we go through life as if it were a cosmic treasure hunt...

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Ethan Hawke Praises Madonna For Supporting Gypsies

AP | ALISON MUTLER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gypsies, Ethan Hawke, Madonna, Romania, Entertainment News

BUCHAREST, Romania — Actor Ethan Hawke on Saturday praised Madonna for her boldness in speaking out against discrimination against Gypsies, word...

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Madonna Booed In Bucharest For Defending Gypsies

AP | ALINA WOLFE MURRAY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Madonna, Gypsies, Entertainment News

BUCHAREST, Romania — At first, fans politely applauded the Roma performers sharing a stage with Madonna. Then the pop star condemned widespread ...

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Sixth Roma, Maria Balogh, Killed In Hungarian Racial Violence

Huffington Post | Ami Cholia | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Roma, Skin Heads, Maria Balogh, Hungary Gypsy, Gypsy, Roma-Gypsies, Hungary Skin Heads, Gypsies, Roma Gypsies, Hungary, World News

A sixth victim was found murdered in what is believed to be a spate of attacks on members of Hungary's large Roma community, BBC reports. The woman, ...

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Roma People Face Discrimination, Attacks Across Europe

Inter Press Service | Julio Godoy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Roma Killed WWII, Sinti and Roma Killed WWII, Racism in Europe, WWII Deaths, Roma, Gypsies, Roma Gypsies, Roma Migrants, Sinti Migrants, Nazi Killings, Europe, World News

BERLIN, Aug 4 (IPS) - A ceremony at Auschwitz Sunday to commemorate the half a million Sinti and Roma killed by the Nazis became a reminder of the ...

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Roma 'Gypsies' Face Heightened Persecution In Italy

The Guardian | Tana de Zulueta | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Roma, Rome, Italy Gypsies, Ghettos, Italy Ghettos, Europe Gypsies, Italy, Europe, Gypsies, Roma Gypsies, Racism, Roma Descrimination, World News

People forget, but the European history of segregation began in Venice. Ghetto is a Venetian word. It was, and still is, a neighbourhood, one of the o...

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From Spain's Storied South, Diverging Voices

Modiba | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Global Music Corner, World Music Corner, Gitanos, La Mala, Gypsy, Spain Music, Spain, Flamenco, Estrella Morente, Gypsies, Roma, Roma People, La Mala Rodriguez, Spain Gypsies, Spain Roma, Andalusia, World News

For a country with a history of xenophobia towards its Roma population (a.k.a gypsies; or, in Spanish, gitanos), Spain is becoming increasingly fond of traditional gypsy music.

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Dubaification Of Istanbul: Amid Building Boom, Gypsies Of Sulukule Forced From Homes

GlobalPost.com | Iason Athanasiadis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Istanbul, Turkey, Roma People, Gypsy, Dubaificatioin of Istanbul, Istanbul Building Boom, Europe, Sulukule, Kemal Ataturk, Gypsies, World News

ISTANBUL -- They lived for almost 1,000 years around the remains of Istanbul's Byzantine walls. But when they were forced to leave, the gypsies of S...

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Feeling Normal?

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The 1970s, Stds, Normalcy, Queens, Gypsy, Joan of Arc, Arthur Rimbaud, Teenage Girls, Dostoyevsky, Gypsies, Allen Ginsberg, New York City, Religion, James Joyce, Iconoclasts, High School, Friedrich Nietzsche, Nietzsche, Penicillin, Reading, 1970s, Teenagers, Style News

I grew up in a place, Bayside, New York; a place where, when I mentioned Nietzsche, the woman who lived above me asked, "if you take Penicillin, will it cure that?"

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Fashion's Fascination With The Gypsy

International Herald Tribune | Ben Seidler and Simon Marks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Trends Fashion, Gypsies, Gypsy Style, John Galliano, Roma, Anna Sui, Roberto Cavalli, Dior, Giorgio Armani, Style News

Fashion's ongoing fascination with the Gypsy style of dress is intriguing because the ethnic minority, which prefers to be known as Roma, has been sco...

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