Gypsies

Ethan Hawke Praises Madonna For Supporting Gypsies

AP | ALISON MUTLER | Posted 10.31.2009 | Entertainment


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

Madonna Booed In Bucharest For Defending Gypsies

AP | ALINA WOLFE MURRAY | Posted 09.27.2009 | Entertainment


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

Sixth Roma, Maria Balogh, Killed In Hungarian Racial Violence

Huffington Post | Ami Cholia | Posted 09.07.2009 | World


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, ...

Roma People Face Discrimination, Attacks Across Europe

Inter Press Service | Julio Godoy | Posted 09.03.2009 | World


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 ...

Roma 'Gypsies' Face Heightened Persecution In Italy

The Guardian | Tana de Zulueta | Posted 04.30.2009 | World


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...

From Spain's Storied South, Diverging Voices

Modiba | Posted 04.06.2009 | World


Modiba

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.

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

GlobalPost.com | Iason Athanasiadis | Posted 04.02.2009 | World


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...

Feeling Normal?

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 03.02.2009 | Style


Jayne Lyn Stahl

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?"

Fashion's Fascination With The Gypsy

International Herald Tribune | Ben Seidler and Simon Marks | Posted 11.15.2008 | Style


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...

Belly Dancers' Homes Bulldozed For Turkish Condos

Bloomberg | Seda Sezer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Sukru Punduk says his family has lived in Sulukule, Istanbul's Gypsy quarter, for six centuries and he won't be driven out by laptop-carrying, strolle...