1. Bury Me Standing: the Gypsies and their Journey by Isabel Fonseca
(Matching tags: culture,Roma,Central Europe)

On a summer afternoon, one can find congregations of Roma - Gypsies - in the park in front of Prague's main train station, having picnics and playing songs. . .  ...

2. What a Summer! (Unless of Course You're a Gypsy)
(Matching tags: Czech Republic,racism,Roma)

Late summer is here and the weather is fine...

3. Gypsies and the Czech Holocaust
(Matching tags: Czech Republic,Roma,genocide)

On May 13, in Lety u Pisku we remember the sacrifices of the Gypsy holocaust during the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia.

4. The Poetry of Paul Polansky
(Matching tags: Roma,poems,prostitution)

Paul Polansky is a Romani rights activist and the author of four books of poetry, three of non-fiction and one novel. Relying on "the terror of the facts," Polansky has drawn international attention for ...

5. The Never-Ending Roma Question
(Matching tags: racism,music,Roma)

There is a joke making the rounds in contemporary Czech Republic. "Q: What's ultimate bad luck? A: When a hitchhiking band of Gypsies gets picked up by a busload of skinheads."

6. Why the Gypsies went to Dover
(Matching tags: Czech Republic,racism,Roma)

Wouldn't you flee too?