Amy Scott

Amy is a Seattle-based writer. She has written for The Daily, and The Stranger and volunteers at a small movie house called Grand Illusion Cinema in the U-district. When she's not writing, she's listening to podcasts and books on tape (everyone always tells her she should be a voice-over actor if writing doesn't work out).
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What the heck is happening in Syria?

by Amy Scott
After more than 2 years and tens of thousands of people killed, the civil war in Syria keeps dragging on. Is there any end in sight?
Apr 15, 2013

What the heck is happening in Mali? (and why you should care)

by Amy Scott
Until a couple weeks ago, you probably didn’t think much about Mali, the large, former French colony that spans North and West Africa. I know I didn’t. But then we started hearing about French troops invading northern Mali, and militants kidnapping foreign workers in Algeria and that this all somehow connected to the fall of […]
Jan 24, 2013