Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein

Digital Editor

Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein is a freelance writer and editor from Chicago, Illinois (USA) who splits her time in Stone Town, Zanzibar. Her writing on arts, culture, education and politics recently appears in Al Jazeera English, CNN-Explore Parts Unknown, Atlas Obscura, National Public Radio, BRIGHT, Selamta, Saveur, Hemispheres, and PassBlue, among others. Amanda is the regional editor for sub-Saharan African with Global Voices and digital editor with PRI's The World covering global security.

Recent Stories

Lifestyle & Belief

A small, Catholic, Midwestern farming town embraces an Indian ‘hugging saint’

The World

August 13, 2019

Devotees believe that a single hug from Amma — known as a “universal mother” plugged into a divine, infinite energy source — can heal the world.

Health & Medicine

DR Congo Ebola outbreak spreads to neighboring Uganda, activating rapid preparedness response

Global Voices Online

June 13, 2019

After a boy and his grandmother traveling from DR Congo into Uganda die from Ebola, these cases confirm fears that the Ebola virus could spread from DR Congo to Uganda, due to frequent, informal and porous cross-border migration.

A Zanzibar 'divorce advocate' says marriage is making women sick

GlobalPost

July 23, 2018

Ayda Abdallah has been practicing and teaching yoga for the last eight years, focusing her attention on women in crisis who struggle with their mental health.