Diary from the Lebanon
Sina Rahmani begins his work in a Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut from the Lebanon
Diary from Burundi
The author reflects on the recent peace process in Burundi and its shortcomings and calls for an international criminal tribunal.
Funny how things change
Funny how things change Author: Peter Krupa Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on: 03/14/2005 Category: Interview Like all of us, Ruxandra Tanase has a few vivid memories from her childhood snapshots she calls them, and for her they are images of life in Romania before the fall of communism. She remembers the shortages, […]
International Spy Caper is No Joke
When the church bell rings at noon at the Anglican cathedral of St. George’s in East Jerusalem not far from Damascus Gate in the Old City, chances are it’s Mordechai Vanunu ringing the bell.
I have been to Nyamata
The author wrote this poem on her return from Nyamata, Rwanda where 2,500 people had been slaughtered in 1994 to her home in Zimbabwe(June 2000).
Pictured above is the church where the genocide was perpetrated.
Of These Times
On October 8, 2005, a massive earthquake hit Pakistan and left around 90,000 people dead and the same amount homeless and injured. The aftermath of this tragedy was catastrophic but it came as a blessing in disguise as Pakistanis from all over the world, regardless of their age, ethnic, political, religious and class differences, joined hands to help their fellows mired in calamity. The essence of humanity was victorious over the ferocity of nature.
Poems for Peace
Poems for Peace Author: Olumide Olaniyan Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on: 03/10/2005 Category: Diaries RAPED BY THE INCUBUS In the hot sun By the side of the road The incubus over-powered us Tore off our flesh Leaked our blood with snake-like tongue Like dying stones, we screamed voicelessly With shrill laughter, […]
Laughing it Off
Nicholas Reader looks at 235 ways of dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.