Showing posts with label Tigris river. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tigris river. Show all posts
Thursday, October 2, 2014

Ecological Challenges in Iraq: New Movements, New Possibilities

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Last week I was speaking in Oslo at the Ecological Challenges Conference in a panel titled: "New Movements, New Possibilities." ...
Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Water and its Infrastructure are not Weapons of War, Protect Civilians’ Right to Water in Iraq

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As ISIS is using water infrastructure in its war on Iraq the Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes Campaign calls for international attention ...
Thursday, September 26, 2013

International Activists Meet in Baghdad to Discuss Legal Strategies to Protect the Tigris River

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For Immediate Release-Baghdad 26 th  of September Baghdad, Iraq—Once the cradle of civilizations and agricultural haven, now Iraq’s l...
Thursday, July 25, 2013

Basra: The Venice of the Middle East?

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June 25 th , Basra, Iraq It was nine o’clock when we departed Suleimaniya, in the autonomous region of Kurdistan. The capt...
Sunday, June 2, 2013

Rivers Unite, Dams Divide: A Struggle to Protect Rivers and Preserve Life

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“The struggle of the Mapuche, Hasankeyf and the Amazon, is a struggle to preserve the planet” Mapuche leader Moira Millan to Osman Baydem...
Thursday, May 2, 2013

Journal from Iraq: Global Solidarity, Transboundary Water and the Challenging Work of Saving a River

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May 2 nd , 2013, Sulaimaniya, Kurdistan, Iraq I've been off writing for a long time. Lately,  a sense of overwhelming has won me. S...
Monday, April 22, 2013

Meet Me in Hasankeyf: Culture, People and Politics in Hasankeyf

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After our session on global solidarity against water grabs, I headed to south east Turkey, the Kurdistan of Turkey, to the region where th...