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...
Saturday, June 1, 2013

Notes from the Field in Iraq: Reflections in a Time of Violence

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As I sit in front of my computer, reading the news about the escalation in violence in Iraq, my heart fills with sadness. According to UN ...
Sunday, May 5, 2013

In Iraqi Kurdistan those who Murder Women go Free

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"There is definitely a light at the end of the tunnel. And we are here for the long haul." - Hoda Elsadda Zhiyan group represe...
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...
Wednesday, May 1, 2013

A Struggle for Survival and some Iraqi Lesson Learned, Ankawa, Erbil, 011211

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It is a re-post as I found it on the drafts-- I am trying not to miss the details of Iraqi daily life, whether among Kurdish, Arab or Assy...
Sunday, April 28, 2013

Zhiyan Group: Releasing Sakar's father is perpetuating the patriarchal structures that discriminate against women

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Suleimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan April 28th, 2013 Last week, on Monday, April 22nd, women groups demonstrated in front of Suleimaniya Co...
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...