Archive for the ‘Middle East’ Category

Alan Johnston is released!

Wednesday, July 4th, 2007

Gaza: Brilliant wonderful news - BBC reporter Alan Johnston has been finally released, after much worry and an agonising, 114 days in captivity.Read all about it on the BBCand the GuardianWhat will be interesting to see as we get more information - is what role Hamas have played in this ...

Womens Learning Partnership: for Rights, Development and Peace

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

I've been meaning to write about this wonderful network - the Women's Learning Partnership (WLP) - before but have been procrastinating.No time like the present:In a nutshell, they're about female empowerment as part of human equality, and positive thinking : they're a network of networks - they work with ...

August 2nd: On this Day:

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006

August 2nd 1990 - 16 years ago. Iraqi troops invade Kuwait - eventually leading to the Gulf War.I remember that day far too clearly - I was 12 years old then. About 6 a.m. my dream was getting a bit loud and i woke up and found the noise was ...