Photo: Masoumah invites Afghan mothers to speak about difficulties they face (credit: APVs) October 30, 2017 On a recent Friday at the Afghan Peace Volunteers‘ (APV) Borderfree Center, here in Kabul, thirty mothers sat cross-leggedContinue reading
Month: October 2017
Teaching English in Najaf
Najaf, Iraq, October 25 2017 Each day in the English conversation class we focus on a different theme. We have been going from easier topics, like greetings, directions, food shopping and cooking to more difficultContinue reading
Cathy Breen’s letter from Najaf, Iraq
Najaf, Iraq, October 24, 2017 Dear friends, We just got back from a brief outing in the old city. It was bustling as thousands of pilgrims are descending on Najaf and Karbala from Pakistan, Bangladesh,Continue reading
Wrongful Rhetoric and Trump’s Strategy on Iran
October 14, 2017 Mordechai Vanunu was imprisoned in Israel for eighteen years because he blew the whistle on Israel’s secret nuclear weapons program. He felt he had “an obligation to tell the people of IsraelContinue reading
The Shoe Thrower, Revisited – News from Najaf
We share one of Voices co-coordinator Cathy Breen’s “Dear Friends” letters from Najaf, in Iraq. October 15, 2017 Dear Friends, We are two weeks into the conversational English class. The participants are growing in self-confidenceContinue reading
Damn, I don’t want Rahman to end up being killed
1st October 2017 Sultan, Ali’s brother, was killed in August 2016. Hussein, Bismillah’s uncle, was killed in April 2017. I don’t want Rahman, Inaam’s brother, to end up being killed. Rahman is now training toContinue reading
Anti-War Nuns Carry Message of Nuclear Disarmament to Colorado Springs
by Debbie Kelley for the Colorado Springs Gazette http://gazette.com/anti-war-nuns-carry-message-of-nuclear-disarmament-to-colorado-springs/article/1612308 September 30, 2017 As political tensions mount over North Korea’s ballistic missile testing, two elderly Roman Catholic nuns who have spent decades sounding the plea forContinue reading
University of New Haven and Saudi Police: Big Money Makes Strange Bedfellows
by Samayia Taylor, CODEPINK Sept. 30, 2017 In America, college students are just arriving on their campuses- some for the first time- ready to start the new academic year. They have a wide range of interestsContinue reading
Great Hunger
October 3, 2017 Earlier this year, the Sisters of St. Brigid invited me to speak at their Feile Bride celebration in Kildare, Ireland. The theme of the gathering was: “Allow the Voice of the SufferingContinue reading