photo caption: Ghulam ( second from left ) working on our community’s greenhouse, together with Zek, Khamad and Ali August 5, 2017 Ali, Zekerullah, Khamad and I miss Ghulam and his family. WeContinue reading
Author: Dr Hakim
IN AFGHANISTAN, WE’RE LEARNING TO CALM DOWN AND TO RELATE
July 9, 2017 You can view a one minute video clip of a conversation between Afghan street kids and Indian 5th graders above: From Afghanistan, children and youth learn through relationships 9th July 2017 By Dr Hakim BothContinue reading
Afghan Street Kid Mubasir smiles despite his difficulties
Watch 10-year-old Mubasir tell his story in this short video (youtu.be/1TC5_MzYOqI): The Afghan Peace Volunteers run the Borderfree Street Kids School in Kabul, with 17 volunteer teachers teaching 100 multi-ethnic street kids Dari, Math, NonviolenceContinue reading
This is how I feel this week in Kabul
June 7, 2017 By Dr Hakim Background Situation On 13th April, the U.S. government used the ‘Mother of All Bombs’, weighing 9800 kg, killing at least 90. On 31st May, another extremist group, perhaps soonContinue reading
FROM AFGHANISTAN TO MY #MOTHER!, AND THE CHILD IN EVERYONE
May 14, 2017 From Afghanistan, #Mother! https://youtu.be/H3e4OeB97RY 14th May 2017 By Dr Hakim The Afghan Peace Volunteers are sewing this table top piece for mothers Dear mom and fellow members of the human family,Continue reading
How Dare the World Behave as if You Were Never Born?
Dr Hakim 9th April 2017 Updated 14th April 2017 Mahdi doesn’t know his date of birth, but he thinks he’s 16 years old, which means that in the year he was formed and born, theContinue reading
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Night after Day in Afghanistan
By Dr Hakim I’m so often caught up in the daily concerns of work and the wars raging across Afghanistan and many parts of the world that I forget how remarkable it is that atContinue reading
ALL SORTS OF AFGHAN WINTER FEELINGS: “I WAS FRIGHTENED. I CRIED.”
“I was frightened. I cried,” she seemed like both a statue and a radio, numb and alive, not shy about the horrors she had survived. “There were bombs dropping from the heavens, and firing fromContinue reading
Kabul River and Standing Rock Sioux By Hakim Young
Afghan Peace Volunteers in solidarity with Standing Rock Sioux. Read, watch and share here.
An Afghan Outing and the River Heals Us By Hakim Young
The Afghan Peace Volunteers share moments of grief and find comfort in being together. Read, watch and share by clicking The Afghan Peace Volunteers.