Entries from The WIP Contributors tagged with 'Iraq'
Dancing The Divide: Interview with Pakistani Peacemaker Sheema Kermani
by Aditi Bhaduri - India - With her large flashing eyes rimmed with kohl and flowing hair, she is the quintessential dancer. Despite her chain-smoking, she is the picture of health and surprisingly agile. But then again, she has been...
Veteran Suicides: The Toll of Service and Search for Answers
by Melissa Hahn - USA - In the USA, Memorial Day is to honor America's war dead. In recognition of Memorial Day, The WIP is re-featuring Melissa Hahn's February article on veteran suicides. These very brave men and women should...
Paint It Black: Women in Iraq Pay for Liberation
by Miaad A. Hassan - USA - For a long time she resisted, but four years ago Amal started to wear the hijab - her bright and shining youth draped in black. She is a 25-year-old Iraqi woman, and she...
Ramadan: A Time for Peace or Another Month of War?
by Patricia DeGennaro - USA - After being embroiled in years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, most Americans have now heard of Islam’s holiest month, Ramadan, which began on August 22nd this year. (Note: Ramadan is based on the...
From Iraq to Afghanistan: Out of One Occupation and into Another
by Patricia DeGennaro - USA - Barack Obama promised Americans that he would move to withdraw American troops from Iraq once he takes office as President of the United States. As troops were “freed” from that war, he would send...
The Granny Peace Brigade Campaigns to Close All US Military Bases - in Latin America and Around the World
by Nancy Van Ness - USA - Their hats adorned with artificial flowers identify them at many of the protests in which I participate. The Grannies also show up on New York City's Union Square to sing their signature anti-war...
Palestinian Refugees Find a New Life in Chile
by Natalie Hart - Chile - From the Qur’an standing on the sideboard, to the ornate Palestinian mosaic boxes decorating the room, to the anguished expressions of heavily made up Arabic soap stars filling the television screen, one could be...
Peace Activist Cindy Sheehan Seeks to Unseat Nancy Pelosi for Betraying the Constitution
by Jennifer Fenton - USA - Imagine what would happen if the nations of the world spent as much on development as on building machines of war. Imagine a world where every human being would live in freedom and dignity....
Soldiers of Conscience: Opposing the Iraq War
by Jessica Mosby - USA - “There are two types of bayonet fighters, the quick and the dead. Which type are you?” This is what a boot camp drill sergeant yells at new recruits, who then reply in unison –...
Barack Obama in Berlin: Germany Meets US Superstar
by Vera von Kreutzbruck - Germany - Barack Obama cast a spell on Germany. Even weeks before his visit to Berlin on July 24th, he dominated the headlines and was the talk of the capital city. Then, after much anticipation,...
According to Harold Bloom, “What we are seeing is…the fall of America”
by Eva Sohlman - Sweden - Harold Bloom, Yale literature professor and cultural critic, is one of America’s most prominent and provocative intellectuals. Unabashedly, he has always spoken up for what he calls “the fight for truth and beauty” making...
To Do Better
by Katharine Daniels Founder and Executive Editor, The WIP USA Today is not only a celebration of International Women’s Day, but for us it is also a celebration of a great year of discovery, insight, growth, and development. The WIP...
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