This explosion was caused by the criminal negligence of men -- encouraged by a political system designed to build clients and not see citizens.
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Wars without end: why is there no peaceful solution to so much global conflict? | The Guardian
A new study shows that 60% of the world’s wars have lasted for at least a decade. Has endless conflict become normalized?
Read More »The search for safety: A Syrian tale | Oxfam America
Follow along as one refugee family travels from Syria to Lebanon to Italy to escape violence in their homeland.
Read More »Keynote for Writing/Curating the Middle East: Wael Shawky Thursday, March 30, 5:30 p.m New Haven
With Modern Art from the Middle East, the Yale University Art Gallery celebrates the 175th anniversary of Arabic studies at Yale and honors Edward Elbridge Salisbury, B.A. 1832, the first professor of Arabic and Sanskrit in the Americas.
Read More »There Can Be No Sustainable Peace Without Food Security | ReliefWeb
It is crucial to consider food security an indispensable link in the process of achieving peace.
Read More »More than 56 million trapped in ‘vicious’ cycle of violence and hunger | UN
More than 56 million people in 17 countries affected by prolonged conflicts are struggling to feed themselves, trapped in a vicious cycle of violence and hunger, according to two United Nations agencies.
Read More »Reporting On The War In Syria, Despite The Obstacles To Being There | NPR
They went to a studio in Beirut to record this interview, and as you'll hear, the studio wasn't soundproof.
Read More »Women’s Peace Train | Dr. Paula Rayman
As citizens of Israel face new elections without any leader seriously discussing the reality of the occupation, where is the hope for peace?
Read More »U.N. chemical weapons investigators headed to Syria | UPI.com
A U.N. mission investigating the use of chemical weapons in Syria arrived Tuesday in Beirut on its way to Syria, the Lebanese government said. Lebanon’s official National News Agency reports U.N. High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Angela Kane arrived Tuesday in Beirut with Ake Sellstrom, a former U.N. weapons inspector in Iraq and head of a fact-finding mission investigating the ...
Read More »Why Hezbollah is not going away as long as Israel occupies Arab land | Stop the War Coalition
For the first time in the history of the Arab/Israeli conflict, a military force emerged under Hezbollah leadership that could not be defeated by US-backed Israeli forces. Attempts to brand Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation are not only futile, but fly in the face of the facts of this movement and its history. Like all genuine resistance movements, the Lebanese ...
Read More »Several thousand join march through Tripoli streets for peace | The Daily Star
Nearly 3,000 people took part in a rally calling for peace in Tripoli Sunday, where recurrent sectarian clashes have plagued the northern city for two years. Members of civil society groups, political figures and Tripoli residents gathered at the Rashid Karami Exhibition and marched to the Abu Ali Roundabout, a site of frequent sniper fire, and cried out slogans that ...
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