Posted in Rights, tagged cats, fairy tale, fear, religion on May 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The fear surrounding this event is not only palpable, but downright disturbing.
I feel as if I should write something more about this, but I think it speaks for itself. From the Nigerian Tribune:
This woman was reported to have earlier been seen as a cat before she reportedly turned into a woman in Port [...]
Posted in Rights, tagged depression, iraq, mental illness, suicide, troops, veterans, war on May 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We’ve all heard about the death toll in Iraq (~4,100 dead at the time of this writing), seen the footage of memorial services, the news reports about hidden casualties and the perceived unreality of what’s happening in the Middle East. But there’s a subset of war casualties we don’t hear much about—those returned soldiers who [...]
Posted in Rights on April 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In early March, the UK news site, The Asian News, posted an article about the release of Belonging, by Manchester City Councillor Sameem Ali. Heart-rending, Belonging is a story of “of appalling domestic cruelty. But it is also a story about the cultural conflicts of a Pakistani family new to Britain[1].” The crucial issue in [...]
Posted in Rights on April 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Every morning, my husband makes a pot of coffee or tea and we sit down to check our email, messages, and catch up on the news. This morning, I stumbled upon The Muslim Network for Bahá’í Rights.
Bahá’í s represent a religious minority in many parts of the world; believers are as far-flung as Iran, [...]
