Middle East 4 ChangeThe Wounds of War
Thursday, October 17, 2019
Kathy Kelly Its economy gutted by war, Afghanistan’s largest cash crop remains opium. Yet farmers there do grow other crops for export. Villagers in the Wazir Tangi area…
In Afghanistan, We Have Three Dreams
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Dr Hakim Young. Dear fellow human beings, Some of us have wondered, “Are people today too disconnected and frantic to calm down, in order to solve global challenges…
Trump and the Middle East: a Long Record of Personal Failure
Saturday, May 18, 2019
Melvin Goodman. Many American presidents have blundered in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf, but Donald Trump’s personal involvement in the region has been particularly disastrous. President…
Defying War and Defining Peace in Afghanistan
Friday, February 1, 2019
Kathy Kelly. On January 27th, 2019, the Taliban and the U.S. government each publicly stated acceptance, in principle, of a draft framework for ongoing negotiations that could culminate…
Inside Mother Camp: the woman tackling Afghanistan’s drug problem
Monday, January 7, 2019
Rushi Kumar. Laila Haidari is considered a criminal, despite never committing a crime. The 40-year-old works with drug addicts in Kabul. “The addicts I work with are considered…
Books on Middle East 2018 – tales of repression, ruse and resistance
Thursday, November 29, 2018
Into the Hands of the Soldiers: Freedom and Chaos in Egypt and the Middle East. David Kirkpatrick, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018. From 2011 to 2015, David Kirkpatrick was the…
The Ever-Shrinking Space for Hazara Ethnic Group
Sunday, June 24, 2018
Rohullah Naderi. Posted on Counterpunch June 22, 2018. The hunger strike by Ms. Jalila Haider, a human rights attorney and founder of a nonprofit organization, “We the Human…