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Black Lives Matter and the logic of two weights and two measures

Posted bythetalkingofthesoulDecember 9, 2020December 10, 2020Posted inAfrica, Black Lives Matter4 Comments on Somewhere, in Africa

The hawksbill turtle

We decided I would make a small fire to roast some fish that we would catch immediately.
What happened next became a sad chapter of my life

Posted bythetalkingofthesoulDecember 3, 2020December 3, 2020Posted inmemoirs, story telling, venezuelaLeave a comment on The hawksbill turtle

”I paint my love for Yemen”, Wissam Al-Ansi

I want to embrace the world with Yemen’s beauty, for all to see

Posted bythetalkingofthesoulNovember 30, 2020November 30, 2020Posted inart, peace, Wissam Al Ansi, YemenLeave a comment on ”I paint my love for Yemen”, Wissam Al-Ansi

Amedeo Vergani

He travelled, photographed, wrote.
He always helped. Everyone

Posted bythetalkingofthesoulNovember 14, 2020November 14, 2020Posted inAfrica, Amedeo Vergani, Ethiopia, photojournalismTags:photojournalism2 Comments on Amedeo Vergani

For every woman raped in every war

to never allow oblivion

Posted bythetalkingofthesoulNovember 9, 2020November 9, 2020Posted inrape, war, women2 Comments on For every woman raped in every war

The dance

I never really danced

Posted bythetalkingofthesoulNovember 8, 2020November 9, 2020Posted inAfrica, Ethiopia2 Comments on The dance

My name is Gamela and I am looking for my family. An appeal to Yemen

Will you help me find my father or his family?’

Posted bythetalkingofthesoulSeptember 16, 2018November 1, 2020Posted indiaspora, Yemen3 Comments on My name is Gamela and I am looking for my family. An appeal to Yemen

Children’s Drawings from Yemen

A j’accuse for us all

Posted bythetalkingofthesoulNovember 20, 2017November 20, 2017Posted inchildren, Human Need Development, NGO, TRUMPOMANIA, World Children Day, Yemen, Your Ability Organization for Development6 Comments on Children’s Drawings from Yemen

A young man in the making in times of war

I am seeing a daily nightmare, a tragedy I have never seen…ever, in my life.

Posted bythetalkingofthesoulAugust 9, 2017Posted inchildren, cholera, famine, Middle East, siege, Yemen, Your Ability Organization for Development2 Comments on A young man in the making in times of war

‘Why is the world looking away’? Gisela Hofmann on Yemen

The following lines are dedicated to Mohammed, Latifa, and Safia and their families (how much I miss them):

Posted bythetalkingofthesoulJune 4, 2017Posted inGisela Hofmann, letter, peace, Sana'a, Saudi Arabia, war, Yemen8 Comments on ‘Why is the world looking away’? Gisela Hofmann on Yemen

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