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| One of Ms. Badwan’s self-portraits from her artistic project, “100 Days of Solitude.”
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Nidaa Badwan The artist Nidaa Badwan has hardly left her
small room for more than a year, creating her own world of color and a
striking set of self-portraits.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/28/opinion/the-islamic-states-most-recent-victims.html?ref=opinion
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/28/world/middleeast/finding-gaza-unbearable-artist-creates-her-own-world-in-one-room.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=photo-spot-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
Dear Editor,
Your editorial "The Islamic State’s Most Recent Victims" was perfect. Every gripping sentence summary and conclusion, perfect. So was Nicholas Kristof's column earlier this week "The Human Stain" so aptly subtitled "Israel squanders political capital and antagonizes even its friends with its naked land grab in the West Bank."
Adding in the alluring art of Palestinian Nidaa Badwan featured in The Saturday Profile For Artist in Gaza, a Small Refuge of Beauty, I find my self frankly shocked and actually hopeful as a much more balanced and helpful understanding of the Middle East takes hold in the influential New York Times.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
NOTES
World Press Roundup: Middle East News
Global Citizenship... laying the foundation for a culture of peace
To honor a tragic history, we must work for peace : "The only way to honor our tragic histories is to create a future for our children free of man-made tragedy. This means making peace fully, completely and without reservation, between Israel and Palestine." Ziad Asali
The Golden Rule... Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
STAY CONNECTED... Given the U.S. commitment to religious freedom, and to the international covenants that guarantee it as the inalienable right of every human being, the United States seeks to: Promote freedom of religion and conscience throughout the world as a fundamental human right and as a source of stability for all countries
... Ibrahim's Estate... The Promised Land: In Celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights & Peace Day
Tala Haikal: Empathy Is Essential to Humanity
Hussein Ibish: Non-violent resistance is Palestine’s most powerful weapon
ATFP Calls for De-Escalation between Israel and the Palestinians
“Your
living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as
by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens
to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.” Khalil
Gibran (1883-1931), born in Lebanon, immigrated to the United
States in 1895 where he grew up to become a beloved poet and
respected writer.
"There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies" Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 – 1968) American minister, humanitarian and social activist- a cherished leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, whose inspiring words continue to influence and empower diplomatic efforts to bring more justice, more security, more peace and more jobs to more people, every one and every where.
"There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies" Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 – 1968) American minister, humanitarian and social activist- a cherished leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, whose inspiring words continue to influence and empower diplomatic efforts to bring more justice, more security, more peace and more jobs to more people, every one and every where.
AS ALWAYS PLEASE
GO TO THE LINK TO READ GOOD ARTICLES IN FULL: HELP SHAPE
ALGORITHMS (and conversations) THAT EMPOWER DECENCY,
DIGNITY, JUSTICE & PEACE... and hopefully Palestine]
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