“I have a message for you,” I said to my Iraqi friend Alaa with a smile. “From Aust-rali-a.” I added slowly with as much an air of mystery as I could...
It’s easy! There are a few options, you can: Write a short message of no more than a few paragraphs and e-mail it to: messagesofpeace@... It would be...
Dear friends, I would like to share with you two messages I have received from Iraq this week. The first is from Sheila, a young American woman I knew in...
When I heard the news about George Bush’s re-election I felt baffled and then annoyed. On Australia’s election night, I cried a few tears. “This will...
Friends, Many of you have asked what exactly I will be doing in Iraq, what are my plans, etc. Even though I am a girl who loves to have a plan and tick things...
I’m naming it the ‘Baghdad corkscrew’. I reckon crowds would fork out at least $10 a go at Luna Park for a ride like this. Spiralling downward in a small...
Dear friends, I want to Cc to you this letter that I will e-mail to the Prime Minister’s office today. I read this out to a peace rally of about 200 people...
Friends, At any given moment, the atmosphere of Baghdad provides a heavy blend of competing noises. Having to yell at the person sitting on the lounge next to...
Dear friends I just wanted to let you know that despite the man-made darkness here, I am thrilled to report from the roof of my hotel that: The full moon...
Dear friends, This is a ‘house-keeping’ e-mail to report back to those who are concerned about my safety. After a week in Baghdad, I can report that I am...
Dear friends There’s a gun battle outside. It has been going ferociously for 20 minutes. There’s been several large and fatal bomb blasts today. It is cold...
Friends On the day I visited Peace Bird Art School, there was a feast of entertainment prepared for me in the music room. Lots of hearty singing in Arabic and...
In the chilly darkness, Baghdad father of three, Ali rises at 3am. He grabs a blanket and makes his way to the car. He nervously watches the fuel gage deep in...
Friends, This is not a picture of a popular parking area in Baghdad. It is a queue of people waiting to fill their vehicles at the nearest petrol station. ...
It all happened so fast as we turned the corner. The US humvee seemed to come out of nowhere. It drew close to the car, aimed its machine gun at us and forced...
As the Iraqi officer called his men to bring handcuffs to arrest me, an outburst of shouting erupted from the nervous soldiers. "Ogof, Ogof!" (Stop, stop) they...
Dear friends, I promised you more pics from the colourful art room at Peace Bird Art School, the place of healing. The ones below show a few of the many cute...
Friends, Baghdad father, Ali, was a relaxed and cheerful man who loved to spend his spare time playing with his boys. Now he spends every waking hour...
Friends The pictures below, taken in the art room of Peace Bird Art School, show the connection made between an elderly great grandmother from Sydney and...
Dear friends, In the past two weeks I've been in Baghdad, I have heard and gathered many stories from various eye witnesses about what happened to civilians...
Friends On my first visit to Iraq before the war, one of the things that really struck me was the active cultural and creative community in Baghdad. The arts...
The statistics on the whiteboard looked frightening. There were columns of Arabic words in black pen and rows of various numbers in bright red. Asterisks,...
Friends When Saddam Hussein was captured, a year ago today, I was in Baghdad and wrote a reflection called: "Saddam is captured: what has changed?" based on...
Friends It wasn’t just what I saw when I went to visit the boys that caused me the greatest joy, but also what I didn’t see. What I didn’t see was many...
Friends, a report: After meeting with the Red Crescent staff to discuss the Fallujah refugee crisis, we got their blessing and encouragement to go ahead and...
Friends On arrival at the school where the Fallujah refugee families were staying, I was ushered into a front room not really knowing what to expect. But the...
Dear friends Tomorrow morning I will drive along the treacherous highway of death to the heavily fortified Baghdad airport and then fly to Jordan. I leave with...
Dear friends Here in the holy land there are (at least) three Christmases. The first is that of the mainstream Christian churches on December 25th. Then, in...
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