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...
Dear friends When I headed off from Sydney in July 2002, to embark on my world-wide pilgrimage to explore the mystical teachings of various faiths, I sent off...
Dear Mum, Here I am in Jerusalem; the heart of the holy land! I have a feeling that you are more excited than I am that I’m finally here! I remember when I...
Friends The Palestinian election: perhaps you saw images of flag waving youth in Ramallah? Or maybe heard the optimistic words of George W Bush and other world...
Dear friends I am writing this by candlelight in a family living room in the Palestinian West Bank town of Saida where I am currently under military-enforced...
Friends Saturday: It’s now day five of the military occupation of Saida village and the frustration, impatience and desperation of the local people is...
Dear friends Good news: the 24-hour curfew on Saida village has been lifted and the barricades removed from outside the town. Not so good news: the military is...
Friends Sorry, the correct link to the Saida photos is: www.donnainpalestine.photosite.com peace Donna ... Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo!...
Moving around… It’s not easy in Palestine, moving around. Going from A to B, I mean. In fact, most days it’s a nightmare. Take, for example, my journey...
Friends I watched the peace ‘words’ live on television in the common room of my hostel in East Jerusalem. The sight of middle-eastern leaders sitting...
Dear friends, this is the second in the series of ‘Letters to my mother from the holy land’. I’m sorry it’s taken so long to send. Things are very busy...
Dear friends Tomorrow is Palm Sunday, the day that marks Jesus entry to the holy city of Jerusalem riding on a donkey about 2000 years ago. I, and other...
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