Baghdad Burning
… I’ll meet you ’round the bend my friend, where hearts can heal and souls can mend…
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
This has been the longest time I have been away from blogging. There were several reasons for my disappearance the major one being the fact that every time I felt the urge to write about Iraq, about the situation, I’d be filled with a certain hopelessness that can’t be put into words and that I suspect other Iraqis feel also.
“My Name Is Rachel Corrie”
* ³My Name is Rachel Corrie² Opens in New York*
³My Name is Rachel Corrie² a play based on the life of the late US peace
activist who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer – was scheduled to open last
March at the New York Theatre Workshop. But six weeks before opening night,
the theater announced it was indefinitely postponing the production. The
move that was widely criticized as an act of censorship. On Sunday, the play
finally opened at the Minetta Lane Theatre in New York. We play exclusive
excerpts of the play, and speak with Rachel Corrie¹s father, Craig; her
sister, Sarah; and the play¹s co-editor, Katharine Viner.
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Oscar-Winning Actor Vanessa Redgrave to Present International Human Rights Award to Extraordinary Rendition Survivor Maher Arar *
Tonight, the Institute for Policy Studies will award its International Human
Rights Award to extraordinary rendition survivor Maher Arar. In 2002, Arar,
a Canadian citizen, was falsely accused of terrorist links and handed over
to Syrian authorities where he spent nearly a year enduring brutal torture.
Just last month the Canadian government exonerated Arar and criticized both
Canadian and US officials for his ordeal. Maher Arar¹s Human Rights award
will be presented by Oscar award-winning actor Vanessa Redgrave.