December 2011
A Warscapes Compilation
December 31, 2011
Warscapes asked readers to share titles of books evocative of war and conflict that have made a lasting impact on them – works which...
Sabahat Chaudhary
December 26, 2011
This March's Libyan spring revealed to the Libyan people and the world the falsity of the regime that Qaddafi had worked hard to hide. Some...
Geoff Wisner
December 20, 2011
Kinyarwanda , a drama about the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and its aftermath, has won awards from film festivals, collected glowing quotes...
A poet from Sierra Leone writes about the decade-old war
December 18, 2011
He did not die that day When the tale of the toll Of the war was told In the warmth of our room My husband folded the sleeves of his Ronko...
Elizabeth D. Herman
December 16, 2011
Apni amar meye , Rabeya Khatun says as she presses me in a tight embrace. You are my daughter. I had met Rabeya only an hour and a half ago...
Aparajita Saha-Bubna
December 15, 2011
In her new book, historian Yasmin Saikia serves up some bitter medicine. And there's no spoonful of sugar at the end to ease the aftertaste...
Nomvuyo Nolutshungu
December 12, 2011
In an unfortunate twist of fate, the deciding elements of the future of the International Criminal Court will occur almost simultaneously...
David L. Lukudu
December 7, 2011
Sokiri was dressed in a red shirt and a pair of green trousers. His eyes were bloodshot and weary. His hair was sparse and unkempt. On his...
"How To Avoid Being Killed in a War Zone" by Rosie Garthwaite is reviewed by Michael Busch
December 7, 2011
One of the least remarked upon aspects to the story of modern conflict has been war's transformative influence on the trajectory of...
Bhakti Shringarpure
December 3, 2011
Shirin Neshat’s latest performance is terrifying to say the least. The cheerful camaraderie among the fashionable and artsy crowd on a...
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