Dispatch #5: 72 prisoners of conscience
Dear friends, I invite those of you who are Arab to correct me, but my fourteen years of living and working in the Arab world, plus 44 with a Lebanese…
Syria Dispatch #4: Declarations of the delegation; prisoner release
by Paul Larudee After all the delays and rescheduling of the Syria visit, most of my fellow delegates have now returned to their home countries, and are compiling their thoughts,…
Syria Dispatch #3: prisoner release; attack on M. Agnes; Homs project
by Paul Larudee In my previous dispatches I withheld some information from you. Over the last four months I have been in touch with Dr. Mohja Kahf, who is active…
Dispatch #2 from the Mussalaha delegation to Syria
by Paul Larudee As I begin to compose this, I hear what sounds like artillery and rocket fire in the distance, mixed with occasional small arms and possible explosions. Most…
Malcolm Shabazz’s Suspicious Death
Malcolm Shabazz was an stalwart supporter of Palestinian rights, as is Cynthia McKinney. We honor all those who take up causes not because they are popular but because they are…
Dispatch #1 from the Mussalaha Delegation to Syria: “When can we go back?”
by Paul Larudee “When can we go back?” This plaintive question of refugees since time immemorial was asked again of Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire at the United Nations High…