Thank you to Maureen Thomas for drawing my attention to two important internet broadcasts by the BBC World Service. The first is with Iyas Maleh, whose father Haytham al-Maleh was imprisoned by the Syrian regime last year. He talks here about the circumstances that led to his arrest and the character of one of Syria’s greatest [...]
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BBC World Service on Syria
Posted in comment, current affairs, human rights, international, politics, syria, tagged free speech, haitham al-maleh, human rights, international, kamal labwani, labwani, maleh, politics, syria, syrian opposition on January 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you missed the winner of “Ukraine’s Got Talent”… Here she is from September last year – stunning stuff
Posted in arts, tagged arts, international, ukraine on January 15, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Sometimes you see something that literally takes your breath away. I missed this last year – it was covered by the Guardian who reported on how Kseniya Simonova performed live on the final, keeping a nation spellbound and reducing the studio audience to tears with her sand art. Her performance mixed incredibly beautiful pictures with [...]
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Lest we forget: Holocaust Memorial Day 2010 – The Legacy of Hope
Posted in comment, current affairs, history, international, national, politics, tagged bosnia, cambodia, darfur, history, hmd2010, holocaust, holocaust memorial day, international, nazi, nuremberg, politics, rwanda, sierra leone, world war two on January 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
It was more made more striking by its ordinariness: a standard-issue Council desk with a signing book and cheap pen placed neatly in the middle and little yellow booklets strewn about. The foyer of the BasCentre bustled, but the space around the table was poignantly empty. Sitting at the desk, words failed me and I [...]
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