Hopefully, Yours
The moment that she walked though our blue gate she tumbled into my arms and we just stood there. Hugging. A long hug with no need for...
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Our Stories
- Jul 13, 2018
- 3 min
The Roof
This morning I began to cry. And with tears tumbling down my face I began to sing. At that point of wounding, there right there where it...
- Jul 5, 2018
- 1 min
The Secret Garden - Photo update
Our Secret Garden Project continues showing signs of growth and with it, kindness. We will continue on. #Gallery #English
- Jan 11, 2018
- 1 min
Dough
" There's a point where you have to leave the dough alone. It's silly to anthropomorphize bread, but I love the fact that it needs to sit...
- Jan 2, 2018
- 2 min
Happy New Year from Kurdistan
You remember the scene from the film Narnia, where Aslan arrives to confront the Witch, and slowly the ice begins to melt, and winter...
- Dec 28, 2017
- 2 min
Bragging: Vitamin A(ffirmation)
You've heard about our Kids. Our Kids in War City. Simply amazing mostly Syrian children, mixed with some from Mosul...all of whom have...
- Dec 22, 2017
- 2 min
Halfway up a Mountain
There is a tiny 40 family Yezidi camp. Two years ago it was love at first sight and we all adopted each other and have walked close...
- Dec 12, 2017
- 2 min
Kids Pursuing Peace
It wasn't an event. Or a" one-off." It was the introduction of a culture. A culture of peace. Three days later and we are still unable to...
- Oct 6, 2017
- 3 min
Bursting with Pride
At our incredible Yezidi students who are the first in Kurdistan ( in all of Iraq come to that ) to study for an university degree...
- Oct 5, 2017
- 2 min
The Art of Giving...
Consists in this. The gift should cost very little, and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be more highly appreciated " Baltasar...
- Sep 29, 2017
- 1 min
Madrid. The Lost Childhood
It has been one of those rare joys and honors to participate with Henrique Cymerman in the screening of his exceptional documentary, '...
- Sep 4, 2017
- 2 min
Grumpy Generosity
Right. They don't match do they? I do have my grumpy days, and they are not necessarily connected to sandstorms, or cockroaches or lack...
- Aug 18, 2017
- 2 min
The Place of Treasure
Is found in the place where tears are shed. That deep place which permits the heart to speak the words that the mouth is unable to...
- Aug 14, 2017
- 3 min
Gold at Both Ends
That's what we discovered when we entered the Rainbow Zone. We, mere mortals, thought we were building a restorative arts community...
- Aug 5, 2017
- 1 min
August 3. 2017
Genocide present. A day with no hope and zero comfort. A day spent amongst the mourners of Shariya Camp, Kurdistan, North Iraq. A day of...
- Aug 1, 2017
- 2 min
Waging Peace in War
We're gaining more Kids in War. Tread carefully child. You are entering a new zone. One you have not touched before. Here you tread...
- Jul 27, 2017
- 1 min
All the King's Horses
I watch our kids this morning. All super colorful individuals. All super broken, torn and fragmented by the cruelties and injustices of...
- Jul 26, 2017
- 3 min
Our well -watered orchard
I spent some time outside our community centre this morning, watering our trees and picking up the endless trash that this community just...
- Jul 24, 2017
- 1 min
The place where there is no wind
" We walked on the moon. We made footprints somewhere no one else had ever made footprints, and unless someone comes and rubs them out,...
- Jul 21, 2017
- 1 min
War Paint
A pictorial essay of War Paint War Paint. It's a color. It's a sequence of sounds. Sometimes boisterous. Sometimes silent. Sometimes...
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