What it's like to be a war refugee | Zarlasht Halaimzai

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What Kosovo can teach the world about freedom | Vjosa Osmani Sadriu

“Truth is the real oxygen for democracy,” says Vjosa Osmani Sadriu, the 6th President of the Republic of Kosovo. As a child of war, she once longed for someone to save her people. Now she’s been in the rooms where decisions are made — and she’s never forgotten what brought her th ...  Afficher plus

Beware the power of prediction | Carissa Véliz

What do the story of Oedipus and your insurance premiums have in common? They are both driven by self-fulfilling prophecies. Philosopher and TED Fellow Carissa Véliz traces the hidden power of prediction, from Roman emperors who banned prophets to the AI algorithms quietly making ...  Afficher plus

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The 20 Year War with Zarlasht Halaimzai
America Dissected

This week, we commemorate the 20th anniversary of September 11. The securitization at home and the “war on terror” that followed fundamentally reshaped our country and those in which our country made war. War is the antithesis of public health. We speak with Zarlasht Halaimzai, a ...  Afficher plus

Ep.14 'I wanted to hold a pen, not a gun' - Activist Jaz O'Hara on the Reality of The Refugee Crisis
Working Hard with Grace Beverley

Jaz O’Hara is the founder of The Worldwide Tribe, an organisation and online community committed to supporting refugees and asylum seekers globally. The platform uses methods of innovative storytelling to share the narratives of refugees embedded in the crisis, inspiring other ...

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Faleeha Hassan, "War and Me" (Amazon Crossing, 2022)
New Books in Middle Eastern Studies

An intimate memoir about coming of age in a tight-knit working-class family during Iraq's seemingly endless series of wars. Faleeha Hassan became intimately acquainted with loss and fear while growing up in Najaf, Iraq. Now, in a deeply personal account of her life, she remembers ...  Afficher plus

Healing Refugee Trauma with Zarlasht Halaimzai
Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil

Zarlasht Halaimzai joins Jameela this week to share about her organization Amna - which works to provide psychosocial support for refugees. They discuss Zarlasht's own experience as a refugee fleeing the war in Afghanistan, how we can learn from the response towards Ukrainian ref ...  Afficher plus