Beware Gaza Ice-cream
Yesterday, I heard a familiar voice on the radio. It was an old friend of mine from Gaza. Her name is Najla Shawa. She was…
Emergency appeal for Gaza
This Gaza city image was taken on 14th May by photographer Mohammed Zaanoun. As many of you know, I used to live inside Gaza. I…
You, me & the dopamine gangs: how to (start) wackamoling internet trolls
How does online violence affect women and how do we start wackamoling online hatred ?
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The dark art of romance (and how to find true love forever…)
Is romance still alive – or has it been asphyxiated by these dark viral days? What’s the difference between romance and love, and how…
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As the sun sets on this weirdo year, I drink to uncertainty
The worst thing about having Covid was the anxiety. The fourth or fifth morning I had a hiccup of breathlessness and felt knived with fear:…
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Once upon a camp on fire: why is the EU looking on as refugees die?
Like a scene at the end of an adrenalised movie: a flimsy, overcrowded dinghy flailing in rough waves. Women, men and kids clinging to the…
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Dear COVID – 19: a viral invitation
Hello virus. I haven’t met you personally, thank God. You haven’t visited my mum and my stepfather, my sister and her family, or my best…
Far from the madding crowd…… an appeal to support refugees on Samos
Last New Year’s Eve, I was in Greece, sitting round a beach fire on the isle of Samos, just a few kilometres from the coast…
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Remembrance Day for remarkable humans
On Monday, just after 11 in the morning I paused for thought. Remembrance Day marks the moment World War One ended, at 11 o’clock on…
Teranga ! Why Senegal is super, and sadly not for me #renowned-she-warrior
For those of you who’ve never logged on here before (Welcome 😎 ) I’m a conflict nerd, by which I mean a professional humanitarian peacebuilder.…
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So what would you do with €700 million?
I love cathedrals: the spaciousness, the stone flag floors and rising columns, archways and sensual stained glass. The echoes of history, walls soaked in hymns…
The Better Story, and why Samos Volunteers needs people like you
A refugee camp, especially if you’ve never been to one, probably sounds like hell on earth: crammed with unwashed, desperate people living in flimsy, flapping…
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