The case of Sarai Sierra, the New Yorker killed in Turkey while traveling there on what the media has termed as a "photo- taking vacation," continues to be shrouded in mystery although an elusive suspect, a transient paper collector, known only Ziya T. is now the subject of a manhunt along the Syrian border. According […]
How Old ideas Stand in the Way of Modern Peacemaking
In his book Elusive Peace: How Modern Diplomatic Strategies Could Better Resolve World Conflicts (Prometheus Books) Douglas E. Noll, professional mediator, international and domestic peace consultant, and author offers case studies to illustrate what he refers to as the weaknesses of crucial negotiation. Noll asserts that modern politicians and diplomats lack the skill required for […]
An American Diplomat’s Encounter With A Divine Messenger
Wayne Peterson’s book Extraordinary Times, Extraordinary Beings (Hampton Roads) covers an enormous amount of terrain beginning with what he terms "a miraculous encounter with The Blessed Mother" during his childhood, and then follows a trajectory to his eventual career as an American diplomat and the director of the Fullbright Scholarship program. While completing his university […]
Book Review: The Forgotten Woman
The Forgotten Woman by Arun and Sunanda Gandhi (Arun Gandhi is Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson) reveals the experiences of Gandhi’s wife, Kastur as never before portrayed. The book represents a monumental undertaking in the form of extensive research beginning in 1960. The authors assert no family records of her existed as floods had devastated Porbander, India, […]
The Akasha And Your Life
Akasha is a Sanskrit word meaning “boundless space,” and the Akashic records relate to a storehouse of information about each individual’s deeds on this earth. Author, Kevin Todeshi (1998) notes that information about the Akashic records can be found in folkore, and the Old and New Testaments. The Phonecians, Babylonians, Arabs, and Hebrews all believed […]
Speaking Out For Rural Women
Hubbie Hussein Al-Haji, Executive Director, WomanKind Kenya partners with MADRE, an international women’s rights group to provide on the ground grassroots level aid to displaced families in Kenya. Many of the families Womankind Kenya serves have come from Somalia. According to the United Nations more than 1.4 million persons were displaced as a result of […]
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