Stories from Yemen: A Diary from the Field is out now
Yemen is a magical place. Its beauty is the land, the diversity of culture, its heritage, and the people. But that beauty has been marred by nearly a decade of conflict, a conflict that has led to the worst humanitarian crisis in recorded history. As author Lara Kajs points out, ignoring the crisis in Yemen will be the loss of humanity, and to our own detriment.
Stories from Yemen: A Diary from the Field by Lara Kajs,
Is a first-person account of the humanitarian crisis in Yemen and shares the stories of nearly a hundred Yemeni men, women, and children, as well as dozens of humanitarian professionals, and how they have been impacted by the conflict – through displacement, being unhoused, food insecurity, sickness, economic collapse, and concern for the safety and wellbeing of their children, and death. All of this while trying to avoid conflict, airstrikes, bullets, landmines, and traffickers.
Kajs writes from the perspective of someone who spent seventeen months in Yemen between 2018 and 2021, as a humanitarian observer and crisis investigator, during some of the heaviest fighting and airstrikes – and experienced her own close calls with the conflict. Kajs’ clear and impassioned account of the Yemeni people and the plight of the embattled country of Yemen, increasingly engages the reader.
Stories from Yemen: A Diary from the Field by Lara Kais available in E-book, Soft Cover, and Hard Cover at Amazon.
Thinking Out Loud
I Am Woman
17 March 2023 ~“I am woman, hear me roar ~ In numbers too big to ignore ~ And I know…
… Or poison girls because they want to go to school…
Iran Foreign Ministry calling on the French Government to respect #humanrights … has to be a first https://twitter.com/irishelt/status/1639683586897895424
Iran Foreign Ministry calling on the French Government to respect #humanrights … has to be a first
Iranian foreign ministry just taking the pish here.
At least in France the authorities don't torture and summarily executes French citizens.
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#Japan #Ukraine awesome!
This is simply awesome! I'm a huge fan of #Kishida. https://twitter.com/JPN_PMO/status/1638366489068867584
One of the elements of #genocide is forcibly transferring children from one group to another group. The ICC may very well be in the process of building a case and charging genocide. #warcrimes #putin #ukraine #genocidereport
Mr. Putin bears individual criminal responsibility, for having committed the acts directly, jointly with others, and through others.
#ICC #Putin #warcrimes #Ukraine #TGR #genocidereport
https://www.thegenocidereport.org/dispatches/arrest-warrants-for-vladimir-putin/
This is Part 1 of a Series on Crises to Watch in 2023. I started with the Horn because of the immediate need and the level of food insecurity primarily due to the war in Ukraine. #TGR #conflict
Over the next few weeks, #TGR will dig deeper into the countries and crises the global community should watch closely in 2023. The first in this series is the Crisis in the Horn of Africa.
#thehorn #humanrights #conflict #foodinsecurity
https://www.thegenocidereport.org/dispatches/crisis-in-the-horn-of-africa/
Threatening to use power to investigate the office of the district attorney because you don’t like the outcome = abuse of power
There he is! One of my favorite profs and member of my graduate committee at @unlv - great to see him here!
Tom and I enjoyed traditional corn beef and cabbage with Liam at 7th and Carson #OnlyInDistrictOne. ☘️
I hope to see him in The Hague.
Breaking News: The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin of Russia for war crimes. The court said that Putin bore individual criminal responsibility for the abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children. https://nyti.ms/40gw9pG
Agreed! @DavidLammy “We must stand up to a bully, to a tyrant.” #Putin #UkraineRussianWar #Freedom