Keywords: Social Justice And Humanitarian Writing
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EUREKA STREET/ READER'S FEAST AWARD
- Irfan Yusuf
- 22 October 2008
12 Comments
When a Muslim woman was kidnapped by the
Byzantine empire, the Caliph in Baghdad threatened to
send a vast army to rescue her.
Today, Muslim leaders do nothing to help
women being mistreated and held in captivity in their own countries.
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EUREKA STREET/ READER'S FEAST AWARD
- Arnold Zable
- 24 September 2008
3 Comments
There was good reason for keeping the message simple. We wanted our cards to get past the censors. There is a time for advocacy, and a time for simple words of support. Together they make up the 'human' and the 'rights' in human rights.
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EUREKA STREET/ READER'S FEAST AWARD
- Maddy Oliver
- 27 August 2008
10 Comments
The power differential between helper and the helped is insidious. 'Lady Bountiful' wants credit for giving without thought of return, but can't help counting her sacrifices. Refugees can spot threats to their privacy and self-respect from a mile off.
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EUREKA STREET/ READER'S FEAST AWARD
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AUSTRALIA
- Brigid Hains
- 02 July 2006
1 Comment
Pioneer? Racist? Or product of his time?
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Luke O’Callaghan, Andrew Hamilton, Michele M. Gierck
- 29 April 2006
Reviews of the books After the Fireworks: A life of David Ballantyne; When faiths collide; Classical literature: A concise history and In the shadow of ‘Just Wars’: Violence,politics and humanitarian action.
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