BY JUANA LEE According to an IDB study conducted by the Herzliya Conference, Israeli Jews were just as patriotic following the 2006 Israel and Lebanon War. But, what about Lebanese survivors? In an interview, Nadine, now 23, recalled the strengthening…
Category: People
The Day I Met My Daughters
BY TARA HEIDGER Nashik, India “Chris! We have less than an hour before we have to be there and you want to take a shower?” I asked my husband as he grabbed his soap and looked at me with a…
Hebron Head On
BY AMIR KHOUZAM “Passports,” barked the soldier. He seemed small, smaller than the gun he held in front of him like a shield, with the muzzle pointing at the floor so he could move down the aisle of the bus.…
Neelab Yousafzai: A Journey of 6780 Miles
BY JUANA WAI SUM LEE Neelab Yousafzai, a Master’s student in Human Rights Studies at Columbia University, was raised during a particularly violent period of Afghan history. “I witnessed abductions, I saw people getting hung in front of my eyes,…
Syria’s Civil War Forces its Bravest and Brightest to Flee
BY SHRUTI MARIAN In 2011, in a square outside the Grand Mosque in Douma, WS saw a man die in front of her for the first time. The man was a protester and was shot by government security forces. His…
The Crossing
BY S’HA SIDDIQI Ajaz Khan ran, his little sister cradled in his arms as he raced through the high grass in the smoke-clogged night. His heart pounded as he barreled towards the tree line, the sound of gunshots thundering in…
The Voice of Military Humor in a Post-9/11 World
BY DOMINICK TAO Like many of the 3-million U.S. military veterans of the Global War on Terrorism, Paul Szoldra left the Marine Corps with no clue what he wanted to do. It was 2010. Szoldra was 26. The war had…
We Should Have Left Before it was Too Late
BY DOMINICK TAO Even decades after the Cambodian Civil war and the genocidal rule of the Khmer Rouge, Tek Hout Tao could never escape the guilt of following a friend’s decision to stay instead of run. The war crept toward…
Legacy
BY S’HA SIDDIQI My grandparents’ story isn’t particularly novel. It is the shared experience of millions of Pakistanis and Indians who have yet to come to terms with the full extent of injury – both physical and emotional – that…
Determined Optimism in Protracted Conflict
BY JILLIAN TIMKO I first met Liran Braude during orientation week at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs. He grinned, shook my hand, and then kindly demonstrated the correct pronunciation of his name, “Lee-run,” by pumping his arms up…