Education is a right… Not privilege – DSF Pakhtunkhwa Students Convention, April 29, 2012, Peshawar
DSF Convention, Peshawar, April 29, 2012.
Filed under: Student politics | Tagged: DSF, Pakistan, Student politics | Leave a comment »
Pakistani women waging peace the world over
Posted on April 29, 2012 by beenasarwar
Amn-o-Nisa coordinator Mossarat Qadeem (left) hugs Rosalia Miller from Nicaragua, mid-career MPA at the Harvard Kennedy School, who flew to Washington especially for the Tuesday event.
My blogpost for Global Post, about a coalition of women affected by violence and war, on a mission to spread their message and highlight the unique roles of women in the struggle for peace. Also published in The News, Pakistan.
WASHINGTON: It was when children began painting ambulances, hospitals and dead bodies in art class that Bushra Hyder decided it was time to actively work towards healing. Continue reading
Filed under: Uncategorized | Leave a comment »
Memories of an unassuming Marxist
Posted on April 29, 2012 by beenasarwar
Published in The News on Sunday, Feb 19, 2012
Memories of an unassuming Marxist
The progressive movement of Pakistan has lost one of its best sons in the death of Dr. Manzoor Ahmed
By Shahid Husain
Memories of an unassuming Marxist
Filed under: Progressive politics | Leave a comment »
Picture this: World traveler takes photos that make us care
Posted on April 29, 2012 by beenasarwar
My interview for Latitude News, April 25, 2012 (Note: Latitude News is now defunct; some pix missing in this post)
In Pakistan’s Hunza Valley in 1994, Perrault says, “I was amazed at the ethnic diversity of the people in this region. These women look like they are from Eastern Europe – and they have family living in New York City.” Because of a lack of health care, the mother had an untreated toothache. (Don Perrault)
Beena Sarwar
Tourists take photographs, but Don Perrault is the rare traveler who uses photography to give something back. I met Don Perrault at an Amnesty International get-together at an art gallery in South Boston. He fit the type of the optical engineer he is, unassuming, conservatively dressed and soft-spoken. But he spends his free time traveling and taking photographs, primarily in Africa and Asia.
He’s begun selling these to raise money for nonprofits working on health, education and gender empowerment. His highest-grossing photos, sold at a silent auction, went for a cool $5,000. Continue reading
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: containers to clinics, don perrault, hunza, jagdish dhinra, ladakh, Medical Missions for Children, Nepal, photography, rwanda, uganda, yosemite | Leave a comment »
Trade winds for peace: In the air, a hope song
Posted on April 29, 2012 by beenasarwar
A political push and removal of barriers will see a rise in trade, and peace, between India and Pakistan...
This article was originally published in The News and The Times of India last week
Trade winds for peace
By Beena Sarwar
“Trade for peace” is the new catchphrase defining the emerging relationship between India and Pakistan – a relationship historically so troubled that, when not actually at war, they have been engaged in a virtual cold war. But the winds of change are now blowing in a more positive phase, heralded by recent breakthroughs on the trade front. Continue reading
Filed under: Pakistan-India | Tagged: aman ki asha, attari check post, cii, india pakistan trade, indo pak business meet, milnedo, prisoners | Leave a comment »
Journeys to democracy 