Editorials

by Dr Kamil Namunyak – July 2006
I came to Kenya to work in the bush and to be the doctor to the poor.  I went to Kenya to follow my African dreams.  I went to Kenya to satisfy a deep longing that threatened to claw its way out of my heart and consume my entire [...]

By Atul Singh, England – July 2006
            Although he was feted in the US as a world statesman, Tony Blair has lost the confidence of the British public and will step down as Britain’s three-term Prime Minister some time in the next year.  Internal party wrangling coupled with the public’s disenchantment with a leader seen [...]

Arthur Fung, Hong Kong – July 2006
            As a student interested in becoming a healthcare provider, I know that medical advancements have reaped many favorable changes in our overall quality of life.  Nonetheless economic growth has also brought about healthcare challenges which, if not dealt with properly, will compromise our economic prosperity and standard of [...]

By Amelia Bowen, California – July 2006
            Americans may be enjoying economic prosperity now, but riding on our past successes without looking to the future may soon be the cause of our own demise.  Unless we can compete in the global marketplace, we will find our economy declining dramatically, perhaps becoming comparable to that of [...]

By Yona Kaplan, Israel – July 2006
            From the beginning of the latest war between Israel and Lebanon it seemed as though everyone wanted Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon. So eventually, we agreed. Now Israeli forces are completely out of Lebanon including the positions Israel occupied during the war that were previously held [...]

By Yaffa Fredrick,  New Jersey – July 2006
            Victor Hugo once wrote, “Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” However, I wonder if he would have included the advocacy of violence in lyrics sung by Palestinian rap artists from Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank.
             “Where [...]

By Shoshanna Stern, California – July 2006
      Nothing annoys the bejesus out of me more than one phrase – “I don’t know.” It’s an acceptable answer at times, because we don’t always know everything, and we should never presume that we do. “I don’t know” can be an honest answer.  
         But sometimes “I don’t know” [...]

By Raushan Kerimalieva, Kyrgyzstan – July 2006
When  18 year old Nazik received a scholarship to attend the International University in Moscow she was so happy.  But her happiness was short-lived. Soon after she arrived from her home in Kyrgyzstan, she started to hear angry words directed at her. “Ponaehali tut vsyakie!” or “uidi s dorogi, [...]

By Laura Pacifici , Pennsylvania – July 2006                                          
            For a group of students from a small liberal arts college in Pennsylvania, news reports from Iraq of insurgency, sectarian violence, mortar attacks, civilian deaths and IEDs (improvised explosive devices) were insufficient. Lacking were the voices of the Iraqi people and the war’s effect on them. 
            And so when [...]

By Guillaume Suon Petit, Beirut – July 2006
            In Hrat Hrieck, a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Beirut, 15 year old Nahila came home for the first time since the cease fire.  Home was a heap of large dusty stones. Living in close proximity to Hezbollah’s headquarters, Nahila’s home became a coincidental target for Israeli’s bombs. [...]