Tolerance- Zimbabwe Poets for Human Rights invites you
A group of young poets will on Tuesday (27 Jan 2009) hold a poetry recital to enforce the importance of building a culture of peace and tolerance. Known as Zimbabwe Poets for Human Rights (ZPHR), the group has, since last year been holding regular recitals with different themes around the central idea of Human Rights for all. Read more
Living a simple life
Like many people, you probably run through your life bogged down by a heavy load of worries about finances, traffic jams, your career, how you look, and what people think of you etc.
Thoughts rummage through your head like the mad rush of a river on a stormy day, all needing attention which reduces you to a monkey-state.
In reality, as much as you worry about giving shape to your life, you need to realize that you actually have very little control.
The unending spiral of thoughts and desires to control your existence only leads to suffering, distress and despair.
Rather than becoming a victim of the intransient and ephemeral, there is a way to enjoy your life at the cost of nothing.
What more, when you choose to enjoy your life in its presence form, you become who you really are and will find yourself attracting better things towards your being. Read more
For peace, for justice, for Mohammed Omer
As we fight our battles in Zimbabwe, let us remember that the fight for justice is universal. Here is a letter I just received from a young Palestinian journalist who was recently beaten up by Israeli security officers. Mohammed, our prayers are with you.
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Mohammed Omer
By Mohammed Omer
I am a Palestinian journalist from Gaza. At the age of 17, I armed myself with a camera and a pen, committed to report accurately on events in Gaza. I have filed reports as Israeli fighter jets bombed Gaza City. I have interviewed mothers as they watched their children die in hospitals unequipped to serve them because of Israel’s embargo. I have been recognized for my reporting, even in the United States and United Kingdom, where I have won two international awards. I have also been beaten and tortured by Israeli soldiers.
This summer, at age 24, I was honored to learn that I had become the youngest journalist to receive the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism, named for the famed American war reporter and awarded to journalists who counter propaganda with the truth. Although Israel has sealed Gaza’s 1.5 million Palestinians in what many now call the world’s largest open-air prison, Dutch MP Hans Van Baalen lobbied the Israeli government to let me leave Gaza to receive my award in person.
Upon my return from London, I was surrounded by Israeli security officers. Read more
