Voices from the Frontlines
Voices from the Frontlines are first-person reports on what is happening around the world, how it impacts women, and how women are building cultures of peace. We encourage submissions from everyone, including YOU!
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Alia Rasheed
Oman
“Film can be used as a tangible tool of peace and unity. But transformative films have to be nurtured. Filmmakers have to be nurtured.”
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Paul Haggis, the Oscar-winning filmmaker of Million Dollar Baby (2004) and Crash (2004), was once asked in an interview how he felt about the disappointing performance his 2007 film criticizing the Iraq war, In the Valley of Elah, had at the box office. He simply responded, “You don’t do pictures because the audience is ready for them. You do them because there’s something gnawing at you, something inside.”
Haggis’s words …
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Audrey Scott and Daniel Noll
Below is an excerpt describing Uncornered Market authors Audrey Scott and Daniel Noll’s train journey from Iran to Turkey. We here at Peace X Peace love it because it cuts through news stories painting Iran as a foreign and forbidding land and introduces us to ordinary Iranians.
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“Iran is again catching its share of headlines. So it seemed as good a time as any to share the story of our exit from the country at the end of last year — hopping a train en route from Tehran …
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Claire Charamnac
Nepal/United States
“In these images I was looking for confidence and strength. Hope and possibility are not enough, because this world needs leaders more than dreamers. “
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Women LEAD is a leadership development organization that empowers young women to become leaders. We have empowered more than 200 young girls to become leaders in their schools and communities. Our programs nurture leadership through training, internships, social entrepreneurship, and school leadership.
In March, we teamed up with photographer Ewen Bell to show the many different and wonderful girls who participate in Women LEAD. The …
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Peace X Peace Forums: Women and the Arab Spring
Welcome to the first Peace X Peace Forum! These forums, which we hope to host regularly, will take on pressing issues in the world of peacebuilding and gender. This time, we have gathered women from around the Middle East – from Egypt to Tunisia and beyond – to discuss how women have influenced the Arab Spring, and the impact it has had on them. We hope you enjoy this discussion and add your own thoughts in the comments!
To Reconcile Arab Women: Activate …
