Propaganda Wars and the Gaza Offensive
by Anne Holmes
Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, who is working to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Gaza said yesterday that slanted coverage of the war mocks world opinion. …
NYC Pro and Anti-Israeli Rallies
Transcript from Democracy Now’s coverage of a counter-protest held the next day on the same spot by New York Jews:
On Monday, a group called Jews Against the Occupation staged …
Ending the War in Gaza
International Crisis Group
A war neither Israel nor Hamas truly wanted turned into a war both are willing to wage. The six-month ceasefire that expired on 19 December was far …
Recent Publication
© Anne Holmes
My work on Gino Strada’s Emergency War Victim’s hospital in Kabul was recently published in on an on-line magazine called War Shooter. You can see the …
Not News….But Good
I wish to feature my friend Raul Gallego Abellan’s work in the Middle East. Here is a compilation of footage from Palestine and Iraq which I think merits attention:
Protest by Fire
by Anne Holmes
While I was in Afghanistan I met Hanifa, pictured above. She is nine years old. She was introduced to me by the doctor at Herat Regional Hospital …
Korean Hostage Crisis
I had dinner with a friend who has been covering the news here for three years. He had just come back from a story up north, and spent the …
In Search of Bewaha
By Anne Holmes
While I was waiting for my Afghan visa in Delhi, a friend of mine mentioned in passing something about a widow’s village in Herat province in western …
Self-immolation in Afghanistan
by Anne Holmes
Amine, pictured above, is 16 years old. She was forced to marry at the age of 14 but has many problems with her husband and his family. …
Expulsion from Iran
© Anne Holmes
I spent the day at the border with Iran near Herat in Western Afghanistan, observing the constant trickle of deportees arriving empty-handed. They were all men, mostly …
South Korean Hostages
The Taliban abducted 23 South Korean aid workers, 18 of whom are women, last Thursday. The group reportedly boarded a local bus in Kandahar headed for Kabul, and were …
Mine Victims
© Anne Holmes
I spent the last few days in hospitals around Kabul taking a visual survey of the types of war injuries the capital city treats. Many of them …
Kabul
The national Afghan football team practices at the infamous stadium where Taliban performed executions in Kabul. © Anne Holmes
I arrived in Kabul two days ago. My first impressions are …
U.S. Military Deletes AP Photos
These are the words of Col. Victor Petrenko, chief of staff to the top U.S. commander in eastern Afghanistan, as quoted in Editor and Publisher:
“”When untrained people take …
Internal Violence Erupts in Lebanon
For an excellent source of independent, on-site, up to the minute journalism in Lebanon, please visit my friend Christopher Allbritton’s site
