Tag Archives: Somalia

Stronger Than Death

It is a beautifully told story – and one of the most disturbing books I have read in recent years. I am left to confront the question: why am I not like that? Stronger Than Death, by Rachel Pieh Jones details the life and work of a woman you probably have never heard of, someone […]

Refugees II – Dadaab

It was one paragraph on the back page of my newspaper, out of proportion to the human suffering about to take place. I had to look on the internet to find out more. The Kenyan government had ordered the United Nations to close the Dadaab refugee camp, home to almost 400,000 Somalian exiles. You may […]