Thursday, December 17, 2009

Teaching Peace

Illustration: Iraqi cartoonist Qassem H.J., published in the NY Times - August 19, 2008
Padraig O’Malley is a professor of peace and mediation from the University of Massachusetts at Boston and he uses that expertise to bring people from divided societies together. He’s done it before in Northern Ireland and South Africa... Now he’s targeting Iraq.

The latest effort is focused on Kirkuk in northern Iraq. It’s a city split by ethnic tensions, although the sides have agreed to keep talking.
Audio: BBC, PRI & WBUR's Here & Now. Host: Robin Young.

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