You will recall Peter Moses speaking to us a few weeks ago on Immigration. He has been reading Abbas Nazari’s book “After the Tampa” and really enjoying it. He wrote to me and said: There are heaps of amazing stories amongst that group of people. I just spoke to a young Afghan woman desperate to … [Read more...]
A brilliant letter from the heart by a daughter of Afghanistan
In an essay in the Washington Post Shabana Basij-Rasikh wrote about her father’s grief of leaving Afghanistan, the country he loved. She refused to see him as a refugee. She wrote: To all, I say: Please don’t see us as your burden. See us as what we are: Afghanistan’s great loss. … [Read more...]
More on Afghanistan
An open letter has been written by 60 civil society organisations and leading individuals calling with one voice for the government to increase its efforts when it comes to the crisis in Afghanistan. Here is the letter: Open letter to Nanaia Mahuta, minister of foreign affairs Tēnā koe … [Read more...]
The world anguishes over what will happen in Afghanistan
If you’re like me, you have been staring at the TV with your mouth open as the country of Afghanistan tears itself apart. I remember my father saying that when he fought in the Second World War with the Americans in the Pacific that they were hazardous allies. His observation was that they had … [Read more...]