I don’t normally recommend a book before I have finished reading it, but I will this time. Sandy Tolan’s award winning book, The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew and the Heart of the Middle East, is a delight. It is the true story of the intimate relationship that developed between two families — one [...]

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Malalai Joya visited Winnipeg on November 16 and 17 as part of her 2009 cross-country tour to convince Canadians to press for the withdrawal of their troops from Afghanistan.
This feisty woman packed the house at the University of Winnipeg and spoke with passion about the oppression of her people under the combined weight of the [...]

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November 17, 2009: Afghan MP Malalai Joya is in Winnipeg as a part of her Canadian tour to convince Canadians they must withdraw their troops from Afghanistan.
Afghans, says Joya, must decide what happens in Afghanistan. Foreign intervention must end.
She has a message for the families of Canadian soldiers. She understands their suffering and extends her [...]

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Malalai Joya has been called the bravest woman in Afghanistan. (I suspect that may be an understatement.) She has repeatedly risked her life to speak out about the violence and poverty brought on by years of occupation and corruption.
In November, she will speak to audiences across Canada about why we must end the war and [...]

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