by marywald | Mar 18, 2020
In the last two weeks I have taken six flights to three countries in Asia. At each airport, before landing, I filled out a yellow card, checking off any symptoms of illness. My temperature was then screened before I was allowed to enter the country. The only country...
by marywald | Aug 10, 2017
Mujtaba al-Sweika, a bright 18-year-old student in Saudi Arabia, was on his way to visit Western Michigan University in 2012 when he was arrested in the airport in Riyadh. He was one of 14, largely young men, arrested for taking part in a protest.Among his charges is...
by marywald | Sep 14, 2016
This election is not a measure of Donald Trump’s worth against Hillary’s. It’s not even a measure of who runs the best campaign or who most effectively discredits the other. It is a measure of how many people there are in this country who, in our arrogance, we simply...
by marywald | Sep 4, 2015
The Refugee Crisis: Short and Long Term Solutions Ramos-Horta addresses solution to the 60 million refugees and internally displaced peoples in search of safety, shelter, a home and a future across the globe. read it on Huffington...
by marywald | Aug 4, 2015
In November 2014, José Ramos-Horta and Archbishop Desmond Tutu co-authored a letter to President Obama urging the release the Senate report on the use of torture by the US. It was signed by 11 Nobel laureates and released to the press. The letter received...
