Sarah was released on 14 September 2010
Shane and Josh are still in Iranian Jail
Sarah Shourd
teacher
anti-war activist
At some point during the meal it dawns on me that this is my first time sitting around a table with Iraqi people. Realizing this, I tell them that everyday I feel ashamed at what my country has done to their country. I say something about the protests I have helped organize, the books I have read and the t-shirts I have worn, wanting them to know that American people have expressed opposition. It all sounds so small and paltry in the presence of people that have lost so much. (link)
At some point during the meal it dawns on me that this is my first time sitting around a table with Iraqi people. Realizing this, I tell them that everyday I feel ashamed at what my country has done to their country. I say something about the protests I have helped organize, the books I have read and the t-shirts I have worn, wanting them to know that American people have expressed opposition. It all sounds so small and paltry in the presence of people that have lost so much. (link)
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Interview with Sarah on Iraqi refugees in Syria.

Amazing documentary. Sarah's interview appears at 7:50 and at 13:49.
http://www.vimeo.com/9644943

Quotes from Sarah's writing

"There are 2 million Iraqi refugees living in Damascus, surely there must be something that can be done to help them? At the very least I can help get their stories out."

Yemen Part II - http://unfetteredeyes.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/yemen-part-ii/

"I can only hope that these shameful, bloody days will forever change the world’s opinion of Israel. I can only believe that people are starting to see through it all."

'All Our Love for Gaza' http://unfetteredeyes.wordpress.com/2009/01/09/all-our-love-for-gaza/

"Its crucial in a world where our country is the strongest imperial power not to interpret the rest of the world through our own cultural lens, but to see other cultures as autonomous and distinct, as having their own history that guides them separate from our own. Lastly, it’s imperative that we look honestly at how totally off the wall and ill-informed many of our impressions of the 3rd world are, and how this ignorance feeds into our government’s inhumane foreign policy in many of these places."

'Ethiopia Part II' http://unfetteredeyes.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/ethiopia-part-ii/

"I am learning Arabic. I live in Syria. I wanted to be a bridge between East and West"

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran-hikers-20100521...

On a visit to the Golan Heights with families divided by the occupation:
http://muslimmedianetwork.com/mmn/?p=3787

On the successful campaign by Syrian women to defeat a disastrous "family" law:
http://womensenews.org/story/the-world/100604/syrian-women-reflect-rare-...

Femicide and Globalization in Juarez
http://slingshot.tao.ca/displaybi.php?0079002

The Repression in Mexico Continues
http://slingshot.tao.ca/displaybi.php?0091017

Sarah's work

Iraqi Student Project (with whom Sarah was working in Damascus)
http://iraqistudentproject.org/

Just Cause, Oakland (with whom Sarah fight eviction of the poor from their homes)
http://www.cjjc.org/

Writing about Chiapas - Notes from Another World
http://freeourfriends.eu/sites/default/files/notes_from_another_world.pdf