Tag archive: Kurds
Living a better story
For the third time in two years, I read Donald Miller’s A Million Miles in a Thousand Years. If you remember the last time I blogged about the book, I was leaving for Iraq. I found a story to fight… continue reading »
Missing Suly
I want to cry when I think of this: I preferred to buy groceries in the basement of the mall, Rand Gallery. Sure, there was a market just at the end of our block, but it had less variety. Rand… continue reading »
On health care in Iraq
Health care – or “Obamacare” – is still a buzz word around here. Though having been out of the country for two months, and completely shutting myself off from American politics, I knew that the tension of the healthcare reform… continue reading »
Jesus Wore Klash
The Word became flesh and blood and moved into the neighborhood.—Kurdish men wear these funny shoes called klash. They’re handmade, hand-sown clogs with a hard sole and white top. Ever since Lydia and I first arrived at the Sulaimania airport,… continue reading »
Jeremy Courtney is legit.
I’ve had this blog in my head for a while. I didn’t want to write it until I was home in the States. I didn’t want anyone to think Jeremy coerced me into writing it. I promise: no coercing took… continue reading »
Happy (belated) America Day from Iraq
It’s fun celebrating an American holiday abroad. I highly recommend it. I love that no one understood why we ran to the basement Ferdos market to find sparklers; or why we made a makeshift American flag and saluted to it.… continue reading »
it’s all crazy; it’s all false; it’s all a dream; it’s alright
A huge part of why I’m in Iraq is to correct my preconceived notions about Iraqis, Kurds and Muslims – and yours too. Joshua, Jeremy and the guy interns get to hang out with Sheikh Ali, a Muslim sheikh (religious… continue reading »
Hospitals, sick babies & a remedy
A few weeks ago I got to visit a children’s hospital in Sulaimaniah. We went to meet Dr. Aso Faiq Salih, the only pediatric cardiologist in Kurdistan, who’s also a dear friend of Preemptive Love Coalition. Dr. Aso’s office was… continue reading »
She’s Always Smiling
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to meet Honya Mahdi, a 15 month-old who had surgery last November. I remember reading about her on the PLC blog months ago, when I was first learning about Preemptive Love Coalition.… continue reading »
Mohammad Star’s Follow-Up
If you all haven’t had a chance to read my post about Mohammad Star on the Preemptive Love blog, check it out now: click!