Tag archive: Kurds
Life in Iraq: education
Yesterday afternoon, Claire and I visited Zeba and Amir in their office, two floors below the Preemptive Love office. One of Zeba’s friends was at their shop and we conversed with him about womanhood in Iraq, life in Texas, PLC,… continue reading »
Meeting Honya and Mohammad
After Preemptive Love sends kids into heart surgery, they continue to check up on them through a program called FollowThrough. This program allows PLC to make sure the kids are adjusting to life, are healthy, and so on. Thursday Claire,… continue reading »
Life in Iraq: careers
I’ve been sitting in on Preston and Claire’s English class on Monday and Wednesday evenings, just to listen to English-speaking Kurds talk about life. It’s an advanced class; everyone can converse in English quite well. (Every once in a while… continue reading »
To be human
people are just peoplethey shouldn’t make you nervousthe world is everlasting, it’s coming and it’s going — People are just people. I read in George Orwell’s “The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius” that people are not… continue reading »
Goforth
Hi, friends, from Sulaymaniyah. As you know from my last two posts, I started my Preemptive Love Coalition internship a few days late. (Thanks, Delta.) Tuesday was my first day; Wednesday was my first day in the office. I love… continue reading »