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He is now retired in the West of Ireland. https://www.ruthmukwana.com/blog/maazamengiste monthly 0.5 2021-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc0a29a7fdcb86c082d3cfc/1613238321392-MFPJ6HYO55V3JQ3VU0DO/large.jpg Blog - An interview with Maaza Mengiste Nina Subin/ http://ninasubin.com/ https://www.ruthmukwana.com/blog/ruthblog15 monthly 0.5 2020-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc0a29a7fdcb86c082d3cfc/1596770114094-F5YW3CVRXEASQVZ09PVH/YASIR.jpeg Blog - An interview with Yasir Omer Taha “Fiction stories are extremely important. They describe elements and details within a crisis that we don’t see, and dramatize and romanticize it. That stays with readers. It influences their emotions, and actions, and that awareness is very important especially to societies that haven’t experienced war,” says Yasir Omer Taha, National Coordinator with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. https://www.ruthmukwana.com/blog/an-interview-with-ruth-edgett monthly 0.5 2020-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc0a29a7fdcb86c082d3cfc/1593743247680-32XBTLFPRW1Z10Q78RGY/Ruth+Edgett+-+2020-2+copy.jpeg Blog - An interview with Ruth Edgett “I guess if “Hill 145” raises awareness or motivates action, it would be action resulting from the ability of the reader to identify with this veteran soldier, George, who—whether he realizes it or not—has been badly damaged by the things he saw and did on that battlefield. I hope it shows the reader this consequence of war, the damage it does to a generation of fighters who must eventually return home and try to put their lives back together. 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The book outlined the suffering of the people, the atrocities committed by the parties to the conflict, the destruction of the infrastructure, of the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in the country,” says Abdul Haq Amiri, the Chief of Section in the Operations and Advocacy Division in Geneva with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) covering the Middle East and North Africa. https://www.ruthmukwana.com/blog/interview-with-garde-sofie-thomle monthly 0.5 2020-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc0a29a7fdcb86c082d3cfc/1588303677724-G0JFSELXRPQ9WB9BVI2L/Picture1.png Blog - An interview with Sofie Garde Thomle “Stories provide a whole different level of insight. It’s like you go into the head of someone and see the world from that person’s perspective, you experience feelings and emotions. Stories help you to understand the connections between people and see the world in a different way. I think it’s an extremely powerful force in connecting people and in preventing conflict or driving that type of advocacy and belief that it’s possible to prevent crises and not just give up,” says Sofie Garde Thomle, Chief of the Humanitarian Leadership Strengthening Section with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Geneva. https://www.ruthmukwana.com/blog/an-interview-with-cindy-issac monthly 0.5 2020-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc0a29a7fdcb86c082d3cfc/1585707305579-3K9C2LYMHDY073GI2DPR/image001.jpeg Blog - An Interview with Cindy Issac “What’s interesting about The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, is that it’s not just about gender, it’s also about the dynamics of class, and it shows this cautionary reality check in terms of taking such a black and white view of situations, and resolution of situations that we’re seeing today, and that’s polarization again. 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