Witnesses to Global Conflict: Canadian Authors' Accounts
From Tiananmen Square to the Rwandan Genocide, the authors of the chapters in this collection explore the human cost of conflict and the many ways in which people begin the process of healing and reclaiming a sense of agency in the aftermath.
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From The Homeland is Where None of This Can Happen |
This chapter describes the experiences of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish from the 1940s to the present. | Marcello Di Cintio | 25 | 2018 | $2.50 Add |
From The Pursuit of Global Justice |
In this reading, human rights lawyer Payam Akhavan begins by recalling his experiences as a human rights lawyer in The Hague. He describes notable cases he was involved in and how it shaped his … | Payam Akhavan | 85 | 2017 | $10.20 Add |
From I Do Not Have an Account in the Bank of Wars |
In this chapter the author crosses into Israel to meet with Palestinian writers living there. | Marcello Di Cintio | 42 | 2018 | $4.20 Add |
From If You Can Hear the Rockets, Then You are Alive |
In this chapter, the author travels to the Gaza Strip, and explores how artists there are able to find beauty in even the most unstable places. | Marcello Di Cintio | 44 | 2018 | $4.40 Add |
From Survivors StoriesMarie From: The Hope that Remains |
Marie was thirteen during the genocide and was saved along with her sister by Hutu women they knew. She explains finding her remaining family, recovering from her injuries and eventually making a … | Christine Magill | 12 | 2019 | $1.20 Add |
From Wang Dan’s Shooting Star |
This chapter begins with the author meeting with Wang Den in London, one of the student leaders of the Tiananmen Square Uprising. The chapter goes on to provide a detailed day-by-day account of … | Michael Cormier | 33 | 2013 | $3.30 Add |
From Han Dongfang’s Perseverance |
The chapter begins by describing the author’s encounter with activist Han Dongfang. The chapter goes on to discuss Han Dongfang’s experiences during the Tiananmen Square Protests and … | Michael Cormier | 22 | 2013 | $2.20 Add |
From Survivors StoriesBeatrice From: The Hope that Remains |
Beatrice describes her childhood in Rwanda before the genocide, during which she was a young adult. She had left Rwanda for Burundi before and during the main part of the genocide, which had … | Christine Magill | 14 | 2019 | $1.40 Add |
From Survivors StoriesBertin From: The Hope that Remains |
Bertin was an adult during the genocide, and so remembers it very clearly. In 1990, when the RFP arrived in Rwanda, Bertin was arrested and jailed because of his job in hydroelectricity, … | Christine Magill | 25 | 2019 | $2.50 Add |