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So many

So many

I didn’t know them, but I can picture them. They would have been laughing and talking, at the end of the work day, as they rode the bus from work to home in Kabul. The mix of men and women means there was flirting, too. Most of them were young, under 30, and their careers … read more So many

Posted on January 21, 2016May 23, 2017Author LisaCategories ShelterTags 2004, Afghanistan, attack, journalism, media, Taliban, terrorism4 Comments on So many
Remembering Osama

Remembering Osama

Last night, on a re-run of The Newsroom, the killing of Osama bin Laden was the major news event of the day. May 1, 2011. I watched the reporters and other Americans cheering and high-fiving, and it brought back the feelings I had that day. I wasn’t jubilant. I was sad. My sorrow was not, of … read more Remembering Osama

Posted on January 8, 2016May 15, 2019Author LisaCategories RefractionTags 1988, Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Egypt, Middle East, terrorism, UAE
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