Under the brook

He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.

He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.

Somewhere a stream or a rivulet is running through here.

Ghadeer's daughter Nisyona's insulin shots. Photo by author.

Don't kill me, don't kill us, Ghadeer recalled her daughter screaming that day.

Ghadeer Abu Latifa, 32, a mother of three, was injured after the two story house her family was taking shelter in was bombed.

Another two persons, named Ghadir and Mansour, were hanged in the same city on charges of rape and drinking alcohol.

There I met a lovely woman in a wheelchair.

Seeing you here smiling at us, willing to hear our sad stories and giving support is what gives us hope.

14. On 31 May 1993, at 1320 hours, four Iraqis were seen at the geographic coordinates of 622 246 on the map of Ghasr e Shirin in no man apos s land around Majid Ghadiragha village.

Along with 3,000 other displaced Gazans, 32 year old Ghadeer has been living in a makeshift shelter with her three children ever since Israeli forces bombed the house she was staying in. The bombing left her in a wheelchair. Photo by author.

During their visit to the Mudug region in February, President Yusuf and Prime Minister Gedi negotiated a ceasefire agreement between the Sa'ad and Suleiman sub clans of the Habr Gedir, in an attempt to end the armed conflict that had been going on for the past three months.