The Summer of Our Discontent

The Summer of Our Discontent By Siegrid Raible New York celebrated America’s 240th birthday on July 4, 2016 in spectacular fashion. New Yorkers of all stripes gathered together at the end of the day and were awed by Macy’s free fireworks display over the East River. The very next day and almost...

Event: Belfast to Host 9th International Conference of Museums for Peace, 10-13 April 2017

For Immediate Release : Contact: Judith Carville, Visit Belfast Phone: +44 (0) 28 9023 9026 Email: conference@museumsforpeace.org, judithcarville@visit­belfast.com Website: museumsforpeace.org, visitbelfast.com Belfast to Host 9th International Conference of Museums for Peace, 10-13 April 2017 BELFAST...

In Memory XVI Nice

In Memory XVI By Siegrid Raible Nice, France, Bastille Day, July 14, 2016 On a warm summer’s evening on the beach In this resort town on the French Riviera After a glorious display of fireworks A young man in a white delivery truck reigns death upon the onlookers Eighty four dead on the Promenade des...

In Memory XV Black and Blue and In Pain

In Memory XV Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Tuesday, July 5, 2016 Falcon Heights, Missouri, Wednesday, July 6, 2016 Dallas, Texas, Thursday, July 7, 2016 Following America’s 240th Birthday Celebration on July 4th Seven dead and nine wounded in three days of gun violence Two deaths at the hands of two police...

In Memory XIV The Holy Month of Ramadan

In Memory XIV In the Holy Month of Ramadan In the Week before the Celebration of Eid al-Fitr In the Year Two Thousand Sixteen In an airport in Istanbul, Turkey In a bakery in Dhaka, Bangladesh In Baghdad, Iraq, at public gatherings to break the Daily Fast In the Holy City of Medina, Saudi Arabia In the Holy...