I am a PhD student in social anthropology, photographer and free software programmer (free as in freedom). My geographic areas of interest are the Middle East and South Asia. I have spent time in Israel Palestine, Iran, Pakistan, India and the Philippines.
My primary interests are religion and peace and conflict. I am a keen supporter of Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890-1988), a Muslim who formed the world's first nonviolent army, called the Khudai Khidmatgars (Servants of God). Khan is sadly hardly known even in the Muslim world. However in time he and his movement will find their special place in recorded history, I am sure.
Meditation is very important to me. The teachings of Eknath Easwaran have transformed my life for the better.
I was born in Wellington, Aotearoa (New Zealand). An interesting fact about me and my family - I went on marches protesting the Indonesian occupation of East Timor, but it was my brother who went there as a peacekeeper with the New Zealand military!
My personal website
My blogs
Some photo galleries
Rabbi Fruman's daughter's wedding
Some audio slide shows
The West Bank Village of Bilin
Morro de Pererira, Rio de Janeiro
Today I received an e-mail from the American Jewish Committee (AJC). The AJC says it "has worked since 1906 to safeguard and…
Today’s shameful attack on the touring Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore is one highly visible part of an all-to-often extremely painful…
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was Iran’s monarch from 1941 to1979. He ruled the country for 37 years, and was unceremoniously removed from power…
When I was in Lahore earlier this year, I heard a suicide bomb being detonated. I was not afraid. Recently there were…
With the Western world’s press fascination with the ongoing financial crisis in the United States, talk of government regulation (or in this…
In a blog entry recommending a couple of resources focusing on the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, Z writer Paul Street opens…
Today Amnesty International UK organized another by now annual protest against the Guantánamo Bay prison and detention facility run by the U.S.…
As I stood waiting for a train at Tolworth Railway station, thirty minutes from London’s city centre, I was stopped by the…
Depending on the intensity of the traffic and the state of repair of the Grand Trunk road, the village of Pabbi is…
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