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    Walking Through Fire: Iraqis’ Struggle for Justice and Reconciliation
    Walking Through Fire: Iraqis’ Struggle for Justice and Reconciliation
    Walking Through Fire: Iraqis’ Struggle for Justice and Reconciliation
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    Walking Through Fire: Iraqis’ Struggle for Justice and Reconciliation

    By Peggy Faw Gish and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

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    Through Iraqis' eyes--through their stories--this book "tells the truth" about what war and the U.S. government's antiterrorism policies have really meant for them. Iraqis recount the abuses they experienced in the U.S. and new Iraqi detention systems, the excessive violence, and collective punishment of the U.S.-led occupying forces, as well as tensions between Kurds and Arab Iraqis--tensions rooted in Saddam Hussein's genocide against the Kurds. Stories coming out of Iraq between 2004 and 2011 also describe the efforts of courageous and creative Iraqis speaking out against injustices and building movements of nonviolence and reconciliation. We also get a glimpse of how the author, a peace-worker, immersed in the violence and chaos of war, dealt with the pain and suffering of those around her, as well as her own personal losses and kidnapping ordeal. Her experiences strengthen her belief that the power of nonviolent suffering love (the way of Jesus) is stronger than the power of violence and force, and can break down barriers and be transformative in threatening situations. She counters the myths of the superiority of violent force to root out evil in places such as Iraq and challenges us to do all we can to prevent the tragedy of any future war.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCascade Books
    Release dateSep 10, 2013
    ISBN9781621898511
    Walking Through Fire: Iraqis’ Struggle for Justice and Reconciliation
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    Peggy Faw Gish

    Peggy Faw Gish has been working in Iraq with Christian Peacemaker Teams since October 2002. Her first book, Iraq: A Journey of Hope and Peace (2004), covers the first year and a half of the Iraq War. She has been active in peace and justice work for the past forty-five years. Peggy is a mother, grandmother, community mediator, and member of the Church of the Brethren. She lives on a farm near Athens, Ohio.

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