Posts by Scilla Elworthy
From the field Egypt’s peaceful revolution
I have just returned from Egypt, where the reality was rather different from government advice and some media reports. The German foreign office advised its nationals against travelling to Egypt; Netherlands newspapers were running reports of Bedouin kidnapping refugees for ransom and many police posts in Sinai deserted. In reality, I have never known the Sinai so safe and relaxed. Read more >>>
World Peace Festival
I’d like to let everyone know about this unprecedented 3-day event to take place August 27-29 2010 in Berlin. Local peace builders are invited to present their work. See www.worldpeacefestival.org Read more >>>
Scilla Elworthy
Scilla is founder of Peace Direct, and founder and Chair of Oxford Research Group. Previously, she was a consultant at UNESCO on women’s issues, a director of Minority Rights Group in France and she has worked for ten years in southern Africa. In May 2003 she was awarded the Niwano Peace Prize and has been nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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