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Dear friends, We recently received the following request for help. If anyone can offer any, please e-mail Osama Twebti at otwebti@hotmail.com Best wishes, Gabriel voices in the wilderness uk >Dear Sir/Madam, > >I would like your advice on a proposal I have had put to me regarding the >plight of Iraqi children. > >The idea is quite straightforward. > >Ask children in Iraq between the ages of 8 and 18 to write SA's, short >stories, poems, personal accounts, draw pictures or in some other way >commit to paper, something that they would like to tell the world. > >These entries would then be collated, translated and combined, where >possible with simple photo's of each child who contributed work and >published as a book. > >The idea is simply to give these kids a chance to make their voices heard >and at the same time show the people in western world some of the faces that >they would prefer not to notice. > >I believe that this could do a great deal of good. >But I have no idea as to how to go about achieving it. > >So far all I have is the agreement of a photographer to participate, and >numerous connections in the Arab community who would be willing to translate >work if necessary. > >I would be grateful for any assistance or advice that you could offer. > >Yours faithfully, >Osama Twebti > > >_________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk Full details of CASI's various lists can be found on the CASI website: http://www.casi.org.uk