http://ourjourneytosmile.com/blog Follow us on Our Journey To smile Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:03:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers saddened by Operation Moshtarak ‘ TOGETHER ’ Please watch them speak clearly to the world, against militarism and violence http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kIjfLz-Si0 together in non-violence Please, do not fight anymore. We should stand TOGETHER in non-violence No one wins in war, neither men nor women together in kindness ... http://ourjourneytosmile.com/blog/2010/02/afghan-youth-in-operation-together-against-violence/ Please watch how Afghans in Kabul desire peace so much they’d scribble it on the walls. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H_ADb4SUag Peace is our desire I was in Kabul recently and as I was passing by the high, barbed-wire walls surrounding the Ministry of Finance, I noticed the deep wishes of Afghans ‘graffiti-ed’ on ... http://ourjourneytosmile.com/blog/2010/02/afghans-desire-peace-whatever-the-walls/ Please watch how Afghan children ski and play ‘marbles’ with stones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w97Be_hMzjo playing 'marbles', with stones Transcript of Video Modern Warfare 2 is a video war game that raked in US$550 million in the first 5 days of its sales Call to Duty ; Modern Warfare 2 video game Afghan children playing ... http://ourjourneytosmile.com/blog/2010/01/how-we-would-want-afghan-children-to-play-or-cry%e2%80%8e/ Please watch how Afghan youth fasted & asked which other human we humans would torture next http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDloKITlBJM Zekerullah with a poster for Witness Against Torture On Martin Luther King’s Day this 18th of Jan, after fasting for 2 short days, in solidarity with Witness Against Torture’s 12 day fast for the ... http://ourjourneytosmile.com/blog/2010/01/we-afghans-shall-live-in-peace-someday-connecting-with-witness-against-torture%e2%80%8e/ Please listen to Faiz’s heart of sorrow and humanity in remembering death and war http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yufP1iRr0z4 Faiz and post traumatic stress I can tell the story of a war in which I lost my brother... in front of me, before my eyes.. they shot him, with a Kalashnikov. .. a massacre… a ... http://ourjourneytosmile.com/blog/2010/01/post-traumatic-stress-is-an-order-of-conscience-that-can-save-humanity/ Please watch Afghan youth speak to the world’s ‘intellectuals’ about their strategy against terrorism http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzcNWj9iLsU How can war end the greed for power, the greed for money, poverty, the lack of work, the telling of lies, fear, injustice, ignorance, misunderstandings, self-interest, pride, violence, anger and hate? The intellectuals of the world ... http://ourjourneytosmile.com/blog/2010/01/afghan-youth-believe-that-war-cannot-end-terrorism/ Please watch Afghan youth fly kites for Gaza Freedom March and converse about revenge and love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWRqqoNESCc love is how the kites will fly in Gaza, Afghanistan and the world At about 1pm Afghanistan time ( 10.30 am Gaza time when the planned Gaza Freedom March was supposed to begin ) ... http://ourjourneytosmile.com/blog/2010/01/gaza-freedom-march-in-afghanistan-love-is-how-the-kites-in-gaza-afghanistan-and-the-world-will-fly/ At about 1pm Afghanistan time ( 10.30 am Gaza time when the planned Gaza Freedom March was supposed to begin ) on the 31st of December 2009, the Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers had a tele-conference with these friends ( the conversation with Baseem and Yaniv was short but priceless ). Palestine ... http://ourjourneytosmile.com/blog/2009/12/love-is-how-the-kites-in-gaza-afghanistan-and-the-world-will-fly%e2%80%8e/ Please appreciate the insignificant refugee life of 12 year old Pushtoon orphan Najib in Quetta, Pakistan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aioZZKxUqsQ Najib’s eyes of life and grief In short, I learnt form Najib that the world needs to build wide-scale humane relationships across all barriers so as to turn the tide on an increasingly proud ... http://ourjourneytosmile.com/blog/2009/12/befriending-a-potential-afghan-insurgent-in-quetta-pakistan-his-name-was-najib/ Please watch Afghan youth release 2 white pigeons ( representing doves ) for World March for Peace http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBE2lf7pSmc Zekerullah and Abdulai at the UN office with 2 white pigeons Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers showed their support for The World March for Peace & Non-violence http://www.theworldmarch.org/index.php They paid a visit to ... http://ourjourneytosmile.com/blog/2009/12/afghan-youth-release-%e2%80%98doves%e2%80%99-in-support-of-world-march-for-peace/