KyiMayKaung

Burma, America, The World, Art, Literature, Political Economy through the eyes of a Permanent Exile. "We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the oppressed. Sometimes we must interfere. . . There is so much injustice and suffering crying out for our attention . . . writers and poets, prisoners in so many lands governed by the left and by the right." Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Speech, 1986, Oslo. This entire site copyright Kyi May Kaung unless indicated otherwise.

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Human Rights Watch says there are still child soldiers in Burma. France is doing some shuttle diplomacy

"There, but for the grace of God, go I."

Refugees newly arrived at an American airport. (Acronyms are for International Organization for Migration and U.S. Refugee Program) Photo copyright Kyi May Kaung.

http://www.voanews.com/burmese/2007-10-31-voa2.cfm

Hope you can come to my book discussion on Friday 2nd -- 7.10 PM to 8.30 PM

at Kefa Cafe, 963 Bonifant St, Silver Spring, MD --

Book is Beasts of No Nation, by Uzodinma Iweala, written from the point of view of a child soldier in Africa.

KyiMayKaung

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Human Rights Watch says there are still child soldiers in Burma. France is doing some shuttle diplomacy

Merchant-Ivory movie--script by Ruth Prawer Jabhvala--The City of Your Final Destination--based on book by Peter Cameron.

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