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Author: Amjad Mohamed-Saleem

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Disaster Management, Human Security, Issues

Sri Lanka Floods 2017: Sharing the Blame

Once again Sri Lanka is in the grip of a natural disaster. Thousands have been displaced and hundreds killed by the floods and landslides. The tragedy is that this time the rains…

Amjad Mohamed-Saleem Amjad Mohamed-Saleem on 05/29/201705/29/2017
Districts, Human Rights, Human Security, IDPs and Refugees, Issues, Peace and Conflict, Reconciliation, Trincomalee

Muttur Siege: Reflecting 10 years on

Ten years is a significant milestone: a decade; a generation.  A lot can happen in ten years and a lot has.  Ten years ago, the smartphone was still a concept that was being…

Amjad Mohamed-Saleem Amjad Mohamed-Saleem on 08/02/2016
Disaster Management, Issues

Sri Lanka Floods 2016: Avoiding the Mistakes of 2004

Featured image courtesy SBS Sri Lanka is experiencing its worst natural disaster since, arguably, the tsunami. Thousands have been displaced and hundreds killed by the floods and landslides caused by the unprecedented…

Amjad Mohamed-Saleem Amjad Mohamed-Saleem on 05/19/201605/24/2016
Colombo, International, Politics and Governance, Religion and faith

The Sri Lankan Muslim Diaspora Dilemma

Image via Transcurrents This past week, incidents in Sri Lanka and abroad have illustrated the dilemmas facing the Sri Lankan Muslim community and its Diaspora constituents.  These incidents though isolated in occurrence…

Amjad Mohamed-Saleem Amjad Mohamed-Saleem on 05/15/2014
Colombo, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation, Religion and faith

A Tale of Two Countries

Image from Niti Central “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch…

Amjad Mohamed-Saleem Amjad Mohamed-Saleem on 02/21/2013
Colombo, Diaspora, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation

3 years on, a hurting stalemate in Sri Lanka

Picture courtesy JDS Last month saw the official marking of three years after the end of the 28 year old war that plagued Sri Lanka, killing thousands and setting the country back…

Amjad Mohamed-Saleem Amjad Mohamed-Saleem on 06/12/2012
Advocacy, Human Rights, IDPs and Refugees, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Puttalam

21 Years of Hopeless Existence

Image credit PaperMag June 20th was World Refugee Day.  For many it is about remembering the plights of many people the world over, who today are without rights, a state and an…

Amjad Mohamed-Saleem Amjad Mohamed-Saleem on 06/21/201106/20/2011
Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, UN Panel Report, War Crimes

The ramifications of the Channel 4 documentary ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’

The recently telecast Channel 4 documentary on ‘Killing Fields of Sri Lanka’ sheds no new light (despite claims to the contrary), in terms of groundbreaking evidence, regarding the incidents related to the…

Amjad Mohamed-Saleem Amjad Mohamed-Saleem on 06/15/201106/15/2011

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