Tag: war

• Wars Always Become Forgotten Wars

  

  Reflections on the first week of the Israel-Hamas war after watching another war be forgotten. Content warning: I’m writing about war and conflict, though it probably won’t be any more gruesome than just reading the daily news.

  Georgie Nink

  October 15, 2023

  I don’t even know

  Conflict, expat, humanitarian, middle east, nonfiction, syria, war

• Do Refugees Benefit From Participating in UN Research Studies? (Part 1)

  

  CONTENT WARNING: This piece contains graphic language. Feel free to skip it and read last week’s post instead. July 2019 – Northern Jordan The woman, in black niqab with only her eyes showing, handed off her newborn baby girl – just 13 days old – to her older daughter, perhaps (more…)

  Georgie Nink

  January 8, 2023

  Humanitarian work

  expat, humanitarian, Jordan, memoir, refugees, syria, war

• Watercolors and War Stories

  

  The gruesome events happening in eastern Syria bogged me down today. Since I write reports about the Syrian conflict for my job, I need to know what’s going on in the eastern part of the country in quite a lot of detail. Most days when I log on to start (more…)

  Georgie Nink

  September 25, 2022

  Humanitarian work

  art, memoir, Mental health, syria, war