Dean Chahim

Dean Chahim is an Afghan-American from Seattle who visited Afghanistan with his family for the first time last year. He recently traveled across ten countries in the global South, supported by the Bonderman Fellowship, learning with activists and everyday people struggling for global and environmental justice. He is an environmental engineer and community organizer and writes on issues of global justice and beyond on his blog, anotherworldishappening.wordpress.com. He can be contacted at dean.chahim (at) gmail.com
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“Lay down your arms; fight with the pen” in northern Afghanistan. (Photo by Dean Chahim)

Syria won’t be another Iraq – but it’s already another Afghanistan

by Dean Chahim
“Lay down your arms, fight with the pen.” Take a lesson from Afghanistan: the only way to end the bloodshed in Syria is to stop the flow of weapons to both sides.
Sep 11, 2013