Sri Lanka

Ramadan 2013

A Ramadan Journey through Sri Lanka


Posted by Guest Contributor on 29 Jul 2013 / 0 Comments


This post was written by guest contributor Hafsa. Last summer, I was on a journey spanning the northern, eastern and the south-western parts of Sri Lanka. On the first day of Ramadan, I found myself in the heart of the country: Kandy, the site of the middle Kingdom. Tamil and Muslim Minorities make up almost […]

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Sri Lanka: “When Sleeping Women Wake, Mountains Move”


Posted by Guest Contributor on 29 Apr 2013 / 0 Comments


This post was written by guest contributor Hafsa, and originally published at Sisterhood. Last June, while visiting a north-western province in Sri Lanka, I had the chance of observing a community development initiative that focused on women’s empowerment and enhancing their role in participatory democracy. One of interesting prescripts that I observed was that most […]

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