By Homa Khaleeli — 2013
At 23, the woman who called Saddam Hussein 'uncle' set up Women for Women International, to help those affected by war. Twenty years on, she talks about her latest mission in the Middle East.
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CLEAR ALL
Activism can be a source of healing but may also come at the expense of re-traumatization, burnout, and frustration.
Young climate activist Jamie Margolin describes how coming of age in a climate catastrophe marked her so profoundly that she became solely defined by her climate justice work. Yet ultimately she succumbed to overwhelm and exhaustion—burnout.
Who do you think you are? That’s a question bound up in another: What do you think you are? Gender. Religion. Race. Nationality. Class. Culture. Such affiliations give contours to our sense of self, and shape our polarized world.