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I grew up in war-torn Iraq, and I believe that there are two sides of wars and we've only seen one side of it. We only talk about one side of it. But there's another side that I have witnessed as someone who lived in it and someone who ended up working in it.

— Zainab Salbi

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"War," a friend of mine said, "is not about sound at all. It is actually about silence, the silence of humanity."

They are women who are standing on their feet in spite of their circumstances, not because of it.

We have been so consumed with seemingly objective discussions of politics, tactics, weapons, dollars and casualties. This is the language of sterility.

Beyond the worlds of war and peace, there is a field, and there are many women and men [who] are meeting there. Let us make this field a much bigger place. Let us all meet in that field.

I have learned not only that the colors and the sounds of war are the same, but the fears of war are the same. You know, there is a fear of dying.

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