Cover: On the Russian border at Omalo, Tusheti region, Georgian Republic, David Fielke.

HELO: The Crisis Story Magazine

*** Flight Manifest (Issue Contents)***

Peace + War + Music

Helo = Helicopter 

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Issue III, December - February 2010 

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LAUNCHPAD

•  How Isolation Affects National Identity (HELO)

JOURNEYS

• Chechnya: Natalia Estemirova and the Protection of Human Rights in Southern Russia (Transcript of the PEN American Center’s Panel Discussion with Elena Milashina, Tanya Lokshina, and Ann Cooper)
• Karabakh: Feasting and Storytelling Across the Caucasus (Daniel J Gerstle)
• Somalia: Who is Next? The Cycle of Revenge Killings (Abduba Mollu Ido)  
• Soundscapes: An Interview with Alternative Rock Band The Boxer Rebellion (HELO)

WITNESS

• Dagestan: Rhyme or Reason in Russia’s Counter-Insurgency? (Robert A. Horton)
• Yemen: Caring for Families Who Fled the Outbreak of Violence (Zviad Sisauri)
• Pakistan: An Anthropology of Terror (Amarah Niazi)
• Gaza: Views from the Wrestling Mat of Rights Advocacy in Jerusalem and Washington, DC (Joe Tsali)

CLOSER LOOK

• Abkhazia: Snapshots from Georgia’s Black Sea Coast (Timo Vogt)
• Ingushetia: Russia’s Southern Republic Absorbs the Chechen War(Daniel J Gerstle)
• Congo DR: An Intimate Moment with Women in Their Attempt to Secure Food Rations (Les Neuhaus)

CULTURE

• Beats: Terese Svoboda’s Poetry of Occupation and Pre-Occupation (HELO)
• Scribes: Fiction, Chechnya: Hopelessly Missing (Aleksandr Katso)
• Tastes: Wine and Walnut Chicken in Tbilisi, Georgian Republic (Travis Reiser)
• Tunes: Music for the Road (Daniel J Gerstle)
• Wit: The UN Addresses a Critical Issue, Part 2: Return of the Task Force (Manu)

CREW

• The Crew (Contributors)

ABOUT US

• Question & Answer

HELP!

• Call for Submissions, Donations, Leads

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Cover: Tamil girl at Hindu Temple, Sri Lanka, Lindsay Stark. 

Issue II, October – November 2009

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LAUNCHPAD

• Portraying Marginalized Viewpoints in Crisis Media (HELO)

JOURNEYS

• Roundtable: Can Journalism be Truly Objective in War? The Case of Mosul, Iraq (Thanassis Cambanis, Mike Otterman, Ali Kourdistani, Susan Hayward, Theo Dolan, WFA, Nash, Ayad, and You)
• Iraq & Its Neighbors: Conjuring Peace in the Tigris Valley (Daniel J Gerstle)
• America: After the Deluge: New Orleans after Katrina, An Excerpt (Josh Neufeld)

WITNESS

• Sri Lanka: When Tamil Girls Come of Age (Nimmi Gowrinathan)
• Colombia: The Triumph of Paramilitarism (E. A. Ospina)
• Papua, Indonesia: Call of the Bird of Paradise (Nick Chesterfield)
• Kenya: Outrunning a Marauding Elephant (Hilaire Avril)
• Afghanistan: Love in the Time of the Taliban (Joe Tsali)
• Uyghur China: Uyghur Women Adapt to Pressure (Cindy Huang) *COMING SOON! 

CLOSER LOOK

• Angola: Carnival in Huambo (Nate Miller)
• Myanmar: Providing Aid by Helo to the Irrawaddy Delta (Ashley Jonathan Clements)
• Somalia: Harsh Drought, A Local View (Ismail Omar)
• Tigris Valley: Overlapping Homelands [Click here, then scroll down] (Daniel J Gerstle)

CULTURE

• Art: Worlds Collide and Co-Exist (Vanessa Chakour)
• Beats: Pieces of the Sky (Greg Fuchs)
• Beats: Lazarus (Amitai Touval)
• Flicks: Hero Culture Redux: A Review of The Hurt Locker & District 9 (Joe Tsali)
• Scribes: Slavoj Zizek Thinks Stalin May Have Been Right, and other book reviews (Daniel J Gerstle)
• Talks: Dinner with Ahmedinejad (Stephen Gray)
• Tastes: The Watalappum Better Come with the Kotthu Roti (Travis Reiser)
• Tunes: West African Voodoo Funk and other Audio-Epiphanies (Daniel J Gerstle)
• Wit: The UN Addresses a Critical Issue (Manu)

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Cover: Somalia, Hilaire Avril.

Issue I, August - September 2009

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LAUNCHPAD (EDITOR'S NOTE)

• Reinventing Crisis Journalism (Joe Tsali)

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION 

• How do We Know We Can Trust Crisis Journalism? The Case of Sudan. [CLICK HERE, THEN SCROLL DOWN] (Daniel J Gerstle, with Bill Berkeley, Suliman Giddo, Ahmed Badawi, Maria Frauenrath, Marschall Roscoe, and You)

JOURNEYS (FEATURES)

• Cutting Through the Fog of Crisis in Khartoum (Daniel J Gerstle)
• The Chadian Civil War in Darfur (Suliman Giddo)
• Five Bombers in Somalia (Joe Tsali)
• Halabja’s Public Health Nightmare [CLICK HERE, THEN SCROLL DOWN] (Travis Reiser)

CLOSER LOOK (PHOTO ESSAYS)

• CAR Refugees Receive Bednets in Chad (Nate Miller)
• Somali Nomads of Ethiopia (Lindsay Stark)
• Warsengeli Live in Political Uncertainty [CLICK HERE, THEN SCROLL DOWN] (Daniel J Gerstle)

WITNESS (FIRST PERSON ESSAYS)

• Sri Lanka's Tamils After the Rebel Defeat [CLICK HERE, THEN SCROLL DOWN] (S. L. Neelavan)
• Angola: My Crash [CLICK HERE, THEN SCROLL DOWN] (Nate Miller)
• Fly Darfur (Ryan Pacheco)
• Studying Trauma during the NATO Bombardment of Belgrade (Ana Djapovic-Scholl)
• Providing Aid Safely in Afghanistan [CLICK HERE, THEN SCROLL DOWN] (Joe Tsali)

FORGOTTEN STORIES (GLOBAL REVIEW)

•  Under-Reported & Under-Featured Story Links (Staff)

CULTURE

• Tunes: Crisis Zone Soundtrack [CLICK HERE, THEN SCROLL DOWN] (Daniel J Gerstle)  
• Tastes: How to Cook a Camel [CLICK HERE, THEN SCROLL DOWN] (Travis Reiser)
• Wit and Wisdom from the Sages of Tragic Comedy [CLICK HERE, THEN SCROLL DOWN] (Kurt Vonnegut, Woody Allen, Hunter S Thompson, Jimi Hendrix)

HELO

A Sudanese government attack helicopter returns from a raid in El Geneina, Darfur. Do we know enough about Darfur's people and what stands between them and peace? Photo: Ryan Pacheco.

US Presidential hopefuls signed a pledge to place Darfur at the top of the American foreign policy agenda come January 2009, but who are their advisors and how are their plans developing?  Obama in New York. Photo: DJG.

Bashir, an aid agency guard in the disputed East Sanag region of Somalia. Has Somalia's sixteen year civil conflict continued to spiral out of control because peacemakers misdiagnosed the root causes of conflict?  Badhan, Somalia, Photo: DJG.