CURRENT
We are currently editing two books on Zimbabwe and Burma, to be published this year. We are also conducting interviews for our Congo project in Eastern Congo and Rwanda. Initial interviews are being conducted for our Women In Prison book. Check our media section for excerpts and clips from these projects.
FORTHCOMING
We are thrilled to announce that *Alia Malek will be compiling and editing a new Voice of Witness book on discrimination against Muslim Americans and Arab Americans.
As we approach the ten year anniversary of 9/11, this book will aims to give voice to the people who have had their human rights violated in the U.S. by post 9/11 policies and actions, whether by state or private actors. We want to make sure their experiences are included as the country collectively reflects on what this decade has meant for all of us.
We are currently raising money to compile a book of oral histories that will illustrate, on a human level, the injustices experienced by men and women and their families as a result of being Arab or Muslim. These stories will range from extreme cases like hate crimes, rendition and torture, to the more mundane but no less harmful: bullying and discrimination at work, school and in the military, vandalism and racial profiling to name but a few.
YOU CAN HELP US MAKE THIS A BOOK A REALITY IN TWO WAYS
Tell us the kind of stories you want to see in this book. Have you or someone you know experienced a violation of their human rights? Are there social justice issues you feel particular concern over? Please let us know, so we can make this book as accurate and representative as possible. You can contact us at letters@voiceofwitness.com.
Support this project by making a financial contribution to Voice of Witness. To find out how, please visit our website http://www.voiceofwitness.com/donate
*Alia Malek is the acclaimed author of A Country Called Amreeka. She is also a civil rights lawyer who has worked in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, in Lebanon and the West Bank.
