Women not just cooks and cleaners in terror group Boko Haram, new report reveals
A new report refutes the “common perception” that women kidnapped by terror group Boko Haram only serve as wives for fighters or provide domestic support services like cooking and cleaning, noting that women play a broader range of roles including as recruiters and intelligence operatives. The report, which was based on interviews with 119 former […]
BOOKS: WALKING 2,000 KILOMETRES IN THE NAME OF BIBLE TRANSLATION
DAVID ADAMS reads Andrew Sav’s account of a 2000 kilometre he and two mates undertook in Queensland to raise awareness of the need for Bible translators…
OF STARS – AND SAND
When I was a boy my dream was to play cricket for Australia. I made a pretty good go at it playing against names like Michael Slater and Adam Gilchrist at the state trials. Along the way I realised that despite my best efforts, I just wasn’t good enough. I was a good cricketer, […]
POSTCARDS: ARAB AND JEW ‘CROSS THE DIVIDE’ THROUGH SHARED FAITH
The World Watch Monitor speaks to Hisham and Miriam about how a shared faith in Jesus Christ is helping people come together across the Arab-Jewish divide…