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    <body><![CDATA[Finished the first booklet 'Ingushetia,' which focuses on first hand accounts of the displaced Chechen people finding refuge in the Russian Republic of Ingushetia. Immensely powerful and interesting...<br/><br/>The other 3 books were just as gripping and intriguing as the first. The collection off...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41178023">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong><em>I Live Here</em> is a paper documentary&#8211;an intimate journey to humanitarian crises in four corners of the world: war in Chechnya, ethnic cleansing in Burma, globalization in Mexico, and AIDS in Malawi.<br/></strong><br/><br/><strong>~THE BOOK~<br/><br/></strong><em>I Live Here</em> is a visually stunning narrative &#8212; told through journals, stories, images, and graphic novellas &#8212; in which the lives of refugees and displaced people become at once personal and global. Bearing witness to stories that are too often overlooked, it is a raw and intimate journey to crises in four corners of the world: war in Chechnya, ethnic cleansing in Burma, globalization in Mexico, and AIDS in Malawi. <br/><br/>The voices<em> </em>we encounter<em> </em>are those of displaced women and children, in their own words or in stories told in text and images by noted writers and artists. The stories unfold in an avalanche: An orphan goes to jail for stealing leftovers. A teenage girl falls in love in a city of disappeared women. A child soldier escapes his army only to be saved by the people he was taught to kill. <br/><br/>Mia Kirshner&#8217;s journals guide us through a unique paper documentary brought vividly to life in collaboration with J.B. MacKinnon, Paul Shoebridge, and Michael Simons, with featured works by Joe Sacco, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Phoebe Gloeckner, Chris Abani, Karen Connelly, Kamel Khelif, and many others.<br/><br/><br/><strong>~THE JOURNEYS ~<br/><br/></strong><br/><strong>Ingushetia<br/></strong>The border of the Russian republic of Ingushetia is not even fifty miles from Grozny, the capital city of Chechnya. Today, some 15,000 Chechen refugees live in Ingushetia. Mia Kirshner and Joe Sacco traveled here together, returning with first-person accounts, video, photographs, and other materials gathered in Nazran and Moscow. The chapter includes journals by Mia Kirshner, the story of a young refugee as told by J.B. MacKinnon, the story of a young piano virtuoso as told by Ann-Marie Macdonald, and a graphic novella of Chechen refugees by Joe Sacco.<br/><br/><strong>Burma<br/></strong>Ethnic cleansing by the Burmese military has displaced an estimated 500,000 to 1 million people; over 100,000 live in refugee camps along the Thailand-Burma border. Burma is also believed to be home to more child soldiers than any other country in the world. Mia Kirshner and Michael Simons took separate trips to the region; this chapter is based on their interviews, photos, and video, as well as writing by sex workers and Karen refugees. It includes journals by Mia Kirshner, as well as work by Chris Abani, Karen Connelly, J.B. Mackinnon, and a graphic novella by Kamel Khélif.<br/><br/><strong>Juárez <br/></strong>Ciudad Juárez is a large industrial border city in Mexico across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. Since 1993, young women, many of them employees of Juárez&#8217;s more than three hundred <em>maquiladoras</em>, or global trade zone factories, have been disappearing from the streets. Mia Kirshner and Phoebe Gloeckner made independent journeys to this region; this book is informed by the stories and images they brought home. It includes journals, a story of one of the victims by Lauren Kirshner, and a graphic novella by Phoebe Gloeckner. <br/><br/><strong>Malawi<br/></strong>Malawi is one of the world&#8217;s poorest countries, and has an AIDS rate close to twenty percent. The disease touches every aspect of daily life in the African nation, introducing immense chaos, particularly in the case of orphan children. Mia Kirshner and J.B. MacKinnon made the trip to Malawi and returned with interviews, photographs, writing, and artworks. This book includes journals, a children&#8217;s story by J.B. MacKinnon with art by Julie Morstad, and the stories and artwork of boys in a local prison.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is really beautifully written &amp; designed and incredibly moving, but I'm really unsure how I feel about it. The manufacturing of emotion with no clear outlet beyond a book bothers me--just reading this book and becoming more aware doesn't actually change anything, it just makes the intended audi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36107965">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong><em>I Live Here</em> is a paper documentary&#8211;an intimate journey to humanitarian crises in four corners of the world: war in Chechnya, ethnic cleansing in Burma, globalization in Mexico, and AIDS in Malawi.<br/></strong><br/><br/><strong>~THE BOOK~<br/><br/></strong><em>I Live Here</em> is a visually stunning narrative &#8212; told through journals, stories, images, and graphic novellas &#8212; in which the lives of refugees and displaced people become at once personal and global. Bearing witness to stories that are too often overlooked, it is a raw and intimate journey to crises in four corners of the world: war in Chechnya, ethnic cleansing in Burma, globalization in Mexico, and AIDS in Malawi. <br/><br/>The voices<em> </em>we encounter<em> </em>are those of displaced women and children, in their own words or in stories told in text and images by noted writers and artists. The stories unfold in an avalanche: An orphan goes to jail for stealing leftovers. A teenage girl falls in love in a city of disappeared women. A child soldier escapes his army only to be saved by the people he was taught to kill. <br/><br/>Mia Kirshner&#8217;s journals guide us through a unique paper documentary brought vividly to life in collaboration with J.B. MacKinnon, Paul Shoebridge, and Michael Simons, with featured works by Joe Sacco, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Phoebe Gloeckner, Chris Abani, Karen Connelly, Kamel Khelif, and many others.<br/><br/><br/><strong>~THE JOURNEYS ~<br/><br/></strong><br/><strong>Ingushetia<br/></strong>The border of the Russian republic of Ingushetia is not even fifty miles from Grozny, the capital city of Chechnya. Today, some 15,000 Chechen refugees live in Ingushetia. Mia Kirshner and Joe Sacco traveled here together, returning with first-person accounts, video, photographs, and other materials gathered in Nazran and Moscow. The chapter includes journals by Mia Kirshner, the story of a young refugee as told by J.B. MacKinnon, the story of a young piano virtuoso as told by Ann-Marie Macdonald, and a graphic novella of Chechen refugees by Joe Sacco.<br/><br/><strong>Burma<br/></strong>Ethnic cleansing by the Burmese military has displaced an estimated 500,000 to 1 million people; over 100,000 live in refugee camps along the Thailand-Burma border. Burma is also believed to be home to more child soldiers than any other country in the world. Mia Kirshner and Michael Simons took separate trips to the region; this chapter is based on their interviews, photos, and video, as well as writing by sex workers and Karen refugees. It includes journals by Mia Kirshner, as well as work by Chris Abani, Karen Connelly, J.B. Mackinnon, and a graphic novella by Kamel Khélif.<br/><br/><strong>Juárez <br/></strong>Ciudad Juárez is a large industrial border city in Mexico across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. Since 1993, young women, many of them employees of Juárez&#8217;s more than three hundred <em>maquiladoras</em>, or global trade zone factories, have been disappearing from the streets. Mia Kirshner and Phoebe Gloeckner made independent journeys to this region; this book is informed by the stories and images they brought home. It includes journals, a story of one of the victims by Lauren Kirshner, and a graphic novella by Phoebe Gloeckner. <br/><br/><strong>Malawi<br/></strong>Malawi is one of the world&#8217;s poorest countries, and has an AIDS rate close to twenty percent. The disease touches every aspect of daily life in the African nation, introducing immense chaos, particularly in the case of orphan children. Mia Kirshner and J.B. MacKinnon made the trip to Malawi and returned with interviews, photographs, writing, and artworks. This book includes journals, a children&#8217;s story by J.B. MacKinnon with art by Julie Morstad, and the stories and artwork of boys in a local prison.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just read an article about this book in a magazine, and it sounds pretty interesting. The author is an actress who took a seven-year hiatus to travel to the most desolate parts of the world and document how refugees and victims of war or injustice live there. Apparently, the author's parents were ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29710753">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong><em>I Live Here</em> is a paper documentary&#8211;an intimate journey to humanitarian crises in four corners of the world: war in Chechnya, ethnic cleansing in Burma, globalization in Mexico, and AIDS in Malawi.<br/></strong><br/><br/><strong>~THE BOOK~<br/><br/></strong><em>I Live Here</em> is a visually stunning narrative &#8212; told through journals, stories, images, and graphic novellas &#8212; in which the lives of refugees and displaced people become at once personal and global. Bearing witness to stories that are too often overlooked, it is a raw and intimate journey to crises in four corners of the world: war in Chechnya, ethnic cleansing in Burma, globalization in Mexico, and AIDS in Malawi. <br/><br/>The voices<em> </em>we encounter<em> </em>are those of displaced women and children, in their own words or in stories told in text and images by noted writers and artists. The stories unfold in an avalanche: An orphan goes to jail for stealing leftovers. A teenage girl falls in love in a city of disappeared women. A child soldier escapes his army only to be saved by the people he was taught to kill. <br/><br/>Mia Kirshner&#8217;s journals guide us through a unique paper documentary brought vividly to life in collaboration with J.B. MacKinnon, Paul Shoebridge, and Michael Simons, with featured works by Joe Sacco, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Phoebe Gloeckner, Chris Abani, Karen Connelly, Kamel Khelif, and many others.<br/><br/><br/><strong>~THE JOURNEYS ~<br/><br/></strong><br/><strong>Ingushetia<br/></strong>The border of the Russian republic of Ingushetia is not even fifty miles from Grozny, the capital city of Chechnya. Today, some 15,000 Chechen refugees live in Ingushetia. Mia Kirshner and Joe Sacco traveled here together, returning with first-person accounts, video, photographs, and other materials gathered in Nazran and Moscow. The chapter includes journals by Mia Kirshner, the story of a young refugee as told by J.B. MacKinnon, the story of a young piano virtuoso as told by Ann-Marie Macdonald, and a graphic novella of Chechen refugees by Joe Sacco.<br/><br/><strong>Burma<br/></strong>Ethnic cleansing by the Burmese military has displaced an estimated 500,000 to 1 million people; over 100,000 live in refugee camps along the Thailand-Burma border. Burma is also believed to be home to more child soldiers than any other country in the world. Mia Kirshner and Michael Simons took separate trips to the region; this chapter is based on their interviews, photos, and video, as well as writing by sex workers and Karen refugees. It includes journals by Mia Kirshner, as well as work by Chris Abani, Karen Connelly, J.B. Mackinnon, and a graphic novella by Kamel Khélif.<br/><br/><strong>Juárez <br/></strong>Ciudad Juárez is a large industrial border city in Mexico across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. Since 1993, young women, many of them employees of Juárez&#8217;s more than three hundred <em>maquiladoras</em>, or global trade zone factories, have been disappearing from the streets. Mia Kirshner and Phoebe Gloeckner made independent journeys to this region; this book is informed by the stories and images they brought home. It includes journals, a story of one of the victims by Lauren Kirshner, and a graphic novella by Phoebe Gloeckner. <br/><br/><strong>Malawi<br/></strong>Malawi is one of the world&#8217;s poorest countries, and has an AIDS rate close to twenty percent. The disease touches every aspect of daily life in the African nation, introducing immense chaos, particularly in the case of orphan children. Mia Kirshner and J.B. MacKinnon made the trip to Malawi and returned with interviews, photographs, writing, and artworks. This book includes journals, a children&#8217;s story by J.B. MacKinnon with art by Julie Morstad, and the stories and artwork of boys in a local prison.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not something to pick up to understand these conflicts and regions in detail, but excellent for a glimpse into the affected lives.  The majority of the illustrations and artwork were beautiful, yet haunting.  A unique and well-crafter collection.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[awesome, but why was it printed in Malaysia? Isn't that a bit hypocritical for Amnesty International?]]></body>
    
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