Raphael Lemkin: The Origin of the Word Genocide
Raphael Lemkin was the architect of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, adopted on 9 December 1948. In 1951 the Convention entered into force, after the twentieth nation had ratified the treaty. During his lifetime Raphael Lemkin...
Aitzaz Hasan: The Boy Who Stopped a Suicide Bomber
In January 2014, 15-year-old Aitzaz Hasan faced a suicide bomber alone at the entrance of his school in Pakistan.
Sufi Zikr: The Chechen Dance Ritual
The zikr is danced in a circle until trance sets in. In Chechnya the Kremlin once saw the ritual as a sign of rebellion.
Ahmad Shah Massoud: The Lion of Panjshir
He repelled eight Soviet offensives and fought the Taliban. He was assassinated two days before 11 September 2001.
Che Guevara and Radio Rebelde in the Cuban Revolution
In 1958 Che Guevara founded a clandestine radio station in the Sierra Maestra that proved decisive to the Cuban Revolution.
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