WEEK 11, SEM 2 2022 UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
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FREE STUDENT NEWSPAPER
USyd to Ukraine, Redfern to Rwanda, JFR to Jalalabad
eorge Gittoes and Hellen Rose have been to the most dangerous, hard-to-reach places on Earth. The pair meet and document the real people, real stories, and authentic traumas of communities caught in conflict. Whether the war is between nations or city blocks, George and Hellen have forged lasting
relationships in their endeavour to connect with people in the midst of war and violence. George and Hellen sat down with Honi over a number of video calls to give insight into the work that has taken them across the globe, chasing conflict instead of running from it.
Thomas Sargeant and Amelia Koen write – page 13
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NEWS, CULTURE & ANALYSIS
A Never-ending End: Experiences of war from near and afar “Only the dead have seen the end of war” – Plato
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t was 29 September 2020 when the characters of that sentence formed some of the 240 Twitter ‘bullets’ available at my fingertips. I was engaged in cyber warfare on a global scale, while watching a war being waged on my Armenian homeland unfold from afar. Hrant Boujikian reflects – page 22
Est. 1929
ALSO IN THIS EDITION: Ending the war on weed – p. 9 Students facing conscription – p. 10 Hope for Iranian freedom – p. 21 The Australian Wars – p. 24 Agent Orange in Sydney – p. 26