by Gabriel | May 26, 2012
“We can write a book!” my UNHCR logistics friend, Amos, told me, as I was about to board the plane. A little earlier, we were in a sticky situation, but it got worked out, and I’ll leave it at that, but Amos thinks it would make for a good chapter...
by Gabriel | May 24, 2012
A constant in Chad throughout my now 13 trips is the “hurry up and wait” reality encountered at every step of the way. If you’re coming here to get things done, you need to come prepared with vast amounts of ever flowing patience—that and a good...
by Gabriel | May 24, 2012
We met with Ramadan Bechir Ramadan, the official from the Chadian refugee agency (CNARR) who will be going with us to Iraq. After finding ourselves a translator and then getting through some initial “business” negotiations, he graciously offered assistance...
by Gabriel | May 24, 2012
FLIGHT I’m somewhere high over the Atlantic, on my way to Chad via Paris. It’s my thirteenth such trip, the first one being in 2005, which seems a lifetime away. I’ve been staring at a blank document for over an hour, not knowing what to say. It...
