May 2023 | Humanitarianbazaar.org With great pride and relief, singer Felis Abdi, rapper Shiine Akhyaar, and I (Daniel) can now share with you that after an epic twelve year journey, we now have a full 110 minute rough cut of our...
August 2014 | Humanitarian Bazaar Magazine | Story by Daniel J Gerstle. Photos by Daniel J Gerstle, Jake Simkin, Seth Chase, Ahmad Mahmoud, Hajooj Kuka, A.A., Nur Hassan, and many more captioned. Last year Somalia hiphop peace activist group Waayaha Cusub...
December 2013 | Humanitarian Bazaar ft. Waayaha Cusub After running the successful Mogadishu Music Festival, Somali hip hop group Waayaha Cusub, supported by Humanitarian Bazaar and donors, ran the Journey of Peace Festival in the Dadaab refugee settlements in Kenya. Five...
July 2013 | Waayaha Cusub ft. Humanitarian Bazaar On July 1st, 2013, as part of the Somali Sunrise Concert Tour for Peace, hip hop group, Waayaha Cusub, performed at the Somali Independence Day festival concert in Eastleigh, Kenya. Many performers and...
April 3rd, 2013 | Waayaha Cusub, Kombo Chokwe & Afro Simba, and more Humanitarian Bazaar Humanitarian Bazaar's work with front line musicians for youth outreach eventually crossed over with counter-violence and counter-extremism work. With Somali hip hop group Waayaha Cusub, the...
December 2012 | Culture | Waayaha Cusub & Humanitarian Bazaar Humanitarian Bazaar In December 2012, Kwani Trust hosted it's annual Kwani Litfest featuring celebrated poets Hadraawi (Somalia) and Warsan Shire (Somali-UK) in Nairobi and Eastleigh, Kenya. The literary festival included several live...
May 2011 | Archive | Carl Wilkens, interviewed by Daniel J. Gerstle, edited by Sue Rissberger Image: MONUC peacekeepers secure an area. Marie Frechon | United Nations Photo. Humanitarian Bazaar Magazine (formerly HELO) HELO just caught up with the unstoppable Carl Wilkens as...
December 2010 | Humanitarian Bazaar Film by Humanitarian Bazaar (aka HELO Media) in cooperation with Oxfam International and Drewstone Productions; it was released as the behind-the-scenes vignette on the DVD for Shooting Poverty at The Frontline Club. In 2010, Oxfam International and...
September 2010 | Daniel J. Gerstle Originally published in Humanitarian Bazaar (aka HELO Magazine) in 2010. All names of Iraqi peace activists and workers have been changed for their security. When necessary, a character may be portrayed as a composite or noted...
Afghanistan | Abdullah Kunari (a pseudonym), image by Daniel J. Gerstle | Republished November 2024. Originally published in Humanitarian Bazaar (aka HELO Magazine) in 2010. Let me write here the important challenges which our team faced while working with an international...