December 2011 | Humanitarianbazaar.org As our sedan soared across the desert just north of Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, back on my first journey there in 2004, my new acquaintance who was driving, Karim, and I could see golden sand dunes consume the road...
DECEMBER 2010 | LITERARY | LEBANON | MICHELLE CHAHINE Truck bombs. Explosions. A popular Prime Minister and a dozen young, anti-Syrian politicians and journalists assassinated. A million Lebanese took to the streets of Beirut in response, ushering the withdrawal of Syrian forces...
November 2011 | Humanitarianbazaar.org As the crew of HELO continues to polish a new battery of stories to start the new season, here's another meaty blast from the recent past. We strongly encourage any of you to contribute to this story,...
November 2024 | Humanitarian Bazaar Magazine Story be Black Nature, with Daniel J. Gerstle. Image by DJG. This story was originally published in Humanitarian Bazaar Magazine (aka HELO) in 2011. Chill out for a moment, get comfortable, and listen to this seductive...
October 2011 | Culture | An HB collaborative short video Humanitarian Bazaar in cooperation with Combat Comms and Sound Central Festival In fall 2011, Afghanistan's first four rock bands--Morcha, Kabul Dreams, District Unknown, and White Page, together with Travis Beard and his...
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August 2011 | The Boxer Rebellion, with Daniel J. Gerstle | Humanitarianbazaar.org Q has described the music of the UK-based alternative rock band, The Boxer Rebellion, as “arena-sized rock music redolent of Bends-era Radiohead and full of shimmering grace.” Artrocker wrote that the band is...
July 2011 | By Nanzia Rhona-Mgaba At the 2011 Saint-Louis Jazz festival this June in Senegal, West Africa, I discovered an array of eclectic music fusions. Contemporary jazz integrated with ethnic and traditional West African sounds. The classical piano is played...
May 2011 | Travis Reiser We at Humanitarian Bazaar want to send our enthusiastic congrats and God's speed out to our friends graduating from professional schools and colleges, many of whom are departing soon to serve as crisis responders overseas! What...
May 2011 | Travka, Ru, and Andronik Interview by Daniel J. Gerstle, edited by Sue Rissberger Humanitarian Bazaar Magazine (originally called HELO back in the old days) We caught up with Travka, Ru, and Andreas of the Kabul-based rock band, White City, this...