Articles from Issue 11 are available by clicking on the links below. The views expressed in Refugee Transitions are not necessarily the views of STARTTS.

Still Waiting – Kurdistan and the Quest for Nationhood

By Olga Yoldi

Kurdistan was erased from world maps after World War 1 when the victorious nations carved up the Middle East and denied the Kurds of a nation state. Geographically, politically and economically marginalised, Kurds never stopped dreaming of a homeland but were never allowed to emerge as a coherent nation. 

Red Cross – Picking Up the Pieces  

By Peter Williamson 

The International Committee for the Red Cross and Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies around the world have an unending task to put together those scattered by the mayhem of war and natural disasters. Peter Williamson visited the Australian Red Cross and heard refugees tell their stories.

The Courage to Act 

By Paris Aristotle 

Not since the establishment of the United Nations Convention for the protection of refugees has the need for a balanced and principled dialogue about asylum seekers been more urgent. 

Islam in the Modern World, an Interview with Wahid Razi 

By Peter Williamson

Wahid Razi is an Afghan poet, writer and scholar. His recent doctoral thesis titled ‘The Islamic World and its Search for Identity in Modern Times’ has given him insight into the nature of the relations between Islam and the West. 

By Sheree Went

Pull Up the Drawbridge on the Gatecrashers from Hell

By Lachlan Murdoch

An extraordinary confluence of events has brought Australia to its lowest ebb in the public acceptance of refugees and asylum seekers.

Feelings are Physical: A Somatic Approach to Post-Traumatic Stress

By Sue Roxon

The word ‘feeling’ has a double meaning, referring to both emotion and physical sensation. This reflects Sue Roxon’s use of physical therapy to relieve physical symptoms such as chronic pain, which is part of an ongoing stress response to repeated and profound trauma.