About Helena Cobban:

I'm a columnist, researcher, and writer on global affairs. I'm a Contributing Editor of Boston Review . I've written a column for The Christian Science Monitor since 1990 and another for Al-Hayat (London) since 1993. Check out my home web-site for details of my five books, my current projects, etc. Since February 2003 I've been publishing a blog called Just World News , that covers many transitional justice issues.
 
I'm probably the only Quaker who's also a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. I was born in England, worked as a journalist in the Middle East, 1974-81, and have lived mainly in the U.S. since 1982. I'm a citizen of the world but I also have citizenship in both Britain and the US.

Here are links/portals to:

• My recent CSM columns .
• My essays in BR on Rwanda, the Middle East, etc.
• Info on When the Rain Returns: Toward Justice and Reconciliation in Palestine and Israel, a big Quaker book I worked on that came out in 2004.
• A 2003 book called The Iraq War and its Consequences , in which the Dalai Lama, Noam Chomsky, and I--among others--all have chapters.