Middle East – People for Equality and Relief in Lanka

Sri Lanka’s (nearly) forgotten massacre

By pearlaction | November 8, 2011 |

[National Post] This isn’t a column about the Middle East. But to make my point, I’m going to start by asking readers to imagine a scenario from that part of the world. [Full Story]

Sri Lanka: When the Whole World Isn’t Watching

By pearlaction | January 28, 2009 |

[AlertNet] One of the harsh realities of the humanitarian field is that some crises capture public attention, while others do not. The patterns are rather rigid. Crises in Europe and the Middle East, especially Palestine, make headlines. Large-scale natural disasters, even in obscure places, attract interest due to the inherent human fascination with immense forces…