Dr Hakim

Dr Hakim, ( Dr. Teck Young, Wee ) is a medical doctor from Singapore who has done humanitarian and social enterprise work in Afghanistan for the past 10 years, including being a mentor to the Afghan Peace Volunteers, an inter-ethnic group of young Afghans dedicated to building non-violent alternatives to war. He is the 2012 recipient of the International Pfeffer Peace Prize.

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#Enough!

21st September 2015, the International Day of Peace Kabul, Afghanistan 16 years ago, a Talib ( literally translated, a student ) shot and killed Zarghuna’s father. Zarghuna and her family were frantically fleeing a desperate situation. The same holds true for  more than 60 million refugees in…

A question from Afghanistan, “Can we abolish war?”

Hadisa, a bright 18 year old Afghan girl, ranks as the top student in her 12th grade class. “The question is,” she wondered, “are  human beings capable of abolishing war?” Like Hadisa, I had my doubts about whether human nature could have the capacity to abolish war. For years, I had presumed…

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