ABOUT PROJECT MAJE
Project Maje is an independent information project on Burma's human rights and environmental issues. It was founded by its project director, Edith Mirante, in 1986. Ms. Mirante is the author of Down the Rat Hole: Adventures Underground on Burma's Frontiers and Burmese Looking Glass. Her most recent book is The Wind in the Bamboo: A Journey in Search of Asia's Indigenous 'Negrito' Peoples. Her sketchbooks are at www.edithmirante.com.
Burmese Looking Glass
HISTORY THREADS ON TWITTER
On Twitter @edithmirante posts a History Thread each month, usually about Burma/Myanmar. Links to them are below.
BURMA HISTORY & CULTURE
WORLD WAR 2 IN BURMA
HISTORICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY AND DISASTERS:
HUMAN RIGHTS & ACCOUNTABILITY:
BURMA MARITIME ISSUES
ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE EXTRACTION
KACHIN STATE
History Threads about Kachin State, Burma, posted to Twitter by Project Maje director Edith Mirante (@edithmirante) to provide background and context:
1990s BURMA FRONTIERS
KARENNI (KAYAH) STATE
CHIN STATE
History Threads about Chin State, Burma, posted to Twitter by Project Maje director Edith Mirante (@edithmirante) to provide background and context:
1980s BURMA/THAILAND
RAKHINE STATE (ARAKAN)
A series of History Threads about Rakhine State (Arakan) Burma, posted to Twitter by Project Maje director Edith Mirante (@edithmirante) to provide background and context regarding 2016-17 Rohingya crisis:
- Rohingya Diaspora beyond Bangladesh (posted 19 Dec 2018)
- Brief sketch of Arakan (now Rakhine State) military history (posted August 22, 2018)
- Background on environmental issues affecting Rakhine State (posted July 25, 2018)
- The small-scale Rohingya armed resistance pre-2016 (posted June 21, 2018)
- Bangladesh government plan to relocate Rohingya refugees to a remote island (posted April 11, 2018)
- Ethnic people of northern Rakhine State who are not Rakhine or Rohingya (Posted March 14, 2018)
- Rice, Rakhines and Rohingyas (posted Jan. 28, 2018)
- Notes on 1991 Rohingya refugee exodus to Bangladesh. (Posted Sept. 12, 2017)
- Rakhine (Buddhist) legacy of resisting Burmese military rule. (Posted Sept. 20, 2017)
- Aftermath of 1991-92 Rohingya refugee crisis. (Posted Oct. 4, 2017)
- Notes on how "counterinsurgency" and accusations of terrorism have been used against Rohingyas of Rakhine St. (Posted Oct. 18, 2017)
- About the Arakan Army (Rakhine Buddhist ethnic armed organization) in context of current crisis. (Posted Nov. 7, 2017)
- Post-1988 Buddhist settlement in the northern part of Rakhine State (Arakan). (Posted Dec. 20, 2017)
For background on 1991 Arakan situation, see Our Journey and for background on 2012 crisis see Burma's Human Rights Blind Spot: A Compendium on Violence Against Rohingyas.
HUMANITARIAN AID
Donations to help the people of Burma can be made to:
Community Partners International, providing health care and education:
www.cpintl.org
Burma Humanitarian Mission, delivering medical supplies and training:
www.burmamission.org/
CONTACT:
Contact Project Maje via email.
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