[Please forward widely. Thank you.] It's almost March, and WRL's 2008 Peace Calendar is priced to move! Only $5 (plus shipping & handling). Salaam, Shalom, Solh: Nonviolence & Resistance in the Middle East & Beyond is a living resource as well as a beautifully designed, weekly datebook. Makes an inspiring gift for schools, libraries and friends. It is an eye-opening book, not just a calendar. Its stories of grassroots, nonviolent resistance to injustice and war debunk racist stereotypes about Muslims, Arabs, Palestinians, Persians, Israelis and others from the Greater Middle East. To order, visit www.warresisters.org or call (877) 234-8811. As the pages turn, the stories continue to unfold. Consider these developments from the last few months: The third regional "session on nonviolence" took place in December with participants from Iraq, Kurdistan, Syria, Palestine, Jordan and Lebanon creating the Nonviolence Network in Arab Countries (ACNV). A summary of the first session, also in Amman, is in the calendar. The second gathering took place last Spring in Erbil, Kurdish Iraq. Their website is <http://www.nvnetwork.org/>http://www.nvnetwork.org/. Women rights activists in Iran continue their "1 million signatures" campaign despite losing legal battles for their right to peacefully protest (which they did on June 12, 2006, as described in the calendar). In November, Delaram Ali was sentenced to 2 1/2 years and 10 lashes. Another activist isn't permitted to have visitors in her home, and two others were finally released on bail pending their trials. More about their campaign and individual cases are at <http://www.we4change.info/english/spip.php?article160>http://www.we4change.info/english/. Al Sayed Mohammad Ali El Husseini is rising to the top of the Lebanese Shiite hierarchy even though he is a critic of Hezbollah and a champion of nonviolence. He was featured in the calendar for writing a handbook on nonviolence. Last October he survived an assassination attempt on his life. <http://www.cedarsrevolution.net/jtphp/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=724>http://www.cedarsrevolution.net/jtphp/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=724 Malalai Joya has been suspended from her seat in the Afghanistan Parliament for three years because she referred to it as "worse than an animal stable." The 29 year old woman elected from Farah province has campaigned vigorously against the presence and influence of warlords in government there. See also <http://malalaijoya.com/>http://malalaijoya.com/. Support WRL today, and find out about the work of people in the Middle East and beyond who are fighting back, without hatred or violence.