Beneath Mindanao's Crescent Moon

Two journalists investigate the Mindanao rebellion. What was the role of President Abdurrahman Wahid in negotiations between the Philippine government and the Salamat Hashim group? Why were they inspired by the liberation of Timor Leste?

December 11, 2000

Under The Crescent Moon: Rebellion In Mindanao
Maxim Gorki, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, John Steinback, Jean-Paul Sartre, Lu Hsun
Author:	:	Marites D. Vitug dan Glenda M. Gloria
Publisher	:	Ateneo Center for Social Policy & Public Affairs (Manila, Philippines) and Institute for Popular Democracy (Manila, Philippines), 2000

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