The Stolen and the Shattered
A government order bans adoption of Acehnese children as rumors circulate of Christians taking in Muslim orphans.
January 11, 2005
MY house was swamped." On a 30 x 30 centimeter canvas, Helmi, 7, wrote this sentence. Using colored pencils, he drew a gloomy sight: three birds flying over a house. Seawater had risen up to roof level. Three roosters were running for their lives. The tsunami wave had struck the small shack. The onrushing, tumbling water was painted in a light brown. "This is a picture of my house. I can't draw," he said. Around him, other child
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