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Hi all, The holidays are moving closer-which means that next week will be the last Friday link review of the year! Unfortunately, as we take a look this week at Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, South Sudan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka as well as at localization, research partnerships & UN issues, the news are mainly bleak...so perhaps read the post in more than one session & have time + space for recharging your positive #globaldev spirit! My quotes of the week I had to be the bank of information that colleagues could withdraw helpful data from at any given time. My job was to know everything, to be able to find out anything, to remain abreast of any relevant updates on the stories we were following and to have the contact details of everyone on all sides. (Why I Stopped Writing About Syria) In a country that has seen widespread displacement and contention over land since the beginning of the civil war, deciding on who is ‘local’ means intervening in tough political issues – issues aid age