Thank you Contributors of 2024.
Featured from L to R (line-wise):
Line 01: Thomas McCarthy, Geraldine Mills, Randhir Khare, Emma Barone, Dr Namrata Goswami, Angela Patten, Terry McDonagh, Sarita Kaul, David Rigsbee, Dr Cauvery Ganapathy, Mark Tredinnick, Daniel Lusk, Dr Salwa Gouda, Dr Father Ivo Coelho.
Line 02: Abdekaizi Gwaid, Abdel Hakam Al-Allami, Abdel Wahab Al Abdel Mohsen, Abdel Wahab Al-Melawah, Abdul Rahman Maqlad, Abdullah Mohammed Al -Samati, Ahmad Al Shahawy, Ela Gori, Lincoln Jaques, Anna Yin, John Philip Drury, LaWanda Walters, Les Wicks, Aicha Bassry
Line 03: Anne M Carson, Charlotte Innes, Mari Maxwell, Margaret Kiernan, Sinead McClure, Tejusvi Shukla, Dr Param Sinha Palit, Eileen Casey, Zhou Jun, Michael J Leach, Irina Frolova, Indran Amirthanayagam, Tim Tomlinson, Wolfgang Johannes Widmoser,
Line 04: Anne McDonald, Alicia Viguer-Espert, Beatriz Copello, Ashraf Aboul-Yazid, Asia Al-Ammari, Aziz Azrhai, Azmi Abdel Wahab, Ali Al-Hazmi, Chawki Bazih, Ahmed Abdel Muti Hijazi, Ahmed Hussein Humaidan, Ahmed Nabawi, Al-Mothanna Alcheik Atiah, Ali Hassan, Maha Alautoom, Abeer Abdelhafez Abdelaal, Ahmed Swelam.
Line 05: Brian Kirk, Carmen-Francesco Banciu, Doreen Duffy, Dr Ashok Sharma, Dr Greta Sykes, Dr Budi Hernawan, Edward Caruso, David Merritt, M L Williams, Lynne Thompson, Justin Lowe, Linda Adair, Mark Roberts, Angela Costi, Amina Abdalla Hassan, Anne Elvey, Elif Sezen.
Line 06: Alan Walowitz, Colette Nic Aodha, Davides Ades, Damen O’Brien, David Dephy, Caterina Mastroianni, Fred Johnston, Mikyoung Cha, Paris Rosemont, Raymond Sagapolutele, Stephen Haven, Sven Kretzschmar, Sahar Anwar, Alex Skovron, Dominique Hecq, Daren Kamali, Arthur Broomfield.
Line 07: Al-Bahaa Hussein, Ali Al-Shalah, Asaad AlFakhry, Atef Abdel-aziz, Basheer Rafat, Fathe Abdel Samee, Emad Ghazali, Fadwa Tuqan, Fatma Qandil, Fawzia Alawi Alawi, Qamal Al Kassas, Habiba Mohamadi, Hassan Najmi, Khulood Al-Mualla, Mahmoud Darwish, Mahmoud Khairallah, Muhammad Al-Kafrawy.
Line 08: Peter Mitchell, Rim Gomri, Perie Longo, Nehad Zaki, Rachael Stanley, Serena Augusto Cox, Siobhan Harvey, Ndue Ukaj, Suzi Mezei, Parween Habib, Walid El Khachab, Zuhair Abu Shayeb, Wadi’ Sa’adah, Sherief Kandi, Sherif Saleh, Saleh Labrini, Saleh Labrini, Sameh Mahgoub,
Line 09: Alan Jefferies, Alexandra Balm, Amanda Anastasi, Gary Fincke, Gillian Roach, Jane Frank, Jean O’Brien, Gopika Nath, Jill Gocher, Kate Ennals, Tug Dumbly, Peter Bakowski, Olivia Longe, Sam Clements, Samira AL Bouzidi, Ron Wilkins, Charlie Brice.
Line 10: Andy Fey, Hebatallah Ahmed, Jennifer Allen, David Ratcliffe, DeWitt Clinton, Joe Kidd, Jane Downing, Eugen Bacon, Art Nahill, James Finnegan, John Liddy, John Grey, Julian Matthews, Mark Flynn, Bernadette Gallagher, Magdalena Ball, Michael Simms.
Line 11: Kate Kelly, Michael Hettich, Jordan Smith, Laura Johanna Braverman, Michael Farry, José Truda Palazzo Jr, Maris O Rourke, Katie Costello, Michele Seminara, Mark Laurent, Michael Minassian, Margaret Bradstock, Nathanael O’Reilly, Nazik al-Malaika, Nessa O’Mahony, Nikita Sasha Pettigrew, Lynn Strongin.
Line12: Lynda Tavakoli, Jim Burke, Kate McNamara, John W Sexton, Michael Giacon, Michael Foldes, Michael Steven, Mike Vargo, Mostafa Ebada, Mu’in Tawfiq Bseiso, Nagat Ali, Muhammad Afifi Matar, Momen Samir, Mohamed Hosni Eliwa, Mohamed Baraka, Mohamed Al-Shahat, Rasha Ahmed.
Line 13: Pasha Mahuto’a Clothier, Jennifer Dickerson, Jill Jones, Brian Purcell, Hen Zituni, Claudia Gary, Arthur Amon, Louise Wakeling, Lorraine Gibson, Louise Efron, Lopamudra Talukdar, Maria A Miraglia, Maria Castro Dominguez, Martin Langford, Hafsa Al-Rifai, Jonathan Cant, John Carey
Line 14: Jennifer Compton, Erica Stretton, Finbar Lennon, Frances Rouse, Fred Maus, Kate Mahony, Katherine L Gordon, David Oliveira, Kit Willett, Kit Kelen, Kevin Cowdall, Karen McAferty Morris, Kate Maxwell, Ma Yongbo, Marie Studer, Barbara Crooker, Barbara Peterson.
Line 15: Angela Stretch, Art Ó Súilleabháin, Anton Floyd, Michael Durack, Marcella Remund, Many Beattie, James Deahl, Natasha Remoundou, Neil Brosnan, Mary E. Ringland, Phil Lynch, Eamonn Lynskey, Dorian Stoilescu, Khadro Mohamed, Raewyn Alexander, Ray Whitaker, Samra Mafoud.
Line 16: Noel Monahan, Saara Lambert, Roydon Cerejo, Sean O’Connell, Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal, Piers Davies, Richard von Sturmer, Richard W Halperin, Fotoula Reynolds, Dimitris P. Kraniotis, Dirk van Nouhuys, Rose Mary Boehm, Alexandra Fraser, Scott Dodgson, Scott Thomas Outlar.
Line 17: Percy Aaron, Kristian Redford, Norm Neill, Brenda Saunders, Ross Donlon, Thaddeus Rutkowski, Ivy Alvarez, Ian Watson, Tayssir Haidar, Jan Napier, Ray Liversidge, Silje Ree, Timothy Dell, Toni Alfier, Janet Ruth Heller, Stephen House, Tang A Pau,
Line 18: Jack Ross, Zak Patten, Tarek Hashem, Tim Dwyer, Kamal Abdel Hamid, Shanta Acharya, Bob Shakeshaft, Brendan Ryan, Margaret Owen Ruckert, Peter Boyle, Richard Clarke, Sarah St Vincent Welch, Piet Nieuwland, Carolyn Jabs, Zerevan Ose, Tim Train, Anne Collins.
Line 19: Rafel Fajer Camus, Tina Claffey, Cecilia Morris, Jorge Etcheverry Arcaya, Danny Gardner, David Graham, Susan Glamuzina, Usha Akella, Valentina Teclici, Trevor M Landers, Claudia Serea, Tim Wilson, Jeltje Fanoy, David Eggleton, Patricia Sykes, Carolyn Chilton Casas, Sophia Wilson.
Line 20: Gillian Swain, Lisa C Taylor, Roisin Browne, Isla Huia
Put a few pennies in the old man’s hat
This year has seen Live Encounters struggling to pay its way with the rising costs of running the website and the embedded digital magazines (issuu.com, which has increased its charges five fold per month ). The web hosting company also has increased its charges on many fronts as the website needs more resources plus extra security because of the huge data bank of 15 years.
As a not for profit strictly non-commercial publication there is no way to raise funds other than appealing for donations.
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Merry Christmas and a Peaceful New Year to you and your loved ones.
Om Shanti Shanti Shanti Om
Mark Ulyseas
Publisher/Editor
editor@liveencounters.net