Karen Jayes
Karen Jayes won the 2013 Sunday Times Literary Award for Fiction for her novel For the Mercy of Water. She is a member of PEN International and a spokesperson for CAGE, an independent advocacy organisation that supports those affected by rendition, torture and detention without trial as part of the War on Terror.
Water crisis: a country at war
2018-02-15"In the end, like in the book, it boils down to helping one another. There is great blessing in giving a glass of water to a poor and thirsty person. It is a form of healing."
Charlie Hebdo: Seeing the bigger picture
2015-11-17Karen Jayes: "The tragic killings in Paris are a window on how the War on Terror works, and how moderation can make it stop."
