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As #Marawi celebrates its Week of Peace and commemorates the Marawi Siege 6 yrs later, Raihan A. Yusoph and I reflect on the places that once characterise Marawi and how they transformed during the government-led rehabilitation process.
"The new buildings are shiny but empty."
"The new buildings are shiny but empty."
We observed that "what happened in Marawi demonstrates that violence is not just spatial but also visual, and that post-conflict reconstruction efforts need to consider the role of spaces and images in building peace." 
For example, displaying the Bato Mosque's bulletholed minaret in front of the new peace museum can be seen by some Mranaws as an act of disrespect to the mosque and to their faith. Their traumatic experience from the siege has reduced to a spectacle for outsiders.
On the sidelines of the @WhiteHouse's #SummitForDemocracy, and in cooperation with @GloDemCoalition, we are convening several events that bring together government and civil society leaders to discuss how democracies can support each other. Learn more here:usip.org/democracy-summ…
Register for an upcoming #DemocracySummitUSIP event below.👇
🌎Urban Peacebuilding: Lessons from Latin America’s Mayors
🗓️: Thursday, March 23
🕞: 3:30-5pm ET
🗣️: Guillermo Céspedes, Mario Vásquez 🇸🇻, @SoyOscarEscobar 🇨🇴, Alexander Mejía 🇭🇳, @Mineskw, @speckmary
📲: #UrbanPeacebuilding #DemocracySummitUSIP
RSVP: usip.org/events/urban-p…
🗓️: Thursday, March 23
🕞: 3:30-5pm ET
🗣️: Guillermo Céspedes, Mario Vásquez 🇸🇻, @SoyOscarEscobar 🇨🇴, Alexander Mejía 🇭🇳, @Mineskw, @speckmary
📲: #UrbanPeacebuilding #DemocracySummitUSIP
RSVP: usip.org/events/urban-p…
