I don't know why, but for some reason, in my head, was the belief that Hossam was among the kids that would make it; who would live to tell the story of his people, who would get a chance to grieve and then explore what else life had to offer.
I don't know why I held on to that belief.
I don't know why I held on to that belief.
March 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I don't know why, but for some reason, in my head, was the belief that Hossam was among the kids that would make it; who would live to tell the story of his people, who would get a chance to grieve and then explore what else life had to offer.
I don't know why I held on to that belief.
I don't know why I held on to that belief.
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Everybody.
Everybody needs to hear this.
Everybody needs to hear this.
I don’t know who needs to hear this but:
Read more books.
Read more books.
Read more books.
Read more books.
Read more books.
Read more books.
Read more books.
Read more books.
Read more books.
Read more books.
March 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Everybody.
Everybody needs to hear this.
Everybody needs to hear this.
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meanwhile… Sri Lanka's police issued a public appeal Thursday to locate their fugitive chief, who has been missing since a court order for his arrest following the death of an officer. www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Sri Lanka police seek public help to arrest chief
Sri Lanka's police issued a public appeal Thursday to locate their fugitive chief, who has been missing since a court order for his arrest following the death of an officer.
www.france24.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
meanwhile… Sri Lanka's police issued a public appeal Thursday to locate their fugitive chief, who has been missing since a court order for his arrest following the death of an officer. www.france24.com/en/live-news...
I've been here! In Ramadan of 2018, with two friends who convinced me to make the trek while we were all fasting 😁 one of the best memories I have of Scotland
February 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I've been here! In Ramadan of 2018, with two friends who convinced me to make the trek while we were all fasting 😁 one of the best memories I have of Scotland
Ramadan Mubarak to everyone observing 🌙
February 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Ramadan Mubarak to everyone observing 🌙
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Carefully, deliberately cultivated ignorance
February 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Carefully, deliberately cultivated ignorance
"He reported being forcibly stripped, having his hands tightly shackled, and being made to sit on sharp gravel for approximately five hours by Israeli forces. He was also subjected to severe physical abuse, including beatings with batons and electric shock sticks..."
mezan.org/public/en/po...
mezan.org/public/en/po...
Dr. Abu Safiya Reports Torture and Severe Abuses in Israeli Custody; Al Mezan Calls for His Immediate Release
mezan.org
February 12, 2025 at 5:02 AM
"He reported being forcibly stripped, having his hands tightly shackled, and being made to sit on sharp gravel for approximately five hours by Israeli forces. He was also subjected to severe physical abuse, including beatings with batons and electric shock sticks..."
mezan.org/public/en/po...
mezan.org/public/en/po...
I just don't understand people who refuse to wear masks in situations like this?! Regardless of whether you are unwell or not, if the family of an ill/immunocompromised person requests that you mask up around them, you mask up!
My grandma passed a couple months ago. I recently found out that it was due to some of her relatives visiting her in the ICU who refused to wear masks and distance. They tested positive for a viral infection that she was very vulnerable to. I can’t understand how their stubbornness cost her life.
February 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I just don't understand people who refuse to wear masks in situations like this?! Regardless of whether you are unwell or not, if the family of an ill/immunocompromised person requests that you mask up around them, you mask up!
According to this news report, Sri Lanka plans to send 15,900 workers to Israel this year.
It is past time that local media & parliamentarians paid more attention to this matter + questioned the government on this.
www.newswire.lk/2025/02/10/n...
It is past time that local media & parliamentarians paid more attention to this matter + questioned the government on this.
www.newswire.lk/2025/02/10/n...
New job opportunities abroad in 2025 - Newswire
340,000 Sri Lankans expected to seek foreign employment in 2025 The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) anticipates thatContinue Reading
www.newswire.lk
February 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
According to this news report, Sri Lanka plans to send 15,900 workers to Israel this year.
It is past time that local media & parliamentarians paid more attention to this matter + questioned the government on this.
www.newswire.lk/2025/02/10/n...
It is past time that local media & parliamentarians paid more attention to this matter + questioned the government on this.
www.newswire.lk/2025/02/10/n...
"Colonial violence only ends with the end of colonialism."
Under colonial occupation there’s no such thing as a ceasefire. The only thing that comes close to it is a temporary pause of systematic death & destruction or a relocation of this violence as we’re seeing in the West Bank. Colonial violence only ends with the end of colonialism.
February 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
"Colonial violence only ends with the end of colonialism."
This
It was never a “war.”
It was never a “conflict.”
It’s always been a genocidal settler colonial project.
It was never a “conflict.”
It’s always been a genocidal settler colonial project.
January 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This
I'm really really trying to stay hopeful at this point
Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
January 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I'm really really trying to stay hopeful at this point
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At the cost of sounding catastrophic, Meta's lack of fact checking is EXACTLY what led to ethnic riots in SL eight years ago. They had to be banned, and with this, they started introducing regional Trust and Safety teams.
Thanks to layoffs these were mostly crunched down, and now? What a mess.
Thanks to layoffs these were mostly crunched down, and now? What a mess.
January 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
At the cost of sounding catastrophic, Meta's lack of fact checking is EXACTLY what led to ethnic riots in SL eight years ago. They had to be banned, and with this, they started introducing regional Trust and Safety teams.
Thanks to layoffs these were mostly crunched down, and now? What a mess.
Thanks to layoffs these were mostly crunched down, and now? What a mess.
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When we see severe wildfires due to the climate emergency in one part of the world, we must also acknowledge how exorbitant amounts of excess carbon emissions have been produced because of the US-made Israeli bombs used to genocide Palestinians in Gaza. We live on one planet.
January 9, 2025 at 8:17 AM
When we see severe wildfires due to the climate emergency in one part of the world, we must also acknowledge how exorbitant amounts of excess carbon emissions have been produced because of the US-made Israeli bombs used to genocide Palestinians in Gaza. We live on one planet.
This
I have seen the best of humanity in Palestinian healthcare workers who refuse to abandon their people. They practice life in caring for their patients despite all odds against them. Israel knows this and destroys Palestinian healthcare for it is where humanity and life persist.
December 28, 2024 at 1:19 PM
This
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An illustrator has been putting together these beautiful visual representations of testimonies from healthcare workers who have visited Gaza during this ongoing genocide. Follow them on instagram here: www.instagram.com/what.they.sa...
December 12, 2024 at 2:35 PM
An illustrator has been putting together these beautiful visual representations of testimonies from healthcare workers who have visited Gaza during this ongoing genocide. Follow them on instagram here: www.instagram.com/what.they.sa...
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'The hegemonic narrative in the (Sri Lankan Airlines) commercial is what one might call a ‘North Indian Brahminic’ approach to the Ramayana, which erases other versions of the epic including the Ravana-centric myths in Sri Lanka itself.' island.lk/ramayanizing...
‘Ramayanizing’ Sri Lanka by Courtesy of SriLankan Airlines
(The author is on X as @sasmester) SriLankan Airlines’ five-minute commercial promoting the so-called ‘Ramayana Trail’ in Sri Lanka is being accepted very naively as an enticing and heartwarming adver...
island.lk
November 20, 2024 at 10:43 AM
'The hegemonic narrative in the (Sri Lankan Airlines) commercial is what one might call a ‘North Indian Brahminic’ approach to the Ramayana, which erases other versions of the epic including the Ravana-centric myths in Sri Lanka itself.' island.lk/ramayanizing...
This
These days have been so heavy. The weight of the suffering in the world feels unbearable at times. I am reminded again as of late, that to feel deeply - to mourn and to grieve and to be enraged - is to be human resisting against the politics of dehumanization.
November 21, 2024 at 1:13 AM
This
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Israeli strikes kill two journalists in Lebanon - PM
Israeli strikes kill two journalists in Lebanon - PM
Two journalists and two other civilians are killed as exchanges of fire intensify along the border.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2023 at 3:20 PM
Israeli strikes kill two journalists in Lebanon - PM
#Gaza: the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says that as of today, 24 journalists have been killed — 20 Palestinian, 3 Israeli and 1 Lebanese: cpj.org/2023/10/jour...
Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza conflict - Committee to Protect Journalists
The Israel-Gaza conflict has taken a severe toll on journalists since Hamas launched its unprecedented attack against Israel on October 7 and Israel declared war on the militant Palestinian group, lau...
cpj.org
October 26, 2023 at 3:34 PM
#Gaza: the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says that as of today, 24 journalists have been killed — 20 Palestinian, 3 Israeli and 1 Lebanese: cpj.org/2023/10/jour...
"In one of the most shocking incidents caught on film in the past week, an Israeli settler entered a Palestinian village called Al-Tuwani near Hebron and shot an unarmed Palestinian resident in the stomach at point blank range, while an Israeli soldier appeared to look on."
Palestinians under attack as settler violence surges in the West Bank
Palestinians under attack as settler violence surges in the West Bank
Palestinian families say they have been intimidated and displaced in the wake of Hamas's attack on Israel.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 21, 2023 at 5:46 AM
"In one of the most shocking incidents caught on film in the past week, an Israeli settler entered a Palestinian village called Al-Tuwani near Hebron and shot an unarmed Palestinian resident in the stomach at point blank range, while an Israeli soldier appeared to look on."
#Sudan: Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says they have had to stop supporting "life-saving surgery" at Bashair Hospital in Khartoum after military authorities blocked transport of surgical supplies from Wad Madani to south Khartoum for over a month.
www.msf.org/sudan-msf-su...
www.msf.org/sudan-msf-su...
Sudan: MSF suspends surgery in Khartoum hospital as supplies remain blocked | MSF
Essential supplies needed to perform surgeries have been blocked, forcing MSF suspended our surgical activities at Bashair Teaching Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan.
www.msf.org
October 19, 2023 at 10:13 AM
#Sudan: Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says they have had to stop supporting "life-saving surgery" at Bashair Hospital in Khartoum after military authorities blocked transport of surgical supplies from Wad Madani to south Khartoum for over a month.
www.msf.org/sudan-msf-su...
www.msf.org/sudan-msf-su...