The fundamental question to ask yourself is, AM I TRULY HUMAN?

The last line of defense by which human beings can remain human is the complete and true perception of another’s suffering, which wins out over all of these biases. And the fact that actual, practical volition and action, which goes beyond simple compassion for the suffering of others, is demanded of us at every moment.

Han Kang, the first Korean writer and the first female Asian writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, wrote these words in 2017. They speak to us now and always with moral clarity and laser-like precision.

Tell me what you are saying and doing about the genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza, and the indiscriminate killing of civilians in other countries and I’ll happily answer this existential question for you.

Peace, MAA

In memory of the victims and in solidarity with the survivors.