Image created by Gemini based on the text. This spoken word piece is based on a LinkedIn post by Dr. Mohamed Abu Mughaisib, Deputy Medical Coordinator Médecins Sans Frontières, in Gaza. A ceasefire is coming. But don’t mistake it for peace. I won’t celebrate. Many of us won’t. Because what are we going back to? … Continue reading Don’t Ask Us to Smile
Author: Mark A. Ashwill
Theresienstadt (1944) and Gaza (2025)
Image created by ChatGPT This is a LinkedIn post by Judith Smit about Steve Witkoff's recent visit to the Gaza aid death trap. comparing it to a 1944 Nazi film about the Theresienstadt concentration camp. In 1944, deep into the Second World War, the Nazi regime produced a film in the Theresienstadt concentration camp. The … Continue reading Theresienstadt (1944) and Gaza (2025)
The Racist Conflation of Zionism with Judaism
This is a reprint of a LinkedIn post by Jo Fallshaw, who lives in Melbourne, Australia. Zionism is a modern nationalist movement to create an Apartheid State of Israel on stolen Palestinian land and ethnically cleanse the indigenous population.Judaism is an ancient culture and religion prevalent throughout the world.Conflating the two concepts is racist - … Continue reading The Racist Conflation of Zionism with Judaism
Healer in Chains – A Song for Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, center, works at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in November 2024. AFP via Getty Images Here are two versions of a song I created in honor of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, a Palestinian pediatrician and neonatologist who served as the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the Gaza Strip from February 2024 … Continue reading Healer in Chains – A Song for Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya
Amir’s Final Walk
Amir is our son, brother, nephew, and grandchild. Our fellow human being. Whoever kills a soul…it is as if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever saves one—it is as if he had saved all of mankind.— Qur’an, Surah Al-Ma’idah (5:32) I created a song to honor the memory of Amir, a Palestinian boy who walked … Continue reading Amir’s Final Walk
Starvation as a Weapon is Israel’s “Final Solution” in Gaza
These photos flood my LinkedIn feed, all malnourished and dying children in Gaza. Meanwhile, the blockade continues, and Israel plays the long game, waiting patiently for the world to do... precisely nothing. The Zionist and Greater Israel project's dream of annexing Gaza is within sight. Who's going to stop them?
No One Dies from Hunger
This spoken word piece is based on a LinkedIn post by Mohamed Abu Mughaisib, Deputy Medical Coordinator, Médecins Sans Frontières, in Gaza. "No one dies from hunger." That’s what our elders told us, a phrase passed from parent to child, like a promise, but that truth doesn’t live here anymore. In Gaza, people are dying … Continue reading No One Dies from Hunger
Your Title Doesn’t Make You a Leader. Your Moral Courage Does.
Below is a great LinkedIn post by Omar Da'na, CEO of Ecological Village and human rights/policy expert based in Amman, Jordan. Reprinted with permission. Dear Reader - Do you display moral courage? Do you understand that silence is complicity? Are you a leader? In moments of genocide, colonial violence, and systemic oppression, leadership is not … Continue reading Your Title Doesn’t Make You a Leader. Your Moral Courage Does.
Live To Love
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear. - Martin Luther King, Jr. Imagine what the world would be like if we all adopted this simple moral code and embraced Ms. Rachel's statement about children (and adults) everywhere, the essence of global citizenship. (See the graphic below.) No … Continue reading Live To Love
Light in the Rubble – A Song for Hani Almadhoun
This image was created by ChatGPT based on the lyrics of the song and Hani's LinkedIn profile photo. Below are two versions of a song honoring the lifesaving work of Hani Almadhoun, senior director of philanthropy at UNRWA USA and co-founder of the Gaza Soup Kitchen. Please consider making a donation to both organizations. Here … Continue reading Light in the Rubble – A Song for Hani Almadhoun
An International Educator in Vietnam 
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