To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography. – George Santayana Below is a LinkedIn post by Ms. Yeganeh Faghfour Maghrebi, a young Iranian woman who was planning to begin a Ph.D. program this fall in the US with full funding. Reprinted with permission. Yeganeh is the kind of student colleges … Continue reading The Truth of My Nationality
Author: Mark A. Ashwill
Silence in the Face of Gaza’s Starvation is Absolute Betrayal of Holocaust Victims
Image created by ChatGPT Orit Kamir (oritkamir@gmail.com) is an Israeli researcher and lecturer of law, gender and culture, and a feminist activist. This essay was originally published in Hebrew by Haaretz. By Orit Kamir This is conduct of incomprehensible cruelty. It creates horror beyond the ability to imagine, and this allows most Israelis to deny … Continue reading Silence in the Face of Gaza’s Starvation is Absolute Betrayal of Holocaust Victims
Are You More Intelligent Than Human Beings?
This image was created by - surprise! - ChatGPT. This is a rhetorical question I asked DeepSeek, ChatGPT, and Gemini. Below are their answers, all similar yet different. The main takeaway, in case you weren't already aware, is that "Humans using AI like me to augment their capabilities—not replace them," in the words of DeepSeek. … Continue reading Are You More Intelligent Than Human Beings?
Israel, Gaza, and the Empire of Lies: Dr. Gabor Maté on Truth and Trauma (video)
Image created by ChatGPT Highly recommended. Here's Ahmed Eldin's description of his interview with Gabor Maté. I plan to create a transcript of this 1 hour and two-minute video. Dive deep into the Israeli genocide in Gaza through the eyes of Dr. Gabor Maté, a holocaust survivor and leading expert on trauma, as he breaks … Continue reading Israel, Gaza, and the Empire of Lies: Dr. Gabor Maté on Truth and Trauma (video)
No Limit to Israel’s Depravity or Perversion
Image created by ChatGPT This is a recent LinkedIn post by Hani Almadhoun, Senior Director of Philanthropy at UNRWA USA and co-founder of the Gaza Soup Kitchen followed by the video in question. The other co-founder is Mahmoud Almadhoun ("Chef Mahmoud"), Hani's brother, who was murdered by an Israeli drone missile strike last November. The … Continue reading No Limit to Israel’s Depravity or Perversion
Hope Amid the Rubble: A Young Woman’s Voice from Gaza
This image was generated by ChatGPT based on the author's message. It is not a photo of her. Below is a transcript of an inspirational audio recording by Samah Nazmi Al-jaraba’a that she made last year. I previously published her essay Shadows Over Sunrises: A Young Woman’s Fight for Tomorrow in Gaza (17.7.25) in this space. … Continue reading Hope Amid the Rubble: A Young Woman’s Voice from Gaza
From Gaza: “This is Not a Cry for Help – It Is the Final Warning”
This is a repost of a LinkedIn post by Avishan Chanini, Independent Consultant, Humanitarian and Development Sectors, in which she shares urgent information from the Palestine Red Crescent Society. If you’re sharing information about the humanitarian catastrophe resulting from the ongoing genocide in Gaza, center Palestinian-led organizations.They are the ones refusing to dilute or distort … Continue reading From Gaza: “This is Not a Cry for Help – It Is the Final Warning”
Video Message from Gaza
Noor Saad's LinkedIn photo Below is a video message recorded a week ago by Ms. Noor Saad, an English instructor, translator, writer, and digital marketing specialist in Gaza. (The transcript, which I created from the video with the help of TurboScribe, is lightly edited.) Reposted with permission. Please donate to Ms. Noor's Help Fund Gaza … Continue reading Video Message from Gaza
The Bravest People on Earth
I created a spoken word song inspired by this LinkedIn post by Miral Askar, who lives in Cairo, Egypt . Mohammed Abu Taha, the man who took the video Miral writes about, was shot by an IOF sniper while on his way to get food. (Let that sink in for a moment.) He died while … Continue reading The Bravest People on Earth
They Haven’t Won…
A recent update from Hani Almadhoun, Senior Director of Philanthropy at UNRWA USA, who is in daily contact with family, friends, and colleagues in Gaza. For 21 months, we’ve been marinating in Israeli-induced pain, while their politicians remain proudly genocidal. And yet, this Palestinian child in Gaza—this very morning—refused to let go of that smile. A … Continue reading They Haven’t Won…
An International Educator in Vietnam 
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