Click on the image or this link to watch the video. Palestinians don’t need our pity, they don’t need our praise. They need our meaningful and truthful solidarity. And there is no time for despair. ~ Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan ~ This slideshow is the second in a four-part series about the ongoing Israeli-executed genocide and ethnic cleansing in … Continue reading The Children of Gaza
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For Those Still Silent on the Gaza Genocide
Guest Post by Shivani Chaudhry If you could lose your job for speaking out against genocide, then it's not a place worth working at.If you worry what 'others' will say if you stand against genocide, those 'others' need to be ignored.If you feel a genocide occurring in another country doesn't concern you, you're wrong. It … Continue reading For Those Still Silent on the Gaza Genocide
The Unexamined Life
This is a guest post by Tamara Abood, a UK-based psychotherapist to corporate and creative professionals, and a lawyer. I’m looking at video footage of a young girl on her knees in the middle of a road. It’s night. She’s lit by the car lights nearby. She looks to be in enormous pain. She is … Continue reading The Unexamined Life
Stephen Kapos, Holocaust Survivor, Speaks Out Against the Genocide in Gaza & Zionism
Gaza Genocide is not happening in my name. - Stephen Kapos As with other videos, I look the liberty of creating a transcript of this interview with Stephen Kapos, an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor, with the assistance of TurboScribe. Mr. Kapos is one of my heroes on a very short list. Peace, MAA https://youtu.be/AxLtxX7kPcU?si=cAXrHXWatLYcAJfK I say … Continue reading Stephen Kapos, Holocaust Survivor, Speaks Out Against the Genocide in Gaza & Zionism
An Urgent Appeal to International Education Colleagues
I can't wrap my heart, mind, and soul around the depressing and infuriating fact that so many international education colleagues have remained silent about the ongoing Israeli genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza. Where is their empathy, compassion, and oft-stated commitment to global citizenship? Where is their humanity? As I stated in a recent article, … Continue reading An Urgent Appeal to International Education Colleagues
In Loving Memory of Chef Mahmoud, RIP
I found out on LinkedIn that Mahmoud Almadhoun, brother of Hani Almadhoun, a LI contact who is the Senior Director of Philanthropy at UNRWA USA, was targeted and murdered by the IDF. As Hani mentioned in the second post, "Mahmoud leaves behind seven children—the youngest only two weeks old, and the oldest still in the … Continue reading In Loving Memory of Chef Mahmoud, RIP
A Doctor’s Testimony: The Reality of Gaza’s Suffering by Dr. Tanya Haj Hassan
I urge you to set aside 20 minutes and watch this video testimony by Dr. Tanya Haj Hassan, a pediatric intensive care doctor with Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP). She shared a harrowing account of her experiences working in Gaza, where she bore witness to the devastating humanitarian crisis. She described the systematic targeting of … Continue reading A Doctor’s Testimony: The Reality of Gaza’s Suffering by Dr. Tanya Haj Hassan
International Education Week 2024: All Eyes on the Genocide in Gaza
In my dreams. The depressing and infuriating reality is that it will remain the imposing and bloodstained elephant in the room for most colleagues who call themselves international educators and the organizations representing them and their institutions. Shame on them. Silence is complicity. Auschwitz is outside of us, but it is all around us, in … Continue reading International Education Week 2024: All Eyes on the Genocide in Gaza
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) Speaks to Us Today & Always
Source: Wikimedia Commons This is one of my favorite quotes from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German Lutheran pastor, neo-orthodox theologian, anti-Nazi dissident, and key founding member of the Confessing Church (Bekennende Kirche), whose writings I discovered in English and the original German when I was a university student. Bonhoeffer was arrested in April 1943 by the … Continue reading Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) Speaks to Us Today & Always
The glaring hypocrisy of establishment US international education
Click on the image to view the video slideshow I created. Think of this as my contribution to International Education Week (IEW) 2024, which is next week. Here's the introduction. Follow this link to read the entire essay. The day after the US presidential election, Fanta Aw, executive director and CEO of NAFSA, posted the following … Continue reading The glaring hypocrisy of establishment US international education
An International Educator in Vietnam 
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