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) To starve a baby,you must first kill God,not the one in books,but the one that screams inside your chestwhen a newborn sobs from hunger.You must carve … Continue reading To Starve a Baby You Must First Kill God
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The Simplicity of Moral Clarity
This is a LinkedIn post by Marina Kobzeva about her grandmother. Reprinted with permission. Peace, MAA Photo provided by Marina Kobzeva. She always insisted that Arabs had done nothing to her. It was the Germans she never forgave. My grandma’s parents moved to Moscow from Ukraine. During the Russian Empire, Jews weren't allowed to live … Continue reading The Simplicity of Moral Clarity
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)
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
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…
“Two photos. One father. One war. A policy of starvation.”
This post originally appeared on Ali Abdal Wahab's LinkedIn account. Reposted with permission. Ali is a data analyst, MEAL specialist, and political economy researcher based in Cairo. "Two photos. One father. One war. A policy of starvation."On the right: my father, in Al-Maghazi camp before October 7, 2023: (calm, proud, present)On the left: the same … Continue reading “Two photos. One father. One war. A policy of starvation.”
Israel is Starving Gaza
Gaza has passed the breaking point. A deliberate, systematic starvation campaign is underway, and the medical consequences are devastating. -Doctors Against Genocide Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people is unprecedented in its lack of secrecy, in its length, in the overt dismissal of Palestinian humanity on Israel's part. The egregiousness of all these is such … Continue reading Israel is Starving Gaza
🔴 Why Gaza Is Starving — The Story Behind the Crisis
More informative and heartbreaking posts from Hani Almadhoun, Senior Director of Philanthropy at UNRWA USA, who is in daily contact with family, friends, and colleagues in Gaza. Please make a donation to his organization, which is providing food and medicine to the people of Gaza, and the Gaza Soup Kitchen, a nonprofit he founded with … Continue reading 🔴 Why Gaza Is Starving — The Story Behind the Crisis
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