"I promised my mum to cook them iftar [the fast-breaking evening meal] every day in Ramadan if the war ends, even if we end up living in tents in our destroyed neighbourhood," Selmi said. "That is, if none of us dies by then."
- they/them
over 21, white peeps on the ancestral
and unceded homelands of the
hən̓q̓ əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh
speaking peoples, just doing our okayest
“Last time I checked, weapons can’t tell the difference between queers and straights — and bombs kill us all!” Firas Nasr, a nonbinary Lebanese organizer living in Washington, said in a press release following the Valentine’s Day protest.
"With this Lunar New Year representing the transition to the Wood Dragon, Asians 4 Palestine NYC explained that the story of the dragon protecting people from a burning village can reflect activist efforts to spread awareness of the crisis in Gaza, according to their Instagram.
“We see strong parallels between this story and leveraging our power to shine a light on the dire situation that is happening in Palestine during this important cultural celebration,” said Asians 4 Palestine NYC on Instagram."
“The court did not rule at this stage on the core of the case brought by South Africa – whether genocide has occurred in Gaza – but an overwhelming majority of its 17 judges presiding over the case voted on Friday for the emergency measures to be implemented.”