Tag: palestine
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Standing Vigil
When I wrote my last piece for Reclamation Magazine in November last year, I had just been to a protest march in Cape Town. I was actively collecting what I called “pebbles of hope”, hoping that our shared humanity would bring an end to the merciless killing of thousands of…
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On Gaza
Featured Image: Ash Hayes . . . It’s October 15, and in just seven days, more than two thousand Palestinians have been killed. Many more are injured. Entire families have been erased from a city. Israel has ordered an evacuation of Gaza, as hospitals struggle to treat the wounded, the…
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Public Support Dichotomy: You Can’t Stand With Palestine While Silent on West PH Sea Dispute
Featured Image: The Seattle Globalist Recently, Filipinos backed the Palestinian community after the hashtag #FreePalestine was widely shared online, sprouting various protests exposing the condition of Palestinian dissidents fighting for freedom. The movement spread fast in various states — drawing support across countries, including the Philippines. Nevertheless, contrary to Filipinos’…
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FWD: Lament The Microaggressions
Some of my colleagues and I received an e-mail from the Diversity and Inclusion committee at my workplace, also my alma mater, titled “FWD: Policy on microaggressions”, asking for feedback. I read the few pages, and all the microaggressions my family, my friends, and I have been subject to (and…