Following the events of October 7th, 2023, protests have erupted all over the world, with large numbers of people showing up to support the call for a ceasefire amidst the Israeli government’s relentless bombardment of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. In the United States, universities have become hotbeds for discussions, protests, and students organizing to raise…
restless in the night vigilant to what might come to harm when darkness arrives, i toss and turn on the pink sheets of my bed that hug me when loneliness wraps and strangles me ~ a claustrophobic turn, the gold within the fairy lights blend into the air, my sight blurry from the river my…
“I think it is a human thing, it’s an ethical issue, it’s a moral issue, not to turn our backs on the people of Afghanistan and not to allow them to be prisoners of this country. Because the violence and the devastation is going to spill over and it already has”. I sat down for…
“Kafir!” One Instagram comment reads. Another reads, “All here to see the curse.” Is it true? Could Mohamed Salah’s rough patch be a result of a Christmas curse? If so, what could this mean for his future? Mohamed Salah is arguably one of the most revered faces in Muslim, Middle Eastern, and soccer communities worldwide.…
Down the bleak cascade, I see something wither, Smaller and Smaller, It comes and goes past Down the hurricane, As time flows, Nothing remains constant. I feel as if the world is something similar, Nothing remains as is, Everything shifts, And with time comes becomes bright again, Hope I see something another, Until then, All…
Life crumbles every day, Maybe for a second or a year, No hope to be seen from afar. I can’t see anything, I try to, But I can’t. My hope crumbles As I lose everything. My family, my dreams, my desires, All of them are broken, Crumbled to the floor one by one. If only…