Fleeing upon dirtied feet, Hands clutch tightly both each other and the fragments that remain. A new home is built upon the remnants, And a small suitcase of clothes and dreams, Become what survives of one’s legacy. The rest, stolen by merciless hands, And swallowed upon a parched, insatiable tongue. Young Jasmine flowers flourish upon…
“So remember me, and I will remember you.” The student remembers in the way his assignments come back with full marks, and then some. He remembers in the fortunate short line that one day when he needed to grab a quick lunch and run to the next class, he remembers in the way his stomach…
another air strike upon the people of gaza my heart aches for them another video displaying dead bodies the ethnic blankets covered in ash, rubble and palestinian blood. streets empty of civilization, all of home is destroyed. catastrophe after catastrophe they mock the state of gaza “gaza is a cemetery” blackened are the souls of…
“Pause, breathe, and look around you silently for a moment. Let your heart say Subhan Allah” – UCLA Undergraduate, Sezen Musa Early Friday morning, members of UCLA’s Muslim Student Association (MSA) embarked on a lengthy, eight hour road trip to Utah for a two-night retreat. While driving across four states may have seemed arduous, the…
On April 25, 2024, a student protest began at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to protest the school administration’s investments in Israel. Self-titled as the ‘Palestine Solidarity Encampment’, the demonstration was a part of pro-Palestine protests on university campuses campaigning for divestment from Israel. The early morning of May 2, amidst chaos and…
When I turn on the news, I see men who look like my father called suspicious, and women who look like my mother deemed oppressed. I see some protests described as peaceful and others as hateful and violent, though to me, they don’t look all that different. This type of binary emerges from a gaze…