Educator, Feminist, & Anti-racist in training, Born and raised in Japan, Living in CA since 2006, love nature, Yosemite NP, yoga, hiking, camping & cooking
I re-watch this clip whenever I catch myself wondering if I've been too hard on the Democrats. It's easy to forget how evil they are when they're not in power.
My brother sent me this picture; I had no idea he captured it at that moment. Midway through our displacement, as we fled on foot with our bags on our shoulders, I was stopped by an exhausted, weary woman. Worn out by the road, she was dragging her disabled daughter in a wheelchair. With absolute humility, she asked if I could push her daughter to relieve her of some of the exhaustion. The road was packed with people, and the sun was scorching our skin with its rays. I had already walked more than three kilometers and fatigue was starting to consume me. The daughter sat completely motionless, literally being eaten alive by the sun. That day, I didn't feel the physical toll as much as my heart was consumed by grief for that mother, enduring such a long and brutal journey.
This is just a fraction of the immense pain we lived through, and continue to live through, with every passing moment.
🚨 In what appears to be a systematic targeting of community figures, Mr. Tarek Abu Saif, Director of the Hamamat Al-Salam Foundation, was killed in an Israeli strike that hit his vehicle in Gaza City two days ago.
His organization had contributed to rebuilding Al-Shifa Medical Complex, restoring university classrooms at Al-Aqsa and Al-Azhar, and establishing several schools across Gaza.
Today is World Refugee Day.
In these profoundly unstable and turbulent times, more than 120 million people have been forced from their homes.
This marks the highest level of displacement since World War II, making it one of the largest refugee and humanitarian crises ever recorded in human history.
Even now, more than a quarter of the way into the 21st century, I find myself asking: Why are we still unable to learn from the tragedies and mistakes of our past and choose a better path?
Why has humanity not yet achieved the growth of consciousness and spirit that our world so desperately needs?
I can feel nothing but deep frustration and sorrow.
Refugees are victims of war, conflict, and violence—people whose lives have been torn apart and who have been forced to leave their homes through no choice of their own.
No one ever chooses to become a refugee.
Why can the world not extend a greater hand of compassion to them?
To those living in refugee camps, to those struggling to survive after seeking safety in foreign lands and to those suffering through the uncertainty of asylum applications, I believe far greater support and care should be provided.
They are not strangers.
They are our brothers, sisters, and family members who share this planet with us, regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, or faith.
Until the day they can regain their lives and safely return to their homelands, I will continue to support them and will never stop doing what I can to help.
I deeply hope that humanity can break free from the chains of hatred, anger, and violence and finally attain a greater level of consciousness and spiritual maturity.
Now, more than ever, the world must become kinder.
The world must become more peaceful.
SGZ
Photo by Keiko TANABE.
Israel has violated the so-called ceasefire in Gaza 3,338 times since October.
The IOF has killed more than 1,000 people and wounded over 3,200 more.
All with US weapons and support.
I study medicine in Gaza, but lately my lessons are no longer in textbooks.
They are in amputations, starvation, and children pulled from rubble.
At what point does the world stop calling this war — and call it what it is?