Ayesha

Education Assistant, mother and advocate for inclusion.

[Laila El-Haddad @gazamom]

“This may be my last video.” And it was. #CeasefireForGazaNOW

[Bassem Youssef @Byoussef]

A story of Olives and Cactus:
“Wherever you see cactus, know there was a Palestinian village in that place ” . That’s what they tell you if you ever visit the West Bank. Israel has been removing, bulldozing , erasing villages and cities for decades to terraform the land . But the problem is , Cactus keeps growing back . No matter how they try to destroy the land and the soil and build their settlements , cactus keep coming back.
A friend of mine just came back from there carrying a gift for me : Locally squeezed olive oil from a her village in the West Bank . “Forget the commercial stuff you buy from stores. We squeeze oil in our own villages.”
They squeeze the olives on the stone mills, use clean dedicated straw bags to squeeze it on the extruding machines . Same process that has been done for 100,200, 400 maybe 600 years . As old as these trees. You take a product of the land , squeeze it to its limits and you get that pure green gold.
A healing potion of life .
“Just put some oil” is the answer for everything in Palestine. Hungry ? Add oil. A bit sick ? Rub oil. Want to feel better about the world? Oil as old as the earth is there for you. They are not just olive trees. They are family . They are there to feed you , heal you and take care of you. How can you uproot a member of the family and call this land yours ? I have no idea . The trees don’t agree with that . And cactus definitely don’t agree with that. Maybe we got it all wrong! Maybe olive trees are not just an extension of Palestinian heritage. Maybe, Palestinians themselves are an extension of the land . They are like the trees . You can beat them , you can pressure them , you can squeeze them and push them beyond any human limits. But they don’t die . Like crushed olives that produce green gold. And from death, a million lives will be born. And their pain will eventually be the healing potion for all of us.
And if you try to uproot them , they won’t go away . You think they will. But they come back. Like cactus . To defy you , to stand up for you , take your abuse and prick you back. They are there , to stay . Forever

[Tazeen 🍉 @tazeen]

They are working under the most trying conditions with the expectation of being bombed any minute, and his tears and anger at this global abandonment should put everyone to shame.

[Ayesha @amirza77]

@fasi_zaka Dasht e tanhai belongs to iqbal bano

[David Zabinsky @DavidZabinsky]

This is Minik.

It’s 1897, and in this photo, he’s around 7 years old.

But little does he know -

His life will soon tragically take a turn for the worse, all because of a North Pole explorer and a New York City museum.

A story:

[Hadiqa Kiani @Hadiqa_Kiani]

As many of you know, I have been in Balochistan for the past few days…by the grace of Allah + your support, we have completed the 1st phase of our project. 100 houses are complete and now occupied by flood victims, a maternity clinic, a grocery store and a primary school (1/2)

[Ayesha @amirza77]

@aamnaisani Paro is too feminine a name for that manly shawl;)

[Dr. Jill Andrew, PhD (she/her) @JILLSLASTWORD]

We must work together to ensure ALL Ontarians have access to accessible, equitable, and PUBLIC health care! Join me in signing this petition to STOP FORD'S PLAN TO PRIVATIZE: https://t.co/EyzgSmwlwv #ONPoli

[Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi @birgitomo]

Pay attention Ontarians - Doug Ford is using taxpayers' money to fight nurses in court while planning to privatize surgeries. Things are going according to his plan; starve public healthcare, make it look dysfunctional, and then bring in privatized healthcare.

We must stop him!

[Ayesha @amirza77]

@humeiraajaz No its more stylized than that. They are banking on Wahaj and Yumna's acting and chemistry to carry the weakly written script

[Ayesha @amirza77]

@humeiraajaz All the females are Over dressed and over accessorized. Except for Yumna who seems totally out of place. But what gives it the vibe of an ad campaign are the over exaggerated emotions slow mo n music at every little turn of events. Total waste of good actors like WahajYumna

[Ayesha @amirza77]

@tazeen How will that generate any public interest- unless one of them had an affair with the therapist;)

[Tina Yazdani @TinaYazdani]

The Ford government's education spending was $413 million below budget in the first half of the fiscal year, according to Ontario's budget watchdog. The only increase in education spending was $371 million for the Catch Up Payments program (a one-time $200 payment to parents)

[David Miller T.O. @iamdavidmiller]

The Ford Government should be under police investigation. It is not possible to believe that these land speculators paid tens of millions for land that could not be developed without knowing the greenbelt protections would be removed. Criminal.

[Ayesha @amirza77]

@sabizak I liked it a lot

[CP24 @CP24]

‘I have to raise my voice:’ Father seeking answers after non-verbal son with autism was Tasered by Peel police https://t.co/8KkipygDYI

[Ayesha @amirza77]

@tazeen I wish they could have given him atleast a few cutesy dialogues. I got genuine anxiety for uncle ji ke kahin tur hi na jayen at her flirtatiousness

[Ayesha @amirza77]

@tazeen Iam just fascinated by how well they capture the oblivious entitlement combined with a killer survival instict of the royals.Loving Diana esp her first interaction with dodi's father.