Grateful to witness the formal launch of Ritual, a powerful anthology bringing together diverse voices rooted in a shared cause @SydWritersFest by @sweatshopws ✍🏼
@SaraSalehTweets
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On Saturday, President Trump announced that the U.S-Israeli attacks on Iran had killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. In January on the Current podcast, @asliaydintasbas asked Iran expert @MaloneySuzanne what would happen if Khamenei died in a U.S. bombing campaign.
You have to be operating with a wild level of delusion and impunity to post this after you bombed them and killed civilians—WHILE YOU ARE COMMITTING GENOCIDE IN GAZA.
Imagine, just imagine, the response from the West if the Iranian government, in international waters, had rammed and then boarded a European ship, filled with European citizens, and taken them captive.
But it's Israel, so it's all good. Our citizens don't matter.
PAKISTAN: Amnesty International, along with four other human rights organizations, calls for an end to the harassment and arbitrary detention of Baloch human rights defenders exercising their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly in Pakistan, particularly in Balochistan province.
All five organizations - Amnesty International, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Front Line Defenders, International Federation for Human Rights, World Organisation Against Torture - appeal to Pakistan's Prime Minister, @CMShehbaz, to release Baloch human rights defenders and end the crackdown on dissent in line with Pakistan’s international human rights obligations.
Read the joint letter: https://t.co/iiGJffxofL
@forum_asia@OBS_defenders@FrontLineHRD
From #Gaza, the cries of parents rise to heaven ever more intensely as they clutch the lifeless bodies of their children, searching for food and shelter from bombs. I renew my appeal to leaders: cease fire, release all hostages, and fully respect international humanitarian law!
You're invited to the launch of Ritual, Australia's first anthology of Muslim poetry.
Join us on May 25th at Carriageworks for an afternoon of critical dialogues and performances by the award-winning team of this revolutionary new publication.
Bookings: https://t.co/r8DRY5Whu1
The critique is not against a population. It is against the institutions, decision-makers, and warmongering. Difference of opinion exists but be mindful of how you engage with it 🙏
Unlike the occupation and asymmetric violence by Israel in Gaza, India and Pakistan are two nuclear-armed states. This isn't an uneven fight - it's a high-stakes geopolitical chaos.
India striking multiple sites in Pakistan is a sign of how unhinged the country has become, following Israel’s flagrant contempt for international law and diplomacy. To date they have provided zero evidence to substantiate their wild claims making them a rogue actor.
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Excited to announce the launch of ‘Ritual’ this May, featuring one of my pieces - Unborn Memories - which I penned last year to express the impact of the global catastrophe that gripped us all, but most importantly the families and individuals who continue to experience insufferable loss and tragedy. Grateful to @sweatshopws for accepting my submission and offering a platform to amplify voices that are deliberately silenced. Stay tuned! ✍🏼
Sweatshop is deeply humbled to reveal the stunning cover of our ground-breaking, boundary-pushing and transformative new anthology, Ritual: A Collection of Muslim Australian Poetry.
Edited by Sara M Saleh and Zainab Syed with Manal Younus.
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