Palestinian designer Yasmeen Mjalli reveals she was on the brink of closing her fashion brand, Nöl Collective, after Israeli customs destroyed one of their fabric shipments — until Olivia Rodrigo commissioned a dress to inaugurate her Daisy Chains festival.
“I was genuinely like, maybe we should stop, maybe this is our last effort. I was just so tired. [But Rodrigo’s commission] was like divine intervention. Obstacles are always going to be there, but if you can adapt you will be rewarded. I rise and I rise and I rise.”
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Elle s’appelait Wafaa Akila.
Elle s’apprêtait à reprendre l’école.
Elle a été assassinée avec son père aujourd’hui par l’armée israélienne à Gaza.
Plus personne n’en parle ici en France : le génocide des Palestiniens, et en particulier des enfants, se poursuit.
2 years ago today, 26-year-old American activist Ayşenur Eygi was killed by an Israeli sniper while serving as an international observer in Palestine.
To this day, no one has been held accountable for this attack. At least 9 other Americans have been killed by Israelis since October 2023.