Category: Writing from abroad

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Untitled Poem

26th October, 2023 I thinkWe got comfortable in this worldI thoughtI saw the world settle into a beautiful placeDangers far away, unreachableUntouchableI thought of it like a cliff hovering over deadly, thrashing waves on top of

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They Went to Dance

But all I can think is, “They broke their legs.” As I drink my tea, the sun is rising in a breathtaking flourish of colours,  But all I can think is, “They broke their legs.” As

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too much

Our hearts are being asked to hold an enormity of pain that is both too vast and too jagged to touch  it is too much  Our minds are being stretched beyond their borders to hold a

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UN General Assembly Resolution on Gaza

On Friday, 27 October 2023: 120 countries voted in favor (that is, against Israel). 14 countries voted against (that is, 13 for Israel and Israel for itself). 45 countries abstained (abstained).

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