« Arabs are not built different, we don’t have a higher tolerance for tragedy. Muslims feel pain and loss and love just as vividly as you do. We don’t devalue one another’s lives the way western media devalues our lives. »
These lines... thank you for writing this, Lala. I appreciated reading it so much
Lala, My heart is bowing to you and my eyes fill with tears that could fill a river. I want to thank you for using your skills to write this poignant and important piece. I grew up in a military family and am a retired journalist who has seen how the US can demonize anyone it wants to justify pouring money into genocide, while sanitizing it as something sacred. I want to quote you, but your words are sacred here, so I'll just try to re-post your piece. Thank you for the phone and email lists. Brava to you!! I know why you survived, even as I understand your heartache for having done so. Peace to you, sister.
Thank you so much, Jane. It means so much to me that people are finding something in this piece ... I wanted to make the violence abroad feel less impossibly far away. Thank you for coming here!
« Arabs are not built different, we don’t have a higher tolerance for tragedy. Muslims feel pain and loss and love just as vividly as you do. We don’t devalue one another’s lives the way western media devalues our lives. »
These lines... thank you for writing this, Lala. I appreciated reading it so much
Thank you so much for reading, Noha
Lala, My heart is bowing to you and my eyes fill with tears that could fill a river. I want to thank you for using your skills to write this poignant and important piece. I grew up in a military family and am a retired journalist who has seen how the US can demonize anyone it wants to justify pouring money into genocide, while sanitizing it as something sacred. I want to quote you, but your words are sacred here, so I'll just try to re-post your piece. Thank you for the phone and email lists. Brava to you!! I know why you survived, even as I understand your heartache for having done so. Peace to you, sister.
Thank you so much, Jane. It means so much to me that people are finding something in this piece ... I wanted to make the violence abroad feel less impossibly far away. Thank you for coming here!
Wow! Powerful!