Four modular boundaries of thought today, I share belowโฆ
I. Joe Biden
Dear Biden,
I have written about you a couple of times now. I cite such charged posts below.
May 21 2024
June 1 2024
June 29 2024
But today! I came across a music video that outdoes anything I attempted to string along in text. I hope you enjoy, the ending I forewarn isโฆ ๐
๐ฅ LOWKEY - Genocide Joe (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
II. Dr. Refaat Alareer
The man himselfโฆ
Poet, professor and writer, Refaat Alareer killed in Israeli strike | Al Jazeera Newsfeed
Please watch, please listen, please read, with your heart, I implore ๐
โIf I must die,
you must live
to tell my story
to sell my things
to buy a piece of cloth
and some strings,
(make it white with a long tail)
so that a child, somewhere in Gaza
while looking heaven in the eye
awaiting his dad who left in a blazeโ
and bid no one farewell
not even to his flesh
not even to himselfโ
sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up above
and thinks for a moment an angel is there
bringing back love
If I must die
let it bring hope
let it be a taleโ
โRefaat Alareer, If I must die
โThereโs really no such thing as the โvoiceless.โ There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard.โย โArundhati Roy
๐ Lessons from Refaat Alareer, storyteller
@The Electronic Intifada | December 21 2023
III. UNRWA Pledging Conference 2024
The two-part conference took place today, July 12 2024 (9 am & 2 pm CT respectively), aimed at encouraging UN Member States to increase financial contributions to agency. They only have funding to sustain them through Augustโฆ
I share some of the opening remarksโฆ
โTragically, 197 UNWRA staff members have paid the ultimate price.ย ย
To honor their memory, I kindly request this Assembly to rise and observe a moment of silence.
(PAUSE FOR A MINUTE OF SILENCE)โ
Dennis Francis, President of the United Nations General Assembly
๐ FULL REMARKS:
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, MR. DENNIS FRANCIS
โJust when we thought it couldnโt get any worse in Gaza -- somehow, appallingly, civilians are being pushed into ever deeper circles of hell.
Recent days have brought yet more evacuation orders by Israeli authorities, yet more civilian suffering, and yet more bloodshed.
Palestinians in Gaza keep being forced to move like human pinballs across a landscape of destruction and death.โ
๐ FULL REMARKS:
UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL, MR. ANTรNIO GUTERRES
โGaza is decimated.
More than two million people are trapped in a living hell.
They have been displaced repeatedly across a ravaged and increasingly lawless territory.
Children and women are bearing the brunt of this brutal war.
Acute food insecurity is claiming the lives of children and severely affecting women who often eat last and least.
Thousands of children have been killed. Thousands more are struggling with new disabilities.
Many have lost their limbs to amputation, their hearing to blasts, and their speech to shock and trauma.โ
๐ FULL REMARKS:
UNRWA COMMISSIONER-GENERAL PHILIPPE LAZZARINI
FULL VIDEOS ๐ฅ
Part 1 / 2: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1s/k1sahg04fv
Part 2 / 2: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1s/k1s2am2a2s
๐ Opinion article by Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA Commissioner-Generalย | June 30 2024
IV. UNRWA Dallas Gaza 5K
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)
It feels like perfect timing when checking my mail this morning. I received the below postcard, pictured quite elegantly (if I do say so myself), next to my camel ๐ช (my favorite animal, the titanic of the desert, also my phone and laptop backgrounds ๐ค)
Donโt you worry UNRWA USA National Committee, am already all over that ๐ซก
I hope you will help support in whatever capacity you canโฆ
June 23 2024
Rest In Peace Dr. Alareer ๐
You are a man of words, and that resonates so deep in my soul, because that is my language of love.
Shukran habeebti Najwan ๐๐๐
My tears mingle with yours till theyโll fill a river to wash the injustice done ๐
Thanks, Najwan. There are just no words...