April 7.
6 months.
The worst I’ve ever known.

I’m not inside Gaza or anywhere near it - not since my father left - but Gaza lives inside me. This manifests in my cultural practice. As Palestinians we’ve been raised to preserve it, knowing the Israeli goal is ethnic cleansing 1/ I thought I’d have something articulate and profound to say today. I spent a lot of time reflecting, especially during these spiritually heightened last 10 nights of Ramadan. But I’m angry. Very angry. And I will sit with the anger. It is a rage unlike any other. Blood boiling 2/

I’ve been trying to process what happened today. Trying to process the loss of #ShireenAbuAqla. I cried watching her body being carried through the streets of Ramallah by her fellow Palestinians. Got a call from my mother early this morning: “Shireen Abu Aqla’s been killed!” 1/ That’s who she was and the weight #ShireenAbuAqla carried in our household, where I grew up watching Aljazeera Arabic with my parents. It was revolutionary because it was the first 24/7 news channel serving Arabic speakers. There was finally an alternative to CNNi 2/

Alright folks, as 2020 comes to a close, I figured I'd remind you that you can still watch some spectacular and poignant stage performances online. It's been tough for many of us not to be able to escape to a theatre for a musical or a play or a concert the last 9 months. 1/ The arts community has suffered greatly and at least in the US, performers have not received much - if anything - in the way of financial relief. Yet the arts are INTEGRAL to our lives. So I'm sharing a few links so you can enjoy a few productions online this week and donate. 2/