Currently Watching Tanoshii Moomin Ikka. Something In Me Is Healing.

currently watching tanoshii moomin ikka. something in me is healing.

This is the last day of 2023. We can never go back and experience this day again. This is the youngest you’ll ever be. The older we get, the faster time seems to go. 2014 was 10 years ago. Tomorrow you’ll be the oldest you’ve ever been.

Professional poker player Liz Lieu AKA The Poker Diva, 2007.

To this day people will cry over the knowledge and works destroyed when the library of Alexandria was burned down.

And yet no tears are shed as Palestinian archives and libraries are bombed.

Saint Porphyrius Church, a structure built in the 5th century and the 3rd oldest church in the world has been bombed.

It's not an accident.

Israel aren't simply killing Palestinians, they are trying to erase that there ever were Palestinians in the first place.

Destroying their livelihoods, trying to to destroy their culture and history and pretend this land was never there's.

It's easy to deny someone's existence when there's no record of them.

Which is why it's so important to look at the atrocities and bear witness to what's happening.

But to also recognise that Palestine is more than it's suffering.

There is a living breathing culture, of art, history, literacy which all come from the Palestinians.

Traditions they've carried for centuries.

So while we mourn the dead, we shall fight for the living. Fight for the preservation of their crafts, amplify their voices as they speak on their culture.

Palestinian history and culture is alive. And no matter how much the world wants to erase that, they cannot and will not.

meera adnan x deerah migration '23 collection

"‘Migration’ co-designed with Deerah, is a collection made to reflect the state of a displaced Palestinian. A fusion of tradition and innovation. Using old and familiar techniques to create relevant and modern piece, a practice our ancestors used to create their traditional clothing. Unlike what is known about Palestinian embroidery,  the women were designers creating and learning new techniques constantly. This skill was later harnessed by the women forced into exile and exposed to different fashion trends suddenly. This is the story of a woman creating in her new environment with the skills of her elders. A rebellious union of old and new. The collection is designed by Meera Albaba and Sara Jayyusi, Palestinian business owners and entrepreneurs. - Meera Adnan

World-renowned poet Mosab Abu Toha has been kidnapped by the IOF at a checkpoint in Gaza while fleeing south with his family