The Expressions Narrative Project is a platform dedicated to the voices and perspectives of Muslim women, from activists and artists to professors and political representatives. This blog showcases personal narratives expressing Muslim women's thoughts, opinions, and lived experiences.
No need for my whole Palestinian name,
just use my first and last.
No need to introduce the olive trees
or the destruction on every home,
For those need no introduction;
everyone should already know
of the boys holding slingshots and stones,
and the ice cream trucks with bodies instead of cones.
It’s a conversation beyond old,
But not as old
as Palestinian bones.
I know that all of my pain is nothing compared to what those in Gaza are going through. And what they are telling us is that even more than money or food, what they need from us is our voices. I consider it my privilege and my responsibility to raise my voice figuratively and literally. You’ll often find me unable to speak the day after a protest because I’m the one hyping up the crowd and leading chants.
Read MoreI said enough–
of the hecklers and the haters and the
flicked fingers and the Bibi defenders and
the hey hey’s and the ho ho’s and the
occupation that never seems to go because
Genocide Joe–
cares about all the hostages but
the ones in the Open Air Prison.
In her speech, she spoke of the historic tradition of Black-Palestinian solidarity and referenced Palestinians from Gaza tweeting advice about tear gas advice to protesters in the Ferguson Uprising. For the first time in my life, I felt connected to something bigger than myself, surrounded by like-minded people who are passionate about justice and solidarity.
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