"I cannot turn into the cruelty that I abhor. " the fact that you have faced the full force of hostility and choose this path is a blessing for us all. It's a teaching path; guided by a spiritual language. (It's kind of what I was trying to say in my talk).🤷🏼 Thank you for this grappling with this subject Yassmin. I'm so glad you and Sara got together in New York! So many thoughts- thank you for grappling with these even as the world feels apocalyptic. 💜🙏💜
This was so poetically written! I can’t imagine the pain of being dehumanised constantly. I’m so glad you shared this and it totally resonates with the political climate but also our identities as Muslim migrants in the Western world. The constant connection to Islam is so soothing!
Hi Yassmin, thank you for this and for the resources you included. I came across your piece after writing something related about basically not knowing how to talk to people out in the world in social and other contexts who have just been living their lives. More complicated though I've found is wrestling with whether to cut off relationships with Zionists and if not (like my immediate family) how to navigate them. I'm wondering what your approach is to people who aren't open to having a good faith conversation. I feel torn between my responsibility as a Jew to talk to my own people, not wanting to normalize their views by spending time with them and "not talking about it", and generally what I am able to tolerate constitutionally in my body before absolutely losing it on them. Has anything changed for you now that so many more months have passed?
"I cannot turn into the cruelty that I abhor. " the fact that you have faced the full force of hostility and choose this path is a blessing for us all. It's a teaching path; guided by a spiritual language. (It's kind of what I was trying to say in my talk).🤷🏼 Thank you for this grappling with this subject Yassmin. I'm so glad you and Sara got together in New York! So many thoughts- thank you for grappling with these even as the world feels apocalyptic. 💜🙏💜
Thank you - I like the idea of this being a teaching path, one for myself as much as others...
This was so poetically written! I can’t imagine the pain of being dehumanised constantly. I’m so glad you shared this and it totally resonates with the political climate but also our identities as Muslim migrants in the Western world. The constant connection to Islam is so soothing!
I feel so utterly grateful to have Islam, Alhamdulilah. I feel like I would be untethered without it...
Hi Yassmin, thank you for this and for the resources you included. I came across your piece after writing something related about basically not knowing how to talk to people out in the world in social and other contexts who have just been living their lives. More complicated though I've found is wrestling with whether to cut off relationships with Zionists and if not (like my immediate family) how to navigate them. I'm wondering what your approach is to people who aren't open to having a good faith conversation. I feel torn between my responsibility as a Jew to talk to my own people, not wanting to normalize their views by spending time with them and "not talking about it", and generally what I am able to tolerate constitutionally in my body before absolutely losing it on them. Has anything changed for you now that so many more months have passed?