Voices for peace
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Iffat Mirza Rashid, Bentley When I saw that it would be International Day of Education on January 24th – not something I was aware of before – I didn’t know that by the time I’d come around to writing this blog post, a ceasefire in Gaza would have been reached by now. The disbelief
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Iffat Mirza Rashid, Bentley At seventeen, in the Reina Sofía Modern Art Museum, I stood before an 11 foot tall, 25 foot wide painting – the monochromatic, cubist work of art that depicted the brutal massacre of thousands in 1937, at the height of the Spanish Civil War. A room dedicated to a singular painting,
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Sameea Jonnud, Hampshire It’s October 2024 and I sit down one morning with a cup of coffee; the Al-Jazeera news channel is on the television and I leave it running. The segment happens to be about the US election but I don’t hear what is being said as my eyes follow the ticker tape at
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Ayesha Naseem Mirza, Walsall It is commonly believed that time flies. A week starts and ends in the blink of an eye. Before you know it, it’s Friday again. It feels as if hours are passing in minutes and minutes in seconds. But a life like this is a privilege. Where this realisation is humbling
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Saira Bhatti, Slough All it takes, all it should take, is one person To set the wheels of truth into motion. The truth. Let’s talk about the truth. Is the truth free or is it constantly under siege? How do we hold onto peace amidst raging conflict? Journalism – this noble profession – shines a
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Danila Jonnud, Hampshire A few years ago I thought the world had become a dystopia. Even at 13 I knew that the crashing economy, the seemingly incompetent government, and the disparity between the wealthy elite making decisions for the less fortunate public didn’t sit right with me. I told my friends, “this is how it
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Ayesha Naseem, Blackburn A few months into the Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip I came across a social media post that recalled all the mundane things we do during our day, like eating a warm meal with our family, having a conversation with a friend, going out for a walk or sleeping under a
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Nooresahar Ahmad, Hampshire Like many, I find myself entering Ramadan wondering how to deal with the knowledge that, in Gaza, the Palestinian people continue to face horrors beyond comprehension. I wonder what it means to fast knowing that in the Gaza strip, at least 576,000 people are facing catastrophic levels of food insecurity. One in
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Sarah Ward The shot that was heard around the world. I can envision it even now. I learned about it in school annually. One of those pivotal aspects of growing up ‘British’. A young man enjoying his life when he was cruelly assassinated – his life snatched brutally away- we were told. This act propelled
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