It’s been soul-crushing, gut-wrenching and heart-breaking to witness the atrocities and nonstop massacre carried out by Israeli governement on the  people of Gaza. The average age of those killed in this war is 5 years old. As of this writing over 10,000 children have been killed by the Israeli war. The majority of deaths are of women and children. Nothing can ever justify these statistics. The momentary ceasefire in November was not enough. The genocide of Palestinian people has to stop. The world is watching and waking up. The time is now to end all genocides—this includes the liberation for the people of Congo, Sudan, and Armenia. The liberation for Palestine signifies the end of late stage western colonial settler occupation. To free Palestine is to free all others who are occupied and oppressed.

Year 2021 was a long and interesting journey that brought growth in my professional life and shifts in personal one. I experienced it with joys and tears equally. I found myself in moments of uplifting presence, elation, and connection as well as dimming moments of absence, grief and separation.