Hi Amal, I’m curious about how this baby has been found dead. If you can enlighten me about this, I’d like to better understand the link you made between the death of this baby and abortion. Thank you.
Hey! Thank you for this comment, actually, as it made me rethink what I'd written originally in a moment of heated anger. I saw a comment about the West's debates on abortion and how similar they are to the debates on if a Palestinian life is worthy of living, then I wrote this in one take, posted, hoping it would diffuse my anger and pain of seeing what I saw. It didn't.
After reading this, I realized that this kind of seemed like a piece about abortion rather than the issue I wanted to talk about, which was really Palestinian lives. I've adjusted some paragraphs to better convey that. I did not mean to make a statement on abortion. I am pro-choice, but that's a western term, for a political stance I cannot have in my country.
I meant to speak on Palestinian lives and how disgusting and scary it is to see a video like that, of a fetus, ripped from another body, on my instagram feed. It was jarring. Gory. I wanted this piece to also feel jarring.
Hi Amal, I’m curious about how this baby has been found dead. If you can enlighten me about this, I’d like to better understand the link you made between the death of this baby and abortion. Thank you.
Hey! Thank you for this comment, actually, as it made me rethink what I'd written originally in a moment of heated anger. I saw a comment about the West's debates on abortion and how similar they are to the debates on if a Palestinian life is worthy of living, then I wrote this in one take, posted, hoping it would diffuse my anger and pain of seeing what I saw. It didn't.
After reading this, I realized that this kind of seemed like a piece about abortion rather than the issue I wanted to talk about, which was really Palestinian lives. I've adjusted some paragraphs to better convey that. I did not mean to make a statement on abortion. I am pro-choice, but that's a western term, for a political stance I cannot have in my country.
I meant to speak on Palestinian lives and how disgusting and scary it is to see a video like that, of a fetus, ripped from another body, on my instagram feed. It was jarring. Gory. I wanted this piece to also feel jarring.
Thank you for the explanation. 🌻
Thank you for the comment! <3 All the best,
Heartfelt and beautiful writing , thank you , so sad but my prayer is that this babies soul is flying in the heavens with their mother .
This was devastatingly beautiful in a jarring way, it’s disruptive in its passion. Thank you!
Flooring. Thank you
Thank you for reading. <3
Thank you
Thank you for reading. <3
Think about the wars, and the lives that have been reduced to numbers.
This made me stop to think.