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Dec 20, 2023Liked by Ayesha Khan, Ph.D.

"Palestine will be free- that is not a request, it is a promise"👏👏

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Dec 20, 2023Liked by Ayesha Khan, Ph.D.

This was beautiful, thank you.

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Dec 22, 2023Liked by Ayesha Khan, Ph.D.

Reading this on the longest night of the year (for the northern hemisphere), after some devastating personal news, was the light I needed to remind me of the messy beauty of the big picture. Thank you 💖

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Dec 22, 2023Liked by Ayesha Khan, Ph.D.

Your post was exactly what I needed right now. Thank you for your powerful and beautiful words.

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Dec 21, 2023Liked by Ayesha Khan, Ph.D.

This post was the catalyst to such a huge shift in my state of hopelessness. I’ve felt stuck for almost the entire year. I haven’t found the space to be able to cry, laugh and be messy like this for a long time. My fight is everyone’s fight. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.

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This is an excellent article, and I truthfully believe in hope being a communal, collective effort. I know that in my own life, hope’s been most generated when I saw the collective power of others, what happens when we join together to not only dismantle authority structures, but the camaraderie we can create in the process.

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Dec 25, 2023Liked by Ayesha Khan, Ph.D.

Thank you for sharing this beautiful piece Ayesha ❤️. The phrase "narrow capitalist definitions" has stuck with me since I first read this newsletter. As I've been processing it I'm realizing how constructing Capitalism and Colonialism is!! I'm finding language to better express this liberation journey I'm on which by the way has been so freeing 🤭 Shukran Ayesha ❤️

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Dec 23, 2023Liked by Ayesha Khan, Ph.D.

Every time I consider unsubscribing because money is tight and every penny counts, I read one of your essays and am reminded that this newsletter is worth so much more. Your labour and time and energy and wisdom - priceless. Thank you for this; it’s beautiful and is exactly what I needed to hear/read in this moment.

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This was exactly what my heart needed. Looking forward to building community with my fellow comrades 🩷

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