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Lubna Ahmad: For Ameer. For My Mother. For Dr. Refaat — Writing as an Act of Love and Defiance in Gaza
Palestinian writer Lubna Ahmad shares a heart-wrenching testimony from Gaza, detailing the loss of her mother and eight-year-old brother. She views her writing, inspired by Dr. Refaat Alareer, not just as a refuge but as a vital act of defiance and love to ensure their stories—and Gaza’s voice—are never erased.
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Kumirayoma: The Spirit That Protects Women and the Forest
In the heart of the forest, where every sound breathes life and every root remembers, there is a spirit that protects and inspires: Kumirayoma — the spiritual, aromatic woman of youthful beauty who represents all women in the universe and in the forest.
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Asmaa Rashed: From Survival in Syria to Transforming Girls’ Education Through Storytelling
Discover Asmaa Rashed, a Syrian storyteller and activist empowering refugee girls through education. Her journey from war and displacement to creating “Haya Lenakra — Let’s Read” is one of resilience and hope.
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Permaculture and Palestine: Sowing Sovereignty and Resistance to Occupation
The land, for the Palestinian people, is more than a means of subsistence; it is their very identity and the map of resistance. The connection with Al-Ard (the Land) is an ancestral heritage that the occupation systematically attempts to erase, through a project of land theft and resource control.
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AMYK: The Yanomami Women’s Organization in Defense of Life and Territory
At the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, AMYK – the Yanomami Women’s Association Kumirayõma – is much more than an acronym: it is the organized voice and the driving force of the Yanomami women of Amazonas. Founded to resist aggressions and ensure cultural continuity, AMYK is living proof that Indigenous governance and female leadership are inseparable from the defense of the forest.
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Juliana Gomes: The Power of Indigenous Art and the Resistance of Jaguatirika
Discover the power of Juliana Gomes, aka Jaguatirika, whose indigenous and ancestral art brings OGA’s visual identity to life. Explore how her journey, which echoes from the Cerrado to the Louvre, transforms creativity into an act of revival and resistance.
If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is tied up with mine, then let us work together.
Lilla Watson (Indigenous Murri Elder of the First Nations of Sahul Continent, 1970)
