Tag: palestine

  • “From the tunnels of Gaza, what’s more underground than this?”

    “From the tunnels of Gaza, what’s more underground than this?”

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    heather
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    Around this time last year, MC Abdul first found his way into my YouTube feed with his Shouting at the Wall music video. You might recognize him from Macklemore’s Hinds Hall 2, but MC Abdul was still new to me then. This young Palestinian kid rapping these painfully vulnerable yet defiant lyrics while walking past…

  • Hospicing Modernity

    Hospicing Modernity

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    heather
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    The book’s title alone is confrontational: Hospicing Modernity. Hospice care is not rehabilitative – it’s palliative.  A patient entering hospice care is not seeking to be cured, but to be comforted and cared for at the end of their life. Hospicing is about accepting the inevitability of death with compassion and dignity, recognizing our shared…