These are my articles written over time. Please feel free to ask questions about any post.
The snow had stopped, leaving the city rinsed in a pale blue hush. Inside the shelter, the air was thick with warmth and breath — a different silence now, not of absence, but of attention. The quiet box sat heavy on its table, its slit sealed with paper. Slips bulged like veins. Mina traced a […]
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Morning came pale and brittle, the kind of light that seemed afraid to touch the walls. The generator had stopped in the night; its silence left the air feeling too honest.Emil woke to the faint hum of a kettle and the soft clatter of brushes. Aisha was already at the wall, eyes tracing yesterday’s strokes.
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The plane slid beneath a ceiling of low clouds and broke into a morning the color of ash and lemon. Frost clung to the runway in seams. From the oval window, Emil saw rooftops like missing teeth, cranes stalled over skeletal frames, and the thin thread of a river glinting as if it had learned
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The wind had settled for the evening, and the air held a hush that only twilight brings. Emil sat on the porch, his elbows on his knees, staring out at the distant hills veiled in shadow. A news report had shaken him—another act of violence, another innocent life lost. Grandfather stepped out with two cups
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The question of whether Israeli actions in Gaza constitute genocide has become a subject of intense debate and scrutiny. This document contributes to that discussion by systematically analyzing the situation through the framework of the Ten Stages of Genocide, as defined by Genocide Watch. This framework outlines ten predictable stages—including classification, symbolization, dehumanization, organization, and
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The sky wasn’t gray. It was absent. Colorless. Soundless. Like a memory that no longer wanted to be remembered. Mira stood at the ridge above the valley. Below, soldiers moved like clock hands— efficient, cold, and counting down. Smoke rose from both camps. Not for warmth. Not for bread. They were preparing to erase each
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The next evening, the breeze was cool and the stars began twinkling early. Mira and Grandfather sat by the old firepit, the glow of the setting sun still warming the earth. “Grandfather,” Mira said, hugging her knees, “yesterday you said that when one nation tries to dominate another, we need something called a military. How
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Kavi had long observed a troubling yet common phenomenon, both on an individual and a national scale: people often incite provocation, creating conflicts that they later use as justification for their retaliatory actions. When these individuals or nations lash out, they are frequently blamed for their responses, even though it was their initial provocation that
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Life Challenges, War
Kavi had long been a keen observer of human behavior, and one pattern particularly intrigued him: the stark contrast between the mindset of those obsessed with war and the perspective of those committed to reconciliation. In his observations, he noted a critical difference in how each group viewed victory and defeat. The War Mentality Kavi
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Kavi had long observed a destructive pattern in human behavior: the pursuit of revenge. Whether among individuals, families, or nations, he noted that retaliatory actions rarely restored balance. Instead, they escalated conflicts, deepened wounds, and set the stage for even greater harm. The Revenge Dilemma Kavi noticed that: Inequitable Responses: There is no precise measure
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