"In overcrowded displacement camps, in shelters exposed to the elements, and in makeshift homes that barely offer protection, they persist—not out of choice, but because there is no alternative."
"Since Saladin, however, there has been scant sign of comparable Arab achievement — consider Nobel prizes, or an absence of them. Colonialism cannot take all the blame."
I mean, WOW. Such uniquely pungent British racism. This piece just made my eyes pop.
Women here have become both the primary caretakers and providers, sustaining their families in the absence of husbands, fathers, and sons.
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Counterpoint: white people should never stop because this shit is hilarious
“to cancel vast swathes of the operatic repertory in order to placate activists or mischief-makers would be utterly unacceptable”
maybe white people should stop
s. e. smith
If you think you might object to the opera with the rollerskating naked nuns that also includes live sex, cannibalism and people hanging from hooks by their skin, maybe don't see a production directed by a director who is famous for shows with a lot of nudity, sex, violence and also cannibalism
