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Hope deferred, despair renewed in Gaza

The war on Gaza has crossed every imaginable threshold of human suffering. Since October 7, 2023, Israel’s relentless military campaign has resulted in moe than 67,000 Palestinian deaths, of which most are women and children, and more than 167,000 injuries, alongside hundreds of Israeli casualties and over 240 hostages taken from Israel. Ninety percent of Gaza’s...

Politicisation of human suffering

I teach literature, a subject that is closely related to everyday life and hence cannot be divorced from political happenings. When interpreting literary texts, I often draw examples from political contexts...