People have the right to resist annihilation.

Can the hungry go on a hunger strike? Non-violence is a piece of theatre. You need an audience. What can you do when you have no audience? People have the right to resist annihilation.

Arundhati Roy

Sheikha Mozah

elegant, graceful, and modest.. my favourite style Icon.

And tomorrow, there will be for my ummah,
A palace in the sky,decorated by lighted torches
And tomorrow, when the truth inevitably rises


Sheikh Mishary- I weep for Syria

neshat

today I looked at Shirin Neshat's photos at three thirty am in the morning...she captures post-revolution Iranian women in a palpable way, exposing the intricacies of religion, violence and nation-building in relation to women's bodies and identities in Iran......

sadness.

These things may seem ridiculous to others, even as ridiculous as they were in themselves but to me they were the most tormenting cogitations.

John Bunyon, Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners.