Georges Nasser’s ‘Where To?’//‘إلى أين؟’

Félix Vallotton (Switzerland, 1865-1925)

Die Risle bei Berville

Munther Isaac's Christmas message from Bethlehem. It's in English so there's no mistaking who needs to hear it. Please don't ignore it.

"We will be OK. Despite the immense blow we have endured, we, the Palestinians, will recover. We will rise. We will stand up again from the midst of destruction, as we have always done as Palestinians. Although this is, by far, maybe the biggest blow we have received in a long time, but we will be OK. But for those who are complicit, I feel sorry for you. Will you ever recover from this? Your charity and your words of shock after the genocide won't make a difference, and I know these words of shock are coming, and I know people will give generously for charity, but your words won't make a difference. Words of regret won't suffice for you. And let me say it; we will not accept your apology after the genocide. What has been done has been done. I want you to look in the mirror, and ask: Where was I when Gaza was going through a genocide?"

Listen/purchase: All The Beauty In This Whole Life by Brother Ali

again and again and again and again

It's frustrating that this has become a chess piece in USA reactionary thinking and that the obvious questions of why and how that stem from this aphorism are never followed up on. Although I'm afraid that its more likely that people flat out don't care enough to ask or have the awareness to ask, or both and then some other depressing third thing.

"Minoan ladies in blue" frescoe at the Palace of Knossos, Minoan (Crete), circa 1500 BC

Limamu Mbaye by Jack Chipper for Numéro Netherlands January 2025

Poster advertising Omega bicycles, featuring a young man smoking a pipe while riding a bicycle (c. 1920). Artwork by Albert Dorfinant.

Ben Kimura

2014-09-03