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Spring 2025

On motherhood and activism through a genocide

A new mother reflects on connecting with Palestinians through faith

Zehra Kamani

On October 7, 2023, I was just about three months pregnant. As a genocide unfolded before our eyes in the weeks that followed, I reflected a lot on the parallel lives mothers live on both sides of this dystopian world. Like many others, my social media feed exposed me to countless images of the Israeli […] More »