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It's Not Ideal by Y9ssra, literature

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It's Not Ideal

It’s Not Ideal Yussra MT Ebrahim 4/10/2024 Politics is a series of utilitarian concessions, and as soon as we allow ourselves to think politically, we’ve already fallen into the trap where anything can be justified. We could shake hands with powerful oppressors and find a way to say we’re doing it for the oppressed. Politics attracts would-be activists for justice and distracts them from taking down the system by promising change from within the system… but the only thing the system changes is the activists themselves. Before approaching any political effort, we have to start by asking: what are we willing to compromise on, and will our souls get compromised in the process? Tonight, the more privileged of my fellow activists for Palestine congratulated themselves for collaborating with a Zionist to get a ceasefire resolution passed, a resolution with racist and fascist wording. As they bent down to get on my level, they said to me, “It’s not ideal, but if you kiss the boots on your

I Daydream of Justice by Y9ssra, literature

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I Daydream of Justice

I Daydream of Justice Yussra MT Ebrahim 3/29/2024 I had an interesting experience at my field site last week: a client offended me. I have this new client who I’ve never met in person or even seen, as our sessions take place over the phone. She’s a lively person, a storyteller and a comedian to her core, and it’s been a pleasure and an honor getting to know her story, as she’s taught me so much about resilience. We have established a wonderful rapport, and at the end of our first session a couple of weeks ago, she told me I’m good at what I do and will have many clients wanting to work with me, which was very touching to hear. Last week, she kept talking well past the hour, but I didn’t have another session in the morning and gave her the extra space. But then right as we were closing the session, when she was talking about how she has so much to be grateful for, she said something that she would never have uttered if she could see me. She said she’s lucky not to live in one of

In the Moonlight of Ramadan by Y9ssra, literature

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In the Moonlight of Ramadan

In the Moonlight of Ramadan Yussra MT Ebrahim 3/23/2024 We go through life with foggy eyes, and from time to time, al Jabbar allows the clouds to lift, restoring our full eyesight. In such times of clarity, I feel the same urgency as a man who has minutes left to live, as I recognize that the fog will return and I won’t retain this level of sharpness until the next life, subhanallah. Still, the crisp vision of spiritual insight offers me sufficient perspective to head in the right general direction with my foggy eyes until it’s time for my next blessed burst of taqwa that lifts these clouds from Earth, this smog of the soul, subhanallah wa bi hamdihi. I see now in the moonlight of Ramadan, I see the world for what it is, if only for this moment, and I am awed and reassured. How should I live my life, which is from You, except by heading back to You, Allah? Alhamdulillah, my heart is bursting.

Strawbery Banke by Y9ssra, literature

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Strawbery Banke

Strawbery Banke Yussra MT Ebrahim 3/19/2024 it's a beautiful city the bridge goes up and down the trees are pink on water it's a lovely racist town who has more right to the cream of the shores and the blue of the skies? is this our town or yours? brick-paved walkways and calls for our slaughter in streets and city halls shape this town on the water for a tourist town with strawberry banks its reputation is its pride this righteous city is pretty woke and pretty fine with genocide

Refuting Arguments Against Ceasefire Resolutions by Y9ssra, literature

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Refuting Arguments Against Ceasefire Resolutions

Refuting Arguments Against Ceasefire Resolutions Yussra MT Ebrahim 3/17/2024 Dear Dover City Councilors, My name is Yussra Ebrahim, I'm a clinical counselor, I grew up in the Masjid in Dover, and I served the Dover District Court last year as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for children involved in DCYF cases of neglect and abuse. I'm reaching out to urge you to support the ceasefire resolution that Councilor April Richer will present at the next meeting; I have a few important responses to present to common arguments against my crucial request, and I ask that this email be added to the public record. In response to the argument that "I'll support a ceasefire as a private citizen, but not as a city councilor." What's the point of having power if you're not going to use it? What did the people of Dover elect you for? Last week, you all adopted Councilor Linnea Nemeth's resolution to make March women's history month. If women's rights mean anything to you, then you won't just

Fighters' Resolve by Y9ssra, literature

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Butterflies

Life is like a rose Its petals fall and wither The thorns cut us and make us bleed But its beauty is still undeniable Our reality is a puzzle That our minds try to solve But the pieces won’t fit And the answers keep changing We are products of the past and the present Of the inevitable and the possible We make our own paths and follow others But we never know the outcome We exist in a realm Of clarity and confusion We see the light and the dark But we also see the shades We are human, complicated and diverse Flawed and amazing Both ridiculous and remarkable Common and unique The world is full of paradoxes and contradictions That defy the logic of our cognition We seek to comprehend the mysteries of existence We are bound by the laws of nature and physics by the whims of culture and politics We are driven by the impulses of emotion and passion by the principles of reason and rationality We are shaped by the forces of history and destiny by the choices of society and

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Artist // Hobbyist // Varied

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Deviant for 8 years

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Salam! 😆 I'm Yussra, a Muslim, Iraqi American woman training to become a clinical counselor insha'Allah. For years, I taught writing to college students in New England, and before that, I studied botany. I love making videos, writing essays and poetry, creating comics and watercolor pencil illustrations, and being out in nature. Everyone is on their own journey, but it's better to walk together.

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Shame on DeviantArt for Supporting Genocide by Y9ssra, journal

Shame on DeviantArt for Supporting Genocide

Oct 25, 2023

I cannot believe the magnitude of the racist disregard for human life demonstrated by DeviantArt's staff. I pray they don't get away with this; may the exposure and backlash come at them from every corner of the internet! At the time I'm writing this entry, the death toll in Gaza has reached five thousand, half of whom were children; half of Gaza's population is children, and they have essentially grown up in a giant concentration camp under frequent bombardment, yet while over ONE MILLION Palestinians have suddenly become homeless over the past few weeks and are running out of clean water, food, and medicine as the apartheid state of Israel commits ethnic cleansing of Palestinians at this very moment after decades of dispossession, occupation, and blockade condemned by international human rights organizations, DeviantArt whitewashes these atrocities with a "Peace for Israel" logo, tag, and misleading, morally reprehensible post with the comments disabled "to avoid the distribution of