Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? When did we see you ill or in prison,…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
Blog Archives
From Palestine to Ferguson to Hawaii: Solidarity in Resistance
Tagged with: ferguson, Michael Brown, Noura Erakat, Palestine, Waikiki protests
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
A Circle of Violence: Deir Yassin to Har Nof
Originally posted on Wallwritings:
By James M. Wall Early Tuesday, November 18, two young Palestinians broke into a synagogue in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of West Jerusalem’s Har Nof. Armed with a gun, knives and axes, the assailants killed three rabbis and…
Posted in Uncategorized
Noura Erakat: 3 Talks in Honolulu Nov 28- Dec 1
Originally posted on Humanize Palestine:
Salma Al-Radiya, 2 years old, was killed by shrapnel from an Israeli tank shell in Beit Lihaya, north of Gaza Strip on July 23, 2014.
Tagged with: Hawaii Friends of SABEEL, HCJP, Noura Erakat, Occupation, settler colonialism
Posted in Human Rights, I BLOG, Israel, Justice, Palestine, Uncategorized
Posted in Human Rights, I BLOG, Israel, Justice, Palestine, Uncategorized
Get your fatwa off our backs! by amina wadud
Originally posted on Feminism and Religion:
It’s not so easy any more to control the parameters of Islam and the way it is practiced by those who wish to stuff their opinion down the throats of other Muslim citizens, be…
Tagged with: fatwa, Malaysia, Sisters in Islam
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
What Happens In Gaza After The U.S. Elections?
Originally posted on Wallwritings:
By James M. Wall National U.S. congressional elections come around every two years. The latest arrives Tuesday, November 4. The election will relieve U.S. television viewers of a steady diet of noxious attack ads funded, in…
Tagged with: James Wall, Noura Erakat
Posted in Catholic Social Doctrine, Gaza, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in Catholic Social Doctrine, Gaza, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
“Look Beyond the Frame” to Build a Better Church
This is how the Media Literacy Project(MLP) describes its mission: to “transform people into critical media consumers and engaged media justice advocates who deconstruct media, inform media policy, and create media that reflect their lived experience.” Andrea Quijada, Executive Director…
A Happy Atheistic Deepavali (aka Diwali) to Each and Every One of You!
Originally posted on S. Shankar :
I’m an atheist. There was a time—a green adolescent time of stumbling discovery—when because of my atheism I refused to enter temples, choosing rather to wait outside while my family disappeared inside for a while.…
Irish Priest Tony Flannery Begins 18-City US Tour on Conscience & Church Reform
Originally posted on Bondings 2.0:
Fr. Tony Flannery Irish Redemptorist Fr. Tony Flannery, who defied Vatican attempts to silence him, begins an 18-city speaking tour in the US this week that lasts through November 22nd. Flannery, a Redemptorist who is a…
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Indigenous Human Rights, Women’s Rights, LGBT Rights, Children’s Rights
These last few weeks have seen important steps forward in how we address the challenge to build a more just world, a world in which we recognize, as Archbishop Tutu said, that our humanity is defined by our recognition of…
Dawn Morais 