Today on #Rep🟦 - 3Ps: Public Opinion ⠀ It’s time to talk about…Talking About Palestine. ⠀ Featuring an exclusive interview with @BellaHadid, we consider how Public Opinion affects the lives of Palestinian people, as well as the rest of us. ⠀ Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Transcripts available at: ays.media/rep

This night at Harvard changed me and my family’s life forever. ⠀ This miracle happened while discussing Storytelling, Identity, and our Rep Podcast at Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics. ⠀ My Rep journey began with sharing my family’s story in an episode titled “Vanished.” ⠀ It is my biggest honor to present to you our final chapter of the quest we call Rep, “Alive.” ⠀ A story of how our stories lead to revolutions. 🟦 ⠀ Listen wherever you get your podcasts, transcripts available at: ays.media/rep

You have the opportunity to do the bravest thing you’ve ever done. Don’t pass it up. Free Palestine. CEASEFIRE NOW.

UPDATE: at least 1,000 killed. // words by @danya.issawi: “thousands of people were sheltering and receiving care at the hospital. they hoped they'd be safe since it's funded by Christian charities. I have no words.” 💔 at a complete loss.

Have you been examining your relationship with your stories about Palestine and Israel? How have these stories evolved in the last couple weeks? Human Rights Lawyer co-host of #ThePalestinePod @GazanGirl, broke this down for us on a 2021 #PodcastNoor interview.

These conversations don’t need to echo the violence and dehumanization of what is happening on the ground in Palestine and Israel. I really believe underneath all the divisive rhetoric is a desperate need to be witnessed as human beings. There is a genocide happening right before our eyes, and it will take lifetimes and generations to heal from this moment in time. And the question I continue to ask myself every day is: How do I as an individual embody the peace, unity, liberation, freedom, dignity, I want to see? reflecting and acting on this continues to give me peace and clarity. May all beings everywhere be free from suffering. ❤️‍🩹 I love you.

Wadea had just celebrated his 6th birthday. In Illinois, A Palestinian American boy stabbed to death 26 times by a 71 year old landlord yelling, “YOU MUSLIMS MUST DIE.” His mother was also stabbed several times and is in critical condition. Like many of you, my heart feels like it’s been ripped out of my chest and stomped on. The hatred, the dehumanization, the vitriol, the direct result is this. Fatal Islamophobia. Fatal Antisemitism. There is no winning here. It’s just damage upon damage. Pain, suffering, grief. And we are ALL accountable. Each of us has our own stories of what and why this is happening, gaps in empathy in compassion, blind spots, limited perspectives. Our entire feeds all look and sound different. And the polarization is killing us. May we all have the courage and willpower to ask ourselves, “What is my role?” The role you’ve already played and the role you will take moving forward. May we lead in Truth, peace, unity, liberation and freedom for all. God protect us. 💔 slides via @sainthoax

“Asking ChatGPT About Israel and Palestine” by Pulitzer Prize journalist @monachalabi: Using a brand new account, I put two questions to ChatGPT (a computing system that gives people answers based on a summary of huge amounts of publicly accessible information). This is why I care about fair journalism, why I care about headlines that say Palestinians "died" and Israelis were "killed" - because we are documenting the present for future artificial intelligence, algorithms and government policies and calculations for how many bombs to buy and where to send them to. ChatGPT, like all artificial intelligence, has been taught by us. We have a responsibility to be thoughtful about how we use our words and to think critically about the words we're reading, even the ones presented by supposedly neutral sources. All people deserve justice. But real justice can't be had if "it's complicated" for some of us but not for others.

If you’re feeling lost on social media today, and want to know how we got here (lack of empathy and compassion, dehumanization, etc), I recommend listening to “3Ps: Public Opinion” episode of our investigative podcast “REP: A Story About the Stories we Tell.” (Episode 10) I investigated how the dehumanization of the Palestinian People has impacted all of us, including the dehumanization of Israelis. Our social media wars aren’t going to prevent real bombs from dropping on real and sacred human life. Protect your heart. Protect your awareness. Be mindful of your language. Have the hard conversations with actual people you know and love. It’s #FreePalestine, because none of us are free until all of us are free. Reflecting on these words by Peter Beinart, Editor-At-Large at @JewishCurrentsMag, What if there is no separation and division? What if our peace and liberation is always intertwined? #Rep🟦

new signature look for a new signature ✨keynote speech✨… 👀

i really believed I was in my water bending era until this painting…if this isn’t the face of a fire bender…💧🔥 some #nyfw memories…(another question I’m asking myself…how do people keep up with posting! I haven’t found harmony when it comes to being present in the moment and posting about live events when they are live, want to do better in integrating it into the experience when documenting might add joy/pleasure. Any reflections/tips welcome!!) 🖤🌻

#QIAM: What role does social commentary play in your life? Adam and a friend got into a really interesting debate about the value of commentary and “hot takes” on PUBLIC PLATFORMS… I’m curious, what is your relationship with it?