ahmed on fear ness
ahmed shihab-eldin on fear ness
via fb post [https://www.facebook.com/reel/943381372158658]
notes/quotes from 2.5 min reel:
52 days .. that’s how long i sat in a prison cell in kuwait.. abducted over one sentence on x..
in prison fear comes first.. because fear offers you a deal.. safety in exchange for your silence/cooperation
once i realized i had nothing to hide.. i made myself a different deal.. i would never trade my silence for safety
because fearlessness begins with telling yourself the truth
multiply one frightened person by a movement/country.. and you find the powerful no longer need a prison cell.. a lot of things to dehumanize you.. can tell you you don’t belong
structural violence.. spiritual violence
pluralistic ignorance et al.. and why we need global detox
hari rat park law et al
but dignitiy stays w those of us who decide to keep it.. keep dancing.. during a genocide..
to the palestinian mothers in gaza.. if they can stand we can stand.. that is the root of our fearlessness
keep saying the truth out loud.. until world has no choice but to listen
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findings (aka: the things i can’t unsee) from on the ground ness deep dive and why we need tech w/o judgment
ie: the dance won’t dance unless/until it’s 1\ all of us 2\ legit free
nothing to date (ever since that day) has gotten to that root of problem
legit freedom will only happen if it’s all of us.. and in order to be all of us.. has to be sans any form of measuring, accounting, people telling other people what to do
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