Where is the Palestinian Gandhi?  The non-violent heroin, the passive resister? The Palestinian who withstands blow after blow from Israel’s industry of occupation, yet refuses to strike back?

It is a fairly popular brain-teaser tossed around amongst orientalist’s; the Thomas Friedman’s, Nick Kristof’s and other backseat taxi-cab reporters.

The amplitude to which we resist imperialism, apartheid and state brutality is the amplitude to which we are free; amplify freedom.

#Bahrain

#Bahrain

“The angel is free because of his knowledge,
the beast because of his ignorance.
Between the two remains the son of man to struggle.”
- Rumi
Fihi ma Fihi #17

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate; it is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us.” - Marianne Williamson

Tokyo

Tokyo

The world is beautiful, and the people are mad.