VOICES UPDATE — THE CRY FROM MIDDLE EAST WOMEN AND CHILDREN
Will You Become One of Yasmeen’s Readers? She writes about fear and displacement. She also wants room on the page for beauty, memories, and her children’s dreams.
Dear Friends,
I want to introduce you once again to Yasmeen, a mother of three writing from Gaza.
In her essay, I Want My Story to Speak First, https://medium.com/@yasmeenwrites/i-want-my-story-to-speak-first-00d4dcbc530f
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she opens a door into her life: a home, a balcony, flowers, schoolbooks, her grandmother’s key — and the ordinary days she once expected would continue.
One sentence stayed with me:
“I do not want asking for help to become the only language through which the world knows me.”
Through Voices of Women Worldwide and our Global Salon, I want to help her find readers who will stay, listen, and return.
Will ten of you help us begin?
https://medium.com/@yasmeenwrites/i-want-my-story-to-speak-first-00d4dcbc530f
Read her essay. Leave her a few thoughtful words. Follow her writing, and share her story with one person who will give it their attention.
If you wish and are able to offer financial support, Yasmeen includes a family support link in her article.
