April 2010
10 posts
two weeks
i remind myself everyday of how lucky i am: to have parents who encourage me to be whatever i want to be. to have sisters who look up to me. to have a boyfriend who i am in love with. to have a few friends who i can understand and who understand me. to be at a university where i’m constantly learning about everything and anything i want to learn about. to live in a country that, despite all...
coachella 2010
hmm
today, in my create education initiatives in afghanistan class (yes, super long name) we had a very interesting guest speaker. he was the founder of the afghan business network, which provides funds and mentorship opportunities for entrepreneurs in afghanistan. it was very cool, and very very very in line with current neoliberal, economically-framed ideas of “development” (ie, he was...
“Is our world really divided into two, so that one part makes culture and the...”
– Mahmood Mamdani
““I would like to conclude with the question of responsibility. It is a...”
– Mahmood Mamdani
“It is true that, unless we learn to forget, life will turn into revenge-seeking....”
– Mahmood Mamdani
