Ekene

“From a distance”
― Emily Nemens, Clutch: A Novel

“The attempt to portray Palestinians, and Arabs in general, as Nazis was a deliberate public relations ploy to ensure that, three years after the Holocaust, Jewish soldiers would not lose heart when ordered to cleanse, kill and destroy other human beings.”
― Ilan Pappé, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

“Someone told me once that the mark of a good career is characterized by one’s ability to attain the rare kind of employment that’s meaningful enough to justify the time you spend away from loved ones. What a privilege to have finally gotten the job”
― Caro Claire Burke, Yesteryear

“(In the hierarchy of migration, “expat” is largely reserved for white Westerners who leave their homes for another country, usually because the money’s better there. When other people do this, they might be deemed “aliens” or “illegals” or at best “economic migrants.” As with most criteria of segregation, everyone knows, instinctively, how they will be labeled.”
― Omar El Akkad, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This