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A poem to the world
Has the earth cried enough for us to finally hear? Or have her cries been drowned out by bombs and fired bullets? Losing ourselves in man-made weapons, Metal death disguised as our protectors. Have you seen her bleed? Or are you too distracted by greed? I’m afraid we’ve failed the world, I think we’ve failed the children of today and the ones of tomorrow, A world built by promises turned into trenches, Spitting hate and ignorant verses, Survival is our new religion and the scripture says to ‘kill all’ if we feel threatened. Ignorance is bliss, But bliss is our excuse to hide the fact that we...
The Two Sides of Free Speech in Social Media
Social media is a powerful tool of communication. It allows everyone from all sides of the platform to express themselves. Generally speaking, this is a good way to make the freedom of speech and information accessible to all. However, this perspective only works under the light of positive social media use. In social media, free speech is for all, which means every perspective from both positive and negative side is allowed to have a voice. When you are on a social media platform, you have the choice to become anonymous or not. Becoming anonymous generally means you will most likely not be...
Why Body Positivity on Social Media is More Important Than You Think
For a long time, the socially accepted beauty standard looked like this: blond hair, blue eyes, pale skin, and legs with a noticeable gap in between them. Victoria Secret angels, runway models, and TV ads plastered this image of perfection to the American public for decades. With the rise of social media, it seems that these images are nonetheless inescapable. Lately, however, it seems that women are starting to push back on this type of marketing. While certainly not the only culprit, this type of unrealistic beauty standard that is largely still being advertised adds to feelings of self pity...
Peace or Piece Of Mind
I think about the peace we had Sitting calmly seeing the sky Cherishing beautiful movements And things we learnt in school But now it is not like that! Someone asked me- Are you having peace of mind and I said Only a piece of mind is left to be alive. Can we even sit in class? Hearing the ambulance roaming can we even continue to survive? Seeing friends losing their parents There is conflict happening inside Strange, unknown, and confused I pray for peace, security and A solution that exists
Online, things are not always what they seem
From Where I Stand
Plugged
The Lesson in Listening
War is not just a bad dream, it is real.
I open my eyes. The alarm rings again. I hate its noise and Mondays are so bad, the week starts and so does the school. What I like though, it’s the morning vibe in my house whether is Monday or Thursday or Sunday. My grandma is getting old and loosing her hearing so she turns the volume up at maximum every morning for breakfast time, because “mornings are for Fairuz”- my grandma loves her. I like her music too, it has some kind of magic which makes me dreaming with eyes open and I like her especially because it means the food is ready for breakfast and all of us will be around the table...
How peaceful is the world?
Wonder Woman, the new image for emancipation?
The Limits of Science...
To the, Tunisian dreams, scraper… (part 1)
*** With a hand raised to the sky, a square of light separates the visible from the real world, from what is not visible from the world of appearances. In that tedious moment, I knew, what original sin has long hidden from us, and understood that life was turning its back on me. To you, to us, and to this daring hatred of man... A hatred that is not misanthropic, but so repressive... Shadow on soul, the waves that for a long time made me one of his famous assailants, today are about to drown a spirit, a childhood dream, a last smile to life. O sweet Auroras, if life has provided you with the...
The Ethics of football
The Dangers of the Internet Beyond Cyberbullying
When the topic of kids and the internet arise in just about any conversation, the subject of cyberbullying is rarely far behind. It’s one of the most prominent issues children and teens are facing today. Unfortunately, it’s not the only thing parents should be concerned about when it comes to their children using the internet. Online predators, posting private information and hackers phishing for information are just a few more of the problems we have to watch out for as our kids learn how to be responsible digital citizens. Here are just a few issues adults can keep an eye out for when it...
Civil Disobedience
There is a strenuous debate over whether civil disobedience is an effective way of bringing about change or not. The general assumption is that civil disobedience effectively brings change to the society. However, it is my point of view that civil disobedience is not an effective way. To exemplify this, climate change is one of the most urgent, difficult, and side-lined issue in modern U.S. history. Government is our leader who needs to balance the economic growth and the climate change. For all the events that news can accommodate, unfortunately, climate change has been side-lined. When the...
The freedom of choice – an illusion?
Kiosks, are they really convenient?
Do you know what a kiosk is? You may not be familiar with the name, but you've probably used them a lot. A Kiosk is a touchscreen information delivery system installed in public places. And we're using it in many fast food restaurants, banks, hospitals, etc. If you check the introduction rate of kiosks in one of the top three fast-food restaurants in Korea, more than 60 percent of stores have already introduced kiosks, and the increase rate is steep. The reason why we use kiosks so much is because it is convenient, but I think we should stop using them. First, it's hard for people with...
Peace shall reign
Marking International Poetry Day (21 March 2020), a group of young poets and Voices of Youth contributors write about the power of peace. Their poems are a cry to end violence against children, and a message of support to the children and youth affected by conflict. Salman is a 21 year old writer, a poet and a motivational speaker from Nigeria, who frequently writes on Voices Of Youth about Culture and Human Rights. You can read his content here. The world is placed for peace and grounds for unity. For people to leave even without kisses but not a piece of a calamity. Now a lot has changed in...