When you exist in the centre of a debate, as a topic, a hypothesis - otherised and stigmatised … - Randa Abdel-Fattah

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This year [2015] has shown with painful clarity that our existing systems, approaches, and funding, are inadequate to the task at hand, and to the amount of human suffering that is ongoing.

Randa Abdel-Fattah

When you exist in the centre of a debate, as a topic, a hypothesis - otherised and stigmatised - you become the prop in a proposition.

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Sometimes it's easy to lose faith in people. And sometimes one act of kindness is all it takes to give you hope again.

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The hijab, or sikh turban, or Jewish skullcap are all explicit symbols, but they do not represent a threat or affront to others, and have no bearing on the competence, skills and intelligence of a person.

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What’s the good of being true to your religion on the outside, if you don’t change what’s on the inside,were it really counts ?

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But persistent name calling? that prolongs hurt. It stretches out. Each nasty word stretches the rubber band further away until finally, one day, it snaps back at you with maximum impact

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