FROM PALESTINE TO SRI LANKA

There is a place on this earth where a child goes to bed not knowing if the next airstrike will take their mother, or their home, or their life.

- By Shazeena Naushad

There is a place where the call to prayer is drowned out by the sound of drones, and where the smell of gunpowder lingers longer than the scent of bread. That place is Palestine. And right now, Palestine is dying in front of our eyes.

Not just Gaza. Not just the West Bank. All of Palestine is under siege, by bombs, by occupation, by a world that has conveniently chosen silence over justice.

And here we are, in Sri Lanka, scrolling through our phones, sipping tea, attending events, living our lives, while a people with a 5,000-year-old heritage is being erased from the map. And the world? The world is pretending not to see.

What's Happening in Palestine?

As of June 2025, the situation in Palestine has reached catastrophic levels. The Israeli government's military offensive, disguised as “self-defense” has killed over 35,000 Palestinians, the majority of them civilians, women, and children. More than 70% of Gaza’s infrastructure has been decimated. Hospitals are non-functional, water is undrinkable, food is a luxury, and humanitarian aid is either blocked or bombed.

This isn’t a war. This is a systematic genocide.