march 2nd @ washington sq park

may the ripples of my words reach the tides of liberation 

i am here because of love 

not the colonizers definition of love bastardized to keep us entangled in capitalist interests

But real revolutionary love

my love for my family and friends, 

for all of my people, 

And for the people of the world fighting and loving for liberation

my love for the martyrs whose stories of joy, pain and heroism i may never get to hear 

for baby heba ziadeh who was starved to death by the Zionist machine at 1 week old  

for 26 year old Muhammad Al Kafarna who was murdered by a Zionist sniper while seeking food from an aid truck to support his family.

the resistance's fight is rooted in love for Heba Muhammad and all Palestinian life. 

I love the living whose stories deserve the whole world's audience

the journalists, healthcare workers, artists, and the multitude of Palestinians 

whose contributions and expressions of who they are

is done by sharing their deep resilience and struggle for freedom that is engrained in Palestinian history. 

my love for the children whose first and last cries are demands for liberation and justice 

because even their empty bellies can't be filled without us here in the streets right now heeding their calls  

for Palestinian refugees and those in exile living in jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and all over the world who are resisting all oppressive regimes

I am Palestinian and queer

those parts of me are intertwined and cannot be separated. 

The liberation for me and all marginalized people is entirely conditional on the eradication of zionism. 

We must decolonize our hearts, Dezionize our minds, and liberate the land. 

The empire is crumbling and now is the time to remain steadfast just like the Palestinians before us and those fighting today. 

no matter how many images and videos bring us immense pain 

none of us can truly fathom the horrors of living under constant fear of bombardment, torture, starvation, and displacement. 

what we are fighting for is a world where love can plant itself into the earth to photosynthesize free air, light, and water

to bear the fruit of liberation without the threat of being uprooted

ending this genocide is about focused and united love. 

Palestinian liberation is a love movement

queer and trans liberation is a love movement

Indigenous land back is a love movement

Black liberation is a love movement

love in the name of protection. 

love in the name of dismantling the harmful systems that are united to destroy us

Let’s never forget our interconnectedness

we have all the power and we are united in our fight for liberation and our love of our people. 

We keep us safe

Everyday we show the world that the Zionist settler project will end. 

Everyday we chip away at their fragile empire that was build on blood and exploitation.  

we Palestinians are a liberated people and Palestine will be free. 

i want to leave you all with the words of a Palestinian queer in Gaza. this message was left on a site called queering the map 

these are their words 

Idk how long I will live so I just want this to be my memory here before I die. I am not going to leave my home, come what may. My biggest regret is not kissing this one guy. He died two days back.

We had shared how much we like each other and I was too shy to kiss him one last time. He died in the bombing. I think a big part of me died too. And soon I will be dead. To younus, i will kiss you in heaven.