The world is saturated with images of our death. But where are the images of our defiance? Gaza burns. Sudan bleeds. The Global South resists in every corner, yet that resistance is shadowed, censored, and erased. So much of what we see frames our struggle in grief, not in power.
My people—the Sudanese people—have risen up time and time again whenever injustice is imposed on the masses. The Palestinian people have resisted Zionist occupation for over 75 years and continue to fight for liberation despite everything thrown at them. Still, that fight is distorted at every turn. But this shouldn’t surprise us, because culture is a weapon. And in the hands of empire, it’s used against us.