The sequence of holidays currently marked in our region—Nowruz, Eid al-Fitr, Passover, and Easter—falls this year upon ground saturated with pain, beneath a cloud of war that refuses to disperse.
Precisely now, these occasions echo voices that have been pushed aside in the shadow of the fighting: the hope for light in Nowruz, the call for compassion in Eid al-Fitr, the exodus from the straits of fear in Passover, and the faith in growth emerging from suffering in Easter.
Intoxicated with power and callous of heart leaders, have caused us to be unable to celebrate this year as we love to celebrate. Not here, and not there.
In the forum “Silence is a Crime,” we know that silence is a relinquishing of our humanity. We refuse to accept war as an inevitable decree, and we remind that freedom and life are attained only together, and not at the expense of others.
May we learn to transform silence into a cry for peace, despair into action, and division into a deep and courageous connection.