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50 unforgettable #HistoricalPhotos that tell #stories beyond #words https://zorz.it/FtkBo | #OleksandraKyryliuk #HistorySeason #HumanStories #history #Instagram #FascinatingPhotos #pictures

never wrong, to spread some #GoodNews -and/ or #HumanStories …

be kind out there, people !

Stranded in Rafah as an Israeli Invasion Looms - The New York Times

Two interviews with #Gaza citizens and their experiences since Oct 7. Each moved multiple times, each lost so much - family members; a house he had just spent two years building and furnishing, with a nice area to sit, have coffee and talk. This alone is such a tragic, huge loss: normal life, a home, aspiration, happiness, peace; everything that makes a person.
#HumanStories https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/podcasts/the-daily/rafah-israel-gaza.html

Worrying about #Normalisation just now. Not the rapprochement btw Israel and Arab countries but the normalisation of suffering and ongoing problems; that the longer the Gaza bombing goes on, the more “normal” it becomes and the less attention the world pays (as with other ongoing conflicts). Same with #ClimateEmergency - we are quickly getting used to all the catastrophic news. So important to tell #HumanStories, to keep #Humanism and #Empathy for everyone alive, in all of us

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said he was “horrified” by a strike on an ambulance convoy outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip on Friday, ...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said he was “horrified” by a strike on an ambulance convoy outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip on Friday, reiterating his appeal for a humanitarian ceasefire.#UNNews #Globalperspectives #HumanStories
Guterres ‘horrified’ by strike on ambulance convoy in Gaza

Very good essay by Hala Alyan on how people in “the West” (my own bad phrasing) often fail to recognise Palestinian humanity, stories, suffering.

The dehumanisation of others has been, is, a key feature of all brutal systems and atrocities, but it also has many manifestations in the more everyday.

Let’s keep on reminding everyone - because it’s needed- of this most basic fact: we are all human, we all suffer and feel. #Personhood #HumanStories

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/opinion/palestine-war-empathy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

"The Shop Owner in Old Jerusalem (And a Nuanced Lesson in Perspective and Narrative)," a new short in my Human Stories:

https://joelmhoffman.com/Human-Stories/shorts/the-shop-owner-in-old-jerusalem-and-a-nuanced-lesson-in-perspective-and-narrative/

#HumanStories #Jerusalem #Israel #ירושלים #ישראל #ألقدس
#travel #TravelPhotography @travel

"The Immigrant Man and the Immigrant Girl," new on my #HumanStories -- https://joelmhoffman.com/Human-Stories/shorts/the-immigrant-man-and-the-immigrant-girl/

"There in front of me was the whole #immigration debate in a nutshell: a girl fleeing a country where she was valued less even than the clothes she wore, a new country that took her in, and a local population increasingly fed up with #immigrants."

#Sweden #Stockholm #SwedenDemocrats #Sverigedemokraterna #travel #equity #equality @travel #CurrentEvents #Afghanistan #Taliban #GamlaStan

A pencil drawing of an older man confronting a teenage girl. The caption reads, "The Immigrant Man and the Immigrant Girl: a true story of conflicting values."

Come on, baby, light my fire. #HumanStories #archaeology #EarlierThanHuman

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-neanderthal-human-fire-making-methods-intelligence.html

"Bath, UK: Two Cities in One" --- a new travel postcard from my "Human Stories."

Bath, UK is two cities in one, and you really, I mean REALLY, don't want to miss it. Read why: https://joelmhoffman.com/Human-Stories/postcards/bath-uk-two-cities-in-one/

#travel #postcard #TravelPostcard #HumanStories #Bath #BathUK

@photography @travel

A photo of grand architecture in Bath, UK

"Who should get a bigger tip: a waiter who gave me good service or a waiter who really needs the money? Does it matter if the waiter’s values clash with my own?"

These and other questions are on my mind as I recall a recent taxi ride. "The Taxi Driver — And How I May Have Aided and Abetted the Enemy," a short in my #HumanStories series: https://joelmhoffman.com/Human-Stories/shorts/the-taxi-driver-1-and-how-i-may-have-aided-and-abetted-the-enemy/#tips

#TippingCulture @sociology #Uber #DoorDash #TaxiDriver #writing #ShortStory #ShortStories #MicroFiction #writers #WritingCommunity

A woman surrounded by percent signs and dollar signs. The caption reads, "Who should I tip? And how much?"

"The Taxi Driver — And How I May Have Aided and Abetted the Enemy"

My #taxi driver sat ramrod straight, and exhibited a confusing mixture of subservience and independence. Halfway through the ride I figured out who he was. And it was a problem for me.

A new short in my #HumanStories series: https://joelmhoffman.com/Human-Stories/shorts/the-taxi-driver-1-and-how-i-may-have-aided-and-abetted-the-enemy/

#charity #cultures #DoorDash #equity #Instacart #LaGuardia #LGA #NewYorkCity #NYC #Starbucks #taxidriver #taxidrivers #taxis #tipculture #tippingculture #tips #Uber #gigeconomy

A photo of yellow taxis, with the caption: "The Taxi Driver — And How I May Have Aided and Abetted the Enemy"

Additional text reads: "My taxi driver sat ramrod straight, and exhibited a confusing mixture of subservience and independence. Halfway through the ride I figured out who he was..."

UN News: Five ways media and journalists can support climate action while tackling misinformation

It’s a fact: media shapes the public discourse about climate change and how to respond to it. Even the UN’s own Intergovernmental Panel of Experts on Climate Change (IPCC) warned clearly of this for the first time in the latest of its landmark series…
Five ways media and journalists can support climate action while tackling misinformation

I have a complicated relationship with #Ukraine, because right there on one of their bills they honor a man who killed many of my ancestors.

"Five Hryvnia in Ukraine and the Man who Killed My Ancestors," from my "World in Currency" series -- https://joelmhoffman.com/Human-Stories/series/the-world-in-currency/five-hryvnia-in-ukraine-and-the-man-who-killed-my-ancestors/

(This was also where I either was or wasn't followed by the secret police, and where I certainly had to grapple with a wealth gap in real way.)

#WorldInCurrency #travel #CurrentEvents #HumanStories

A photo of a 5-hryvnia Ukrainian bill against the background of coins from various countries

Is it okay that this 15-year-old girl spends her days carrying water instead of attending school? What if she doesn't mind? Is happiness even the question here? #HumanStories

https://joelmhoffman.com/Human-Stories/postcards/the-girl-carrying-water/

@sociology #India #wealth #poverty #childlabor #happiness #culture

A photo of a girl carrying two buckets across a highway, waiting for a big truck to pass

On a chilly winter day I woke up at 4:00am and excitedly put my camera gear together for a day of adventure. What would I see at #Rajaji National Park, the picturesque and sparsely visited wildlife refuge near the foothills of the Himalayas in India, best known for its frequent leopard sightings? 🐆

Find out: https://joelmhoffman.com/Human-Stories/postcards/rajaji-national-park/

#HumanStories #wildlife #photography #WildlifePhotography #India @photography