KARNI KEUSHGERIAN
BIO
Karni Keushgerian (she/her/hers) is a part of St. Lawrence University’s class of 2025 majoring in Global Studies and minoring in Education and Gender & Sexuality Studies. As an Armenian/Lebanese student, her interests revolve around education systems, processes of cultural preservation, diasporic groups, and social movements in Arab and Armenian communities.
Ali Abusheikh writes from Doha, Qatar amidst the COVID-19 crisis, but he is also thinking of his home - Gaza. ““I sympathize with the world. I understand people's fear. Why wouldn't I? I already know what it is like to be stuck at home for weeks when it is not safe to go out. (And in the case of Gaza, staying at home isn't enough to protect you; Israeli missiles can just as easily find you there.) I already know how it feels to unexpectedly have to cancel weddings and other special occasions. I grew up being unable to travel.”