by Emily Shenton | May 23, 2025 | Emily Shenton, Healthcare
Imagine a world where there is no pain. It’s hard to do right? Pain encompasses so much of the human experience; emotional, physical, and everything in between. It’s a powerful indicator. Physically, it tells us when something is wrong. So, pain should be...
by Emily Shenton | May 23, 2025 | Emily Shenton, Everything In Between, Religion
To understand this complex and historically heavy happening an explanation into the construction of Islam in western ideology is in order, a construction which underpins the western feminist values of today. It is key to note that this article only dives briefly into...
by Emily Shenton | May 23, 2025 | Conflict, Emily Shenton, Everything In Between
“We don’t have control over our own life,” says Mirna Sakleh. Mirna, 39, was born in Bethlehem, in the West Bank, and has continued to live there for most of her adult life. Read more about Mirna’s story here She describes living in Palestine as living in...
by Emily Shenton | May 23, 2025 | Censorship, Emily Shenton
“[Wearing the hijab] is such a powerful choice at a young age, people would say things like towel head, or Osama’s daughter, but It really sends a message,” says Maheen Haq. Maheen is a civil rights litigator based in Washington DC, she grew up in Hagerstown, a...
by Emily Shenton | May 23, 2025 | Conflict, Emily Shenton, Everything In Between, Top Story
It was the year 2000 and Mirna Sakleh was 15 years old. She was attending Terra Sancta Girls School in Bethlehem, Palestine at the time, and her English Teacher, Susie got her class to keep diaries in the wake of the Second Intifada. As the years passed and the...
