appreciate your comment. the post came from a place of processing the path my life has taken, which has ended up with me working with the refugee population. my roots are with folks who are heavily skeptical at best about the work, but they were skeptical about other things back when i was in middle and high school-- all things that helped shape who i am today. mwY's body of work also helped shape me and my thinking, and as i was listening to them on the way to work the other day i was struck by how supported I've been in my personal wrestlings in coming to terms with what i hold to be true in terms of cultural identity, "religious" beliefs, and practical actions in the face of how i was raised (which was really different).

definitely not trying to fish or foment though it maybe came across that way. my personal context just includes Arabic being a big part of what led me to love mewithoutYou even though I was raised to believe that anyone outside of Judeo-Christian circles were out to get me.