Humans can be viscous & vindictive in the cruelest of ways.. feels like nothing changed sometimes. “Omar (not his real name) is a university student. Like many Arab young people, he maintains a Facebook account that consists largely of religious verses. A few days after the October 7th attack, he posted a verse about being patient during hard times. A stranger left a comment accusing Omar of supporting Hamas. Omar blocked the stranger. Then a screenshot of the post showed up on a student WhatsApp chat of Omar’s department. Someone wrote, “I’m not just locking him out of this group, I will make sure that he feels bad every time he comes near the university.” Frightened, Omar filed a police report and then informed the university, sending a screenshot of his post to illustrate the absurdity of the incident. In response, the university sent him a letter informing him that he had been suspended pending a disciplinary hearing.”

*vicious humans I really feel hopeless sometimes.