I’m done with ‘statements’

I’m done with ‘statements’

Every morning, I wake up to a new statement about divesting. In almost all cases, the said divestment is a performative gesture which never materialises into any substantive action which the Palestinians ask of us. Music and dance have recently resurfaced as modes of self expression and liberation. Simultaneously, however, we have seen the mediums being contaminated by greed and violence, all while promptly repackaged as a site of healing and co…