HOW CAN WE COEXIST

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HOW CAN WE COEXIST? Senator Mobina
Jaffer Pieces of the Coexistence
Puzzle Brandeis UniversityMarch 15, 2007
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Fatima
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Susan
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• COEXISTENCE IS
• Democracy
• Human Rights
• Gender Development

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• COEXISTENCE MEANS
• TO LIVE IN PEACE WITH ONE ANOTHER WITH DIFFERENCES

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• COEXISTENCE
• Democracy
• Human Rights
• Gender Development

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How People Live
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How People Work
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How People Collect Firewood
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• What is Coexistence?

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In Reality
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• Democracy

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• Democracy
• Prioritize
• Use of Resources

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• Human Rights
• Food Water Shelter

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HUMAN RIGHTS
The Right to Food
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Food, in Reality

• Every day, almost 16,000 children around the
  world die from hunger-related causes
• That is 1 child every 5 seconds

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HUMAN RIGHTS
Clean Water
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Water, in Reality

• 400 Million people around the world today have
  NO ACCESS to safe water
• That is 1 in 5 people around the world

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HUMAN RIGHTS
Shelter
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Shelter, in Reality

• 640 Million people live each day without
  adequate shelter
• That is 1 in 3 persons in the world

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• Gender

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Equality
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SPEECHLESS
At home, I speak the language of the gender that
is better than me. In the mosque, I speak the
language of the nation that is better than
me. Outside, I speak the language of those who
are the better race. I am a non-Arabic Muslim
woman who lives in a Western country. - Fatema,
poet, Toronto
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• Development

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EDUCATION
ACCESS
EXPERIENCE
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EDUCATION
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ACCESS
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EXPERIENCE
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• Education
• Access Experience
• Fosters Development

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• The Blind Bird
• The thunder of missiles
• blows away the Burqa
• from my face
• The veil I had on from shame and sorrow
• Do you remember me as a bride
• who was supposed to be unveiled by a proud groom?
• At that time my eyes were closed from shyness
• but now my eyes are closed because of the
  bareness of the truth
• For the fire of shame that is burning
• The Burqa is blown away
• from a faceless body
• How am I supposed to keep a face in front of the
  world
• when you have denied me my dignity?
• How should I claim my dignity when all parts of
  it are destroyed
• by your wrongdoings?

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Let me touch the walls to find my way home Let me
find my way by the brightness of the
explosions Let me search for my children in
neighbouring countries Let me cry and scream for
the years we have lost at being apart Let me
learn how to live in peace by peacekeeper
troops Let me eat from thrown food packages to
survive I am the Blind Bird with a destroyed
nest My eyes need time to be familiar with the
light Let me touch my surroundings to know what I
have lost -Fatema Akhtar Rahmani, Toronto
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Why We Still Do Not Have Coexistence
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DOES STUDYING EXHAUST YOU?
IT DOESNT EXHAUST THEM!
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YOU DONT LIKE GREEN VEGETABLES...?
THEY HAVE NO CHOICE!
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ARE YOU ON A DIET ALL THE TIME...?
THEY WISH TO EAT...
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DOES YOUR PARENTS SUPER PROTECTION BOTHER YOU?
THEY DON'T HAVE PARENTS!
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ARE YOU BORED PLAYING THESAME GAMES...?
THEY DONT HAVE ANY OPTION!!!
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DID THEY BUY YOU ADIDAS, WHEN YOU WANTED NIKE...?
THEY ONLY HAVE THIS BRAND!!!
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ARE YOU UPSET THEY ORDERED YOU TO BED...?
THEY DONT WANT TO WAKE UP!!!
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