Abubaker Abed
Dignity and Access | On Food and Power
Abubaker Abed
Back during the end of history, Thomas Friedman presented his “Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention” in a 1996 New York Times op-ed. As he put it, “no two countries that both have a McDonald’s have ever fought a war against each other.” There was “no question,” he declared, that McDonald’s “is part of this worldwide phenomenon of countries integrating with the global economy and submitting to its rules.” Today,...
Bleak and Desolate Shelves | What Starvation Looks Like in Gaza
Abubaker Abed
I left Gaza in April after receiving a scholarship to study in Ireland. I’d delayed leaving for over a year, resistant to the idea of abandoning my family and my country. But I finally decided to go after facing symptoms of acute malnutrition and, as a journalist, continued Israeli threats to my safety. Until then, I’d lived in Deir al-Balah, a city in the center of the besieged territory. Those...
