Each other’s blood

are different levels of surprise and shock. Regardless of how intellectually internalized something is, once it takes place in reality, it is a different story. Radical Islamist ideology that catalyzes killings is, sadly, a reality we are aware of. Yet, each time it happens, I feel the shock anew. Because in our human hearts, buried with fear, is hope too. Despite it all, you hope it won’t reach the shores of your life. Call it denial, call it hope. Either way, there is a part of you, a part of me, that each time it happens tries to think that somehow now it will be stopped. That somehow this time, finally, will be the wake up call, and thus the last time we must cope […]