Setting Yourself on Fire to Keep Others Warm: Why I Fight for Women’s Safety

I heard the screams before I saw her face. Deep, ancient howls. The agony of all women since the beginning of time. My stomach turned, knotted. I did not want to see, but I had no choice. I did not want to know, but somewhere deep, I knew. I gently pushed aside the partition of plastic bags strung together, held up by twine, tied together at the corners, dust-coated and frayed, quivering at the slightest breeze, ready to disintegrate. Even as the bags shook, the air was dead-still that day. <a href="https://linaabirafeh.medium.com/setting-yourself-on-fire-to-keep-others-warm-why-i-fight-for-womens-safety-97f948af7429">Learn More</a>