1. Pieces of the Coexistence Puzzle Brandeis University March 15, 2007
HOW CAN WE COEXIST?
Senator Mobina Jaffer
Pieces of the Coexistence Puzzle
Brandeis University March 15, 2007

2. Fatima

3. Susan

4. COEXISTENCE IS
Democracy
Human Rights
Gender & Development

5. TO LIVE IN PEACE WITH ONE ANOTHER WITH DIFFERENCES
COEXISTENCE MEANS
TO LIVE IN PEACE WITH ONE ANOTHER WITH DIFFERENCES

6. COEXISTENCE
Democracy
Human Rights
Gender & Development

8. How People Live

9. How People Work

10. How People Collect Firewood

11. What is Coexistence?

12. In Reality

13. Democracy

14. Democracy
Prioritize
Use of Resources

15. Human Rights
Food Water Shelter

16. HUMAN RIGHTS
The Right to Food

17. Food, in Reality That is 1 child every 5 seconds
Every day, almost 16,000 children around the world die from hunger-related causes
That is 1 child every 5 seconds

18. HUMAN RIGHTS
Clean Water

19. 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

20. HUMAN RIGHTS
Shelter

21. That is 1 in 3 persons in the world
Shelter, in Reality
640 Million people live each day without adequate shelter
That is 1 in 3 persons in the world

22. Gender

23. Equality

24. 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

25. Development

26. EDUCATION
ACCESS
EXPERIENCE

27. EDUCATION

28. ACCESS

29. EXPERIENCE

30. Education
Access Experience
Fosters Development

34. 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?

35. 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

39. Why We Still Do Not Have Coexistence

40. DOES STUDYING EXHAUST YOU?
IT DOESN’T EXHAUST THEM!

41. YOU DON´T LIKE GREEN VEGETABLES...?
THEY HAVE NO CHOICE!

42. ARE YOU ON A DIET ALL THE TIME...?
THEY WISH TO EAT...

43. DOES YOUR PARENTS’ SUPER PROTECTION BOTHER YOU?
THEY DON'T HAVE PARENTS!

44. ARE YOU BORED PLAYING THE SAME GAMES...?
THEY DON’T HAVE ANY OPTION!!!

45. DID THEY BUY YOU ADIDAS, WHEN YOU WANTED NIKE...?
THEY ONLY HAVE THIS BRAND!!!

46. ARE YOU UPSET THEY ORDERED YOU TO BED...?
THEY DON’T WANT TO WAKE UP!!!