A seven-year-old girl at her mother’s grave. Parisa Lashkari, 30, killed during protests in Noorabad, Fars province, Iran, on January 10th. No child should have to carry this kind of grief. May her mother’s memory be honored and may the truth be established, with protection for civilians, accountability for those responsible and greater freedom for all those who are seeking it.
I visited Mykolaiv and Kherson in Ukraine this week to meet families living on the frontline. The threat of drones was a constant, heavy presence. You hear a low hum in the sky. It’s become known locally as a ‘human safari’, with drones used to track, hunt and terrorize people, constantly. There was a moment when we had to pause and wait while a drone flew overhead. I was in protective gear, and for me, it was just a couple of days. The families here live with this every single day. They’ve moved their schools, clinics and daycare into reinforced basements, determined that life will go on. It was hard but inspiring to witness. Many people spoke to me about the psychological burden of living under continual threat — and the deeper fear of being forgotten by the world. It is difficult to understand how, in a world with such a strong capacity for diplomacy, civilians in Ukraine, Sudan, Gaza, Yemen, the DRC and so many other places suffer daily – as if there is nothing that those in power can do to end those conflicts and to protect all civilians, equally. What gives me hope is the incredible courage and skill of local organizations and volunteers and those who support them, like @marshzhinok @gen.ukrainian @fightforrightngo and @helpukraine_team If they can find the strength, governments ought to able to do the same.
I visited Mykolaiv and Kherson in Ukraine this week to meet families living on the frontline. The threat of drones was a constant, heavy presence. You hear a low hum in the sky. It’s become known locally as a ‘human safari’, with drones used to track, hunt and terrorize people, constantly. There was a moment when we had to pause and wait while a drone flew overhead. I was in protective gear, and for me, it was just a couple of days. The families here live with this every single day. They’ve moved their schools, clinics and daycare into reinforced basements, determined that life will go on. It was hard but inspiring to witness. Many people spoke to me about the psychological burden of living under continual threat — and the deeper fear of being forgotten by the world. It is difficult to understand how, in a world with such a strong capacity for diplomacy, civilians in Ukraine, Sudan, Gaza, Yemen, the DRC and so many other places suffer daily – as if there is nothing that those in power can do to end those conflicts and to protect all civilians, equally. What gives me hope is the incredible courage and skill of local organizations and volunteers and those who support them, like @marshzhinok @gen.ukrainian @fightforrightngo and @helpukraine_team If they can find the strength, governments ought to able to do the same.
I visited Mykolaiv and Kherson in Ukraine this week to meet families living on the frontline. The threat of drones was a constant, heavy presence. You hear a low hum in the sky. It’s become known locally as a ‘human safari’, with drones used to track, hunt and terrorize people, constantly. There was a moment when we had to pause and wait while a drone flew overhead. I was in protective gear, and for me, it was just a couple of days. The families here live with this every single day. They’ve moved their schools, clinics and daycare into reinforced basements, determined that life will go on. It was hard but inspiring to witness. Many people spoke to me about the psychological burden of living under continual threat — and the deeper fear of being forgotten by the world. It is difficult to understand how, in a world with such a strong capacity for diplomacy, civilians in Ukraine, Sudan, Gaza, Yemen, the DRC and so many other places suffer daily – as if there is nothing that those in power can do to end those conflicts and to protect all civilians, equally. What gives me hope is the incredible courage and skill of local organizations and volunteers and those who support them, like @marshzhinok @gen.ukrainian @fightforrightngo and @helpukraine_team If they can find the strength, governments ought to able to do the same.
I visited Mykolaiv and Kherson in Ukraine this week to meet families living on the frontline. The threat of drones was a constant, heavy presence. You hear a low hum in the sky. It’s become known locally as a ‘human safari’, with drones used to track, hunt and terrorize people, constantly. There was a moment when we had to pause and wait while a drone flew overhead. I was in protective gear, and for me, it was just a couple of days. The families here live with this every single day. They’ve moved their schools, clinics and daycare into reinforced basements, determined that life will go on. It was hard but inspiring to witness. Many people spoke to me about the psychological burden of living under continual threat — and the deeper fear of being forgotten by the world. It is difficult to understand how, in a world with such a strong capacity for diplomacy, civilians in Ukraine, Sudan, Gaza, Yemen, the DRC and so many other places suffer daily – as if there is nothing that those in power can do to end those conflicts and to protect all civilians, equally. What gives me hope is the incredible courage and skill of local organizations and volunteers and those who support them, like @marshzhinok @gen.ukrainian @fightforrightngo and @helpukraine_team If they can find the strength, governments ought to able to do the same.
These kinds of grave statements and warnings are supposed to carry weight and to lead to action. We have rights as a consequence of being human, not because of who we are or where we happen to live. It is shattering to see that so many innocent lives – and principles so many of us stand by and believe in – are being disregarded in this way. This is the continuation of decades of selective defense of human rights – not the sudden loss of a moral center. It is the consequence of treating some lives as important and others as disposable. It is the culmination of the shameless way UN Security Council countries pick and choose which countries to criticise or ignore, and which to help and defend, while the numbers of people forcibly displaced by violence has more than doubled in a decade globally – Sudanese, Syrians, Afghans, Ukrainians and Palestinians among them. None of this is happening by accident. It is intentional. This includes the choice by governments to ignore these warnings, while the death toll rises with every passing day. This reshapes the world. Shocking new precedents are being set that will mean that civilians are even more vulnerable in conflict in the future than they are today. Whether from starvation, or attacks on hospitals or schools. Those who have the power to uphold international humanitarian law, but do nothing, share responsibility. The things we tolerate come to define us.
These kinds of grave statements and warnings are supposed to carry weight and to lead to action. We have rights as a consequence of being human, not because of who we are or where we happen to live. It is shattering to see that so many innocent lives – and principles so many of us stand by and believe in – are being disregarded in this way. This is the continuation of decades of selective defense of human rights – not the sudden loss of a moral center. It is the consequence of treating some lives as important and others as disposable. It is the culmination of the shameless way UN Security Council countries pick and choose which countries to criticise or ignore, and which to help and defend, while the numbers of people forcibly displaced by violence has more than doubled in a decade globally – Sudanese, Syrians, Afghans, Ukrainians and Palestinians among them. None of this is happening by accident. It is intentional. This includes the choice by governments to ignore these warnings, while the death toll rises with every passing day. This reshapes the world. Shocking new precedents are being set that will mean that civilians are even more vulnerable in conflict in the future than they are today. Whether from starvation, or attacks on hospitals or schools. Those who have the power to uphold international humanitarian law, but do nothing, share responsibility. The things we tolerate come to define us.
These kinds of grave statements and warnings are supposed to carry weight and to lead to action. We have rights as a consequence of being human, not because of who we are or where we happen to live. It is shattering to see that so many innocent lives – and principles so many of us stand by and believe in – are being disregarded in this way. This is the continuation of decades of selective defense of human rights – not the sudden loss of a moral center. It is the consequence of treating some lives as important and others as disposable. It is the culmination of the shameless way UN Security Council countries pick and choose which countries to criticise or ignore, and which to help and defend, while the numbers of people forcibly displaced by violence has more than doubled in a decade globally – Sudanese, Syrians, Afghans, Ukrainians and Palestinians among them. None of this is happening by accident. It is intentional. This includes the choice by governments to ignore these warnings, while the death toll rises with every passing day. This reshapes the world. Shocking new precedents are being set that will mean that civilians are even more vulnerable in conflict in the future than they are today. Whether from starvation, or attacks on hospitals or schools. Those who have the power to uphold international humanitarian law, but do nothing, share responsibility. The things we tolerate come to define us.
These kinds of grave statements and warnings are supposed to carry weight and to lead to action. We have rights as a consequence of being human, not because of who we are or where we happen to live. It is shattering to see that so many innocent lives – and principles so many of us stand by and believe in – are being disregarded in this way. This is the continuation of decades of selective defense of human rights – not the sudden loss of a moral center. It is the consequence of treating some lives as important and others as disposable. It is the culmination of the shameless way UN Security Council countries pick and choose which countries to criticise or ignore, and which to help and defend, while the numbers of people forcibly displaced by violence has more than doubled in a decade globally – Sudanese, Syrians, Afghans, Ukrainians and Palestinians among them. None of this is happening by accident. It is intentional. This includes the choice by governments to ignore these warnings, while the death toll rises with every passing day. This reshapes the world. Shocking new precedents are being set that will mean that civilians are even more vulnerable in conflict in the future than they are today. Whether from starvation, or attacks on hospitals or schools. Those who have the power to uphold international humanitarian law, but do nothing, share responsibility. The things we tolerate come to define us.
Yesterday, on February 8, @catharsisartsfoundation and @prune unveiled their collaborative project « Statues Also Breathe » at the @macaal_ museum in Marrakech. The project is an “army of girls” honoring the young women from Chibok who were kidnapped from their high school in Northern Nigeria in 2014 — many of whom are still missing. These 108 portraits in clay, modeled after photographs of the missing girls entrusted to @prune by their mothers, are imaged in the style of iconic ancestral Ife heads. A decade on, around 100 of Chibok girls are still missing. Survivors have faced immense challenges, and girls continue to be abducted amid ongoing conflict and displacement in Nigeria. @catharsisartsfoundation collaborated with the families of Chibok, 108 students from across Nigeria and Obafemi-Awolowo University in Ile-Ife. Their goal is to sustain momentum around the missing girls—now women— and to highlight the global struggle for girls’ education, while they also provide concrete, on-the-ground support for the women who managed to escape. Exhibition details: Statues Also Breathe @macaal_ in Marrakesh, Morocco On view Feb 8, 2026 – Dec 2026 #statuesalsobreathe Prune Nourry and Catharsis Arts Foundation are currently in residency @atelierjolieofficial Very thankful to the survivors and families from Chibok, who came to share their stories: Rahab, Margaret & Mr Nkeki. Photo credit: @jmsstapleton
Yesterday, on February 8, @catharsisartsfoundation and @prune unveiled their collaborative project « Statues Also Breathe » at the @macaal_ museum in Marrakech. The project is an “army of girls” honoring the young women from Chibok who were kidnapped from their high school in Northern Nigeria in 2014 — many of whom are still missing. These 108 portraits in clay, modeled after photographs of the missing girls entrusted to @prune by their mothers, are imaged in the style of iconic ancestral Ife heads. A decade on, around 100 of Chibok girls are still missing. Survivors have faced immense challenges, and girls continue to be abducted amid ongoing conflict and displacement in Nigeria. @catharsisartsfoundation collaborated with the families of Chibok, 108 students from across Nigeria and Obafemi-Awolowo University in Ile-Ife. Their goal is to sustain momentum around the missing girls—now women— and to highlight the global struggle for girls’ education, while they also provide concrete, on-the-ground support for the women who managed to escape. Exhibition details: Statues Also Breathe @macaal_ in Marrakesh, Morocco On view Feb 8, 2026 – Dec 2026 #statuesalsobreathe Prune Nourry and Catharsis Arts Foundation are currently in residency @atelierjolieofficial Very thankful to the survivors and families from Chibok, who came to share their stories: Rahab, Margaret & Mr Nkeki. Photo credit: @jmsstapleton
Yesterday, on February 8, @catharsisartsfoundation and @prune unveiled their collaborative project « Statues Also Breathe » at the @macaal_ museum in Marrakech. The project is an “army of girls” honoring the young women from Chibok who were kidnapped from their high school in Northern Nigeria in 2014 — many of whom are still missing. These 108 portraits in clay, modeled after photographs of the missing girls entrusted to @prune by their mothers, are imaged in the style of iconic ancestral Ife heads. A decade on, around 100 of Chibok girls are still missing. Survivors have faced immense challenges, and girls continue to be abducted amid ongoing conflict and displacement in Nigeria. @catharsisartsfoundation collaborated with the families of Chibok, 108 students from across Nigeria and Obafemi-Awolowo University in Ile-Ife. Their goal is to sustain momentum around the missing girls—now women— and to highlight the global struggle for girls’ education, while they also provide concrete, on-the-ground support for the women who managed to escape. Exhibition details: Statues Also Breathe @macaal_ in Marrakesh, Morocco On view Feb 8, 2026 – Dec 2026 #statuesalsobreathe Prune Nourry and Catharsis Arts Foundation are currently in residency @atelierjolieofficial Very thankful to the survivors and families from Chibok, who came to share their stories: Rahab, Margaret & Mr Nkeki. Photo credit: @jmsstapleton
Yesterday, on February 8, @catharsisartsfoundation and @prune unveiled their collaborative project « Statues Also Breathe » at the @macaal_ museum in Marrakech. The project is an “army of girls” honoring the young women from Chibok who were kidnapped from their high school in Northern Nigeria in 2014 — many of whom are still missing. These 108 portraits in clay, modeled after photographs of the missing girls entrusted to @prune by their mothers, are imaged in the style of iconic ancestral Ife heads. A decade on, around 100 of Chibok girls are still missing. Survivors have faced immense challenges, and girls continue to be abducted amid ongoing conflict and displacement in Nigeria. @catharsisartsfoundation collaborated with the families of Chibok, 108 students from across Nigeria and Obafemi-Awolowo University in Ile-Ife. Their goal is to sustain momentum around the missing girls—now women— and to highlight the global struggle for girls’ education, while they also provide concrete, on-the-ground support for the women who managed to escape. Exhibition details: Statues Also Breathe @macaal_ in Marrakesh, Morocco On view Feb 8, 2026 – Dec 2026 #statuesalsobreathe Prune Nourry and Catharsis Arts Foundation are currently in residency @atelierjolieofficial Very thankful to the survivors and families from Chibok, who came to share their stories: Rahab, Margaret & Mr Nkeki. Photo credit: @jmsstapleton
Yesterday, on February 8, @catharsisartsfoundation and @prune unveiled their collaborative project « Statues Also Breathe » at the @macaal_ museum in Marrakech. The project is an “army of girls” honoring the young women from Chibok who were kidnapped from their high school in Northern Nigeria in 2014 — many of whom are still missing. These 108 portraits in clay, modeled after photographs of the missing girls entrusted to @prune by their mothers, are imaged in the style of iconic ancestral Ife heads. A decade on, around 100 of Chibok girls are still missing. Survivors have faced immense challenges, and girls continue to be abducted amid ongoing conflict and displacement in Nigeria. @catharsisartsfoundation collaborated with the families of Chibok, 108 students from across Nigeria and Obafemi-Awolowo University in Ile-Ife. Their goal is to sustain momentum around the missing girls—now women— and to highlight the global struggle for girls’ education, while they also provide concrete, on-the-ground support for the women who managed to escape. Exhibition details: Statues Also Breathe @macaal_ in Marrakesh, Morocco On view Feb 8, 2026 – Dec 2026 #statuesalsobreathe Prune Nourry and Catharsis Arts Foundation are currently in residency @atelierjolieofficial Very thankful to the survivors and families from Chibok, who came to share their stories: Rahab, Margaret & Mr Nkeki. Photo credit: @jmsstapleton
Content warning: contains images of war / violence / human suffering. Viewer discretion advised. El Fasher, in Darfur, has fallen to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), after 500 days under siege. For two decades the city has been home to families fleeing violence, one of the few remaining places where civilians could find a measure of safety. Its fall means the collapse of protection for hundreds of thousands of people who were already facing a man-made famine. More than a quarter of a million civilians are now trapped inside El Fasher. Half are children. Satellite images show clusters of bodies and earth stained red — signs of mass killings. The RSF, formed from the Janjaweed militias responsible for the Darfur genocide since 2003, is again accused of genocide, mass killings, sexual violence and the destruction of entire communities. I visited Darfur 21 years ago, after the start of the genocide. That is how long Sudanese people have suffered conflict, displacement and insecurity – and now this, in the words of my friend Emi Mahmoud: “I have seen videos of ditches and trenches entirely full of friends, neighbours and family members’ bodies. There have been reports of entire families hanging from trees.” — @emibattuta Once again, the Sudanese people are left to suffer with almost no assistance. Please consider learning about and supporting Sudanese-led organizations working in the country. IDP Humanitarian Network @darfuridp https://darfuridp.org/ Darfur Women Action Group @darfurwomenaction https://www.darfurwomenaction.org/ Sudan Solidarity Collective @sudansolidaritycollective tinyurl.com/SudanSC Hope and Haven for Refugees @hopeandhavenrefugees tinyurl.com/HHSudan Sudanese Diaspora Network @sdn.world https://sdn.world #SayDarfur #Elfasher #KeepEyesOnSudan #sudan #darfur #sudanupdates
Content warning: contains images of war / violence / human suffering. Viewer discretion advised. El Fasher, in Darfur, has fallen to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), after 500 days under siege. For two decades the city has been home to families fleeing violence, one of the few remaining places where civilians could find a measure of safety. Its fall means the collapse of protection for hundreds of thousands of people who were already facing a man-made famine. More than a quarter of a million civilians are now trapped inside El Fasher. Half are children. Satellite images show clusters of bodies and earth stained red — signs of mass killings. The RSF, formed from the Janjaweed militias responsible for the Darfur genocide since 2003, is again accused of genocide, mass killings, sexual violence and the destruction of entire communities. I visited Darfur 21 years ago, after the start of the genocide. That is how long Sudanese people have suffered conflict, displacement and insecurity – and now this, in the words of my friend Emi Mahmoud: “I have seen videos of ditches and trenches entirely full of friends, neighbours and family members’ bodies. There have been reports of entire families hanging from trees.” — @emibattuta Once again, the Sudanese people are left to suffer with almost no assistance. Please consider learning about and supporting Sudanese-led organizations working in the country. IDP Humanitarian Network @darfuridp https://darfuridp.org/ Darfur Women Action Group @darfurwomenaction https://www.darfurwomenaction.org/ Sudan Solidarity Collective @sudansolidaritycollective tinyurl.com/SudanSC Hope and Haven for Refugees @hopeandhavenrefugees tinyurl.com/HHSudan Sudanese Diaspora Network @sdn.world https://sdn.world #SayDarfur #Elfasher #KeepEyesOnSudan #sudan #darfur #sudanupdates
I don’t usually post about film, but this is less about film and more about a globally overlooked issue. Muganga: The One Who Treats is the story of surgeon Dr Denis Mukwege, who has operated on thousands of women suffering internal injuries and trauma from rape, during the brutal conflict in his homeland, the Democratic Republic of Congo. He recently screened the film in Kinshasa for the Congolese public and it will be screened for survivors in the coming weeks. This is not an issue isolated to the DRC, but a crime carried out globally. If global leaders were even a fraction as brave and committed as Dr Mukwege, then it might finally meet the response it deserves. To learn more and support the Panzi Foundation see the link in my bio. @mugangalefilm @drdenismukwege @PanziFoundation @MukwegeFoundation #Muganga #drc
I don’t usually post about film, but this is less about film and more about a globally overlooked issue. Muganga: The One Who Treats is the story of surgeon Dr Denis Mukwege, who has operated on thousands of women suffering internal injuries and trauma from rape, during the brutal conflict in his homeland, the Democratic Republic of Congo. He recently screened the film in Kinshasa for the Congolese public and it will be screened for survivors in the coming weeks. This is not an issue isolated to the DRC, but a crime carried out globally. If global leaders were even a fraction as brave and committed as Dr Mukwege, then it might finally meet the response it deserves. To learn more and support the Panzi Foundation see the link in my bio. @mugangalefilm @drdenismukwege @PanziFoundation @MukwegeFoundation #Muganga #drc
I don’t usually post about film, but this is less about film and more about a globally overlooked issue. Muganga: The One Who Treats is the story of surgeon Dr Denis Mukwege, who has operated on thousands of women suffering internal injuries and trauma from rape, during the brutal conflict in his homeland, the Democratic Republic of Congo. He recently screened the film in Kinshasa for the Congolese public and it will be screened for survivors in the coming weeks. This is not an issue isolated to the DRC, but a crime carried out globally. If global leaders were even a fraction as brave and committed as Dr Mukwege, then it might finally meet the response it deserves. To learn more and support the Panzi Foundation see the link in my bio. @mugangalefilm @drdenismukwege @PanziFoundation @MukwegeFoundation #Muganga #drc
I don’t usually post about film, but this is less about film and more about a globally overlooked issue. Muganga: The One Who Treats is the story of surgeon Dr Denis Mukwege, who has operated on thousands of women suffering internal injuries and trauma from rape, during the brutal conflict in his homeland, the Democratic Republic of Congo. He recently screened the film in Kinshasa for the Congolese public and it will be screened for survivors in the coming weeks. This is not an issue isolated to the DRC, but a crime carried out globally. If global leaders were even a fraction as brave and committed as Dr Mukwege, then it might finally meet the response it deserves. To learn more and support the Panzi Foundation see the link in my bio. @mugangalefilm @drdenismukwege @PanziFoundation @MukwegeFoundation #Muganga #drc
I don’t usually post about film, but this is less about film and more about a globally overlooked issue. Muganga: The One Who Treats is the story of surgeon Dr Denis Mukwege, who has operated on thousands of women suffering internal injuries and trauma from rape, during the brutal conflict in his homeland, the Democratic Republic of Congo. He recently screened the film in Kinshasa for the Congolese public and it will be screened for survivors in the coming weeks. This is not an issue isolated to the DRC, but a crime carried out globally. If global leaders were even a fraction as brave and committed as Dr Mukwege, then it might finally meet the response it deserves. To learn more and support the Panzi Foundation see the link in my bio. @mugangalefilm @drdenismukwege @PanziFoundation @MukwegeFoundation #Muganga #drc
I don’t usually post about film, but this is less about film and more about a globally overlooked issue. Muganga: The One Who Treats is the story of surgeon Dr Denis Mukwege, who has operated on thousands of women suffering internal injuries and trauma from rape, during the brutal conflict in his homeland, the Democratic Republic of Congo. He recently screened the film in Kinshasa for the Congolese public and it will be screened for survivors in the coming weeks. This is not an issue isolated to the DRC, but a crime carried out globally. If global leaders were even a fraction as brave and committed as Dr Mukwege, then it might finally meet the response it deserves. To learn more and support the Panzi Foundation see the link in my bio. @mugangalefilm @drdenismukwege @PanziFoundation @MukwegeFoundation #Muganga #drc
I don’t usually post about film, but this is less about film and more about a globally overlooked issue. Muganga: The One Who Treats is the story of surgeon Dr Denis Mukwege, who has operated on thousands of women suffering internal injuries and trauma from rape, during the brutal conflict in his homeland, the Democratic Republic of Congo. He recently screened the film in Kinshasa for the Congolese public and it will be screened for survivors in the coming weeks. This is not an issue isolated to the DRC, but a crime carried out globally. If global leaders were even a fraction as brave and committed as Dr Mukwege, then it might finally meet the response it deserves. To learn more and support the Panzi Foundation see the link in my bio. @mugangalefilm @drdenismukwege @PanziFoundation @MukwegeFoundation #Muganga #drc
I have been humbled and honored to work with and for refugees over many years. I have learned so much and deeply value my friendships with those who have been forced to flee war and persecution. While emergency aid remains essential, partnering with refugees whenever possible is also very impactful. Hiring or buying from a refugee not only offers them the respect they deserve, it also allows you to learn from their rich knowledge and remarkable resilience. This World Refugee Day, I want to express my gratitude to the talented refugee chefs from @eatoffbeat at @atelierjolieofficial. For over a year now, they have been sharing food from their homelands with friends and guests, representing countries around the world, including Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, Sri Lanka, and more. Thank you for allowing me to share this space with you. More than 123 million people are currently displaced. Support for them and for the rule of law has been declining at an alarming rate. Please continue to advocate for emergency aid, support refugee-owned businesses, and show kindness to those who have already endured so much. To learn more about the global state of displacement, visit: https://www.nrc.no/global-figures Photos by @feelslikedan #AtelierJolie #WorldRefugeeDay
