My Thoughts on War is Not Over When It’s Over

After 4 weeks, I finally finished my first ever book for 2026. While my relationship with the book started pre-pandemic, I’m happy the 7-year wait is over, and I finally to read its totality. The book has opened my eyes to so many things as a woman, as a feminist, and most of all, as a human simply. When I was younger, I would get annoyed whenever they’d ask us to attend to seminars and talks about “women empowerment.” It never made sense to me why we needed empowering when my mom literally controlled our household, when my grandmother has the final say in her family, when my university has a female leader, and all the prominent figures in my life are women. Reading this book, reminded me of that time, and I thought, if anyone ever asked that again, I’ll tell them the women in this book. The book is about the project Ann Jones and the International Rescue Committee. It’s called, Global Crescendo. Just like in music, they aim to amplify the voice of women in war-stricken communities in…