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Desta Alemayehu

@negarit_

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PhD Researcher UoM
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Sensational. Generational. taken in North London by @negarit_

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Hold that. taken in Emirates Stadium by @negarit_

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Who dreams for the children that can’t play freely? Children behind bars and barbed wires, children under the whistles of missiles that kill them from the sky. The children stripped of the right to free play. Those for whom play is as dangerous as it is biological. We are born to play— it’s in our mammalian hardwiring. taken in Zanzibar, Tanzania by @negarit_

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2 years ago

አንዱን "እናንተ ጋር ሥራ አሪፍ ነው መሰለኝ" ስለው ምን አለ "ብራዘር አህያ የጫነችውን አትበላም" taken in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by @negarit_

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9 months ago

You can’t really understand the assumptions of your culture if your culture is the only culture you know taken in Bangkok, Thailand by @negarit_

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I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hate so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain
- James Baldwin by @negarit_

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a year ago

I am just you. I am your past haunting Your present and your future. I strive like you did. I fight like you did. I resist like you resisted And for a moment, I’d take your tenacity As a model, Were you not holding The barrel of the gun Between my bleeding Eyes.

One. Two. The very same gun The very same bullet That had killed your Mom And killed your Dad Is being used, Against me, By you.

I do not hate you. I want to help you stop hating And killing me. I tell you:The noise of your machine gun Renders you deaf The smell of the powder Beats that of my blood. The sparks disfigure My facial expressions. Would you stop shooting? For a moment? Would you?
All you have to do Is close your eyes (Seeing these days Blinds our hearts.) Close your eyes, tightly So that you can see In your mind’s eye. Then look into the mirror.
 One. Two. I am you. I am your past. And killing me, You kill you.

— excerpts from “I Am You”, by Refaat Alareer by @negarit_

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a year ago

There is no economy without people, but economists rarely think about people. taken in Bangkok, Thailand by @negarit_

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a year ago

Hot beigels 24/7. A London icon. As the saying goes: if you know, you know...and if you don’t, you probably should. taken in Beigel Bake by @negarit_

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a year ago

I guess we all implicitly know that food is a way of passing on values: dining etiquette, notions of hospitality, ideas about culture and tradition. The red-checkered tiles, open kitchens, and free peanuts at Five Guys aren’t just décor, they signal a certain kind of Americana: casual, abundant, indulgent.

It’s also just a burger. taken in Dubai, United Arab Emirates by @negarit_

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There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep, and still be counted as warriors.

-Adrienne Rich by @negarit_

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In a culture obsessed with speed, distraction, and the short-term, our attention has become a valuable (and exploited) resource to be captured and monetised. ‘Tis the age of the attention economy.

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#londonlife #london #liverpoolstreet #eastlondon #longexposures #longexposureshots #photooftheday #fotodelgiorno #fotodeldía #streetphotography #cinematicphotography #canonphotography #streetmoment #streetphotographersview #streetshared #cinematicphotography #londonstreets #londonphotography #streetphotos #attentioneconomy #sociology #anthropology #capitalism #doomscrolling #anticapitalism #streetmagazine #photocinematica #lightroom #lightroomphotography #lightroomedits #colourgrading taken in London, United Kingdom by @negarit_

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