“[Love Wasn’t as They Said] Love wasn’t as they said… It didn’t last forever as they claimed… It is fleeting moments only… — Louis Yako Arabic-literature Copy Share Image
“It is not a secret that most American and Western institutions and workplaces are very much like mountains: the higher one climbs,… — Louis Yako Decoloniality Copy Share Image
“In the end, we are left with this painful conundrum: we only need DEI initiatives because we don’t truly have a society… — Louis Yako Cease to exist Copy Share Image
“Arabs & Garbage" Strange is the Arab story with garbage— who told them, who taught them to toss waste carelessly, wherever and… — Louis Yako Arabic-literature Copy Share Image
“The Triumph of Goodness" If only the reality was like cartoons like teenager books and stories or like the countless movies and… — Louis Yako Belief Copy Share Image
“Political correctness was never supposed to happen. Ever. The problem with politically correct language is already in the term itself: it corrects… — Louis Yako Diversity-and-inclusion Copy Share Image
“Oh, my friends, the first wish I have for the new year is to change the worn-out greeting: 'happy new year'. There… — Louis Yako Another year Copy Share Image
“Another dangerous neoliberal word circulating everywhere that is worth zooming in on is the word ‘resilience’. On the surface, I think many… — Louis Yako Capitalism Copy Share Image
“The first problem with the word “diversity” is the word itself. Who is diverse in relation to whom? The way diversity is… — Louis Yako Diversity Copy Share Image
“You’re crying because you think I’m going to a better place I’m crying because I think I’m leaving to a place Better… — Louis Yako Arabic-literature Copy Share Image
“I confront the question of whether DEI initiatives are divisive and ineffective. The answer is yes on both counts, but not for… — Louis Yako Diversity-and-inclusion Copy Share Image
“Yesterday I learned that hours are nothing but bodies We kill upon confronting, Or perhaps they are the ones That backstab us… — Louis Yako Arabic-literature Copy Share Image
“I found Baghdad, like most big cities in the world: big, exciting, interesting, rich, poor, hot, cold, restless, sleepless, and cruel at… — Louis Yako Baghdad Copy Share Image
“We hear how diversity and equity are about lowering standards or doing away with them altogether. If DEI initiatives do the work… — Louis Yako Diversity Copy Share Image
“It is more important to look holistically at the root of why anyone would want to avoid work so badly that they’d… — Louis Yako Capitalism Copy Share Image
“We are creating a world in which what nourishes the soul rarely makes people employable, and what makes them employable often crushes… — Louis Yako Capitalism Copy Share Image
“You weep thinking I’m off to a better place.. I weep thinking I’ve left you at a place better than the one… — Louis Yako Arabic-poetry Copy Share Image
“Being customers in our society is dangerous. It alienates us from each other. People will prefer to spend long and lonely hours… — Louis Yako Alienation Copy Share Image
“We need an uprising to guarantee that the bullies with unchecked and unlimited power and money do not continue getting away with… — Louis Yako Bullying Copy Share Image
“They control Europe under the attractive and falsely uniting banner of the “European Union”, the Middle East under the convenient banner of… — Louis Yako Bankers Copy Share Image
“Taxi Driver" There is something strangely liberating about being just a taxi driver… The secret lies in the “just”! Because you’re just… — Louis Yako Arabic-poetry Copy Share Image
“Many DEI trainings and narratives have indeed enabled or produced types of people who seem to be looking for excuses to be… — Louis Yako Darker side Copy Share Image
“There were endless bodies of passengers wearing different colors of clothes, carrying handbags, and electronic devices of different sizes and shapes, giving… — Louis Yako Capitalism Copy Share Image
“Pity" Amir sat on the same old wooden chair Roua still remembers vividly the furniture store where she bought that chair -… — Louis Yako Age gap Copy Share Image
“Lights" Lights of churches, monasteries, Christmas trees, and magnificent mosques The dim lights inside warm houses in all the foreign cities where… — Louis Yako Arabic-literature Copy Share Image
