“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 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“Political correctness was never supposed to happen. Ever. The problem with politically correct language is already in the term itself: it corrects… — Louis Yako Correctness 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
“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
“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
“[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
“My mom gave me life When I gave her back silence not a grandchild, She reconsidered the entire cycle of life… (July 1, 2015)” — Louis Yako Arabic-poetry 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
“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
“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
“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
“Many people have asked me recently what I make of all the workplaces who were so quick to roll back on their… — Louis Yako Change 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
“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 officers/professionals I have spoken to over the years have confirmed to me that they don’t feel they have any power… — Louis Yako Change 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
“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
“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
“By hiding behind the overarching term “white privilege,” the small percentage of privileged whites have ensured the following: first, they remain disguised… — Louis Yako Diversity Copy Share Image
“Language is a living being that grows and dies. It can be healthy, sick, nurtured, or malnourished. It all depends on those… — Louis Yako Colonialism 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
![“[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 recognized By those with sight and insight… And perhaps only captured By those patiently waiting as if to see a lightning in the sky… And, like lightning perhaps, we never know…” quote by Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/239/louis-yako-20010_arabic-literature_love-wasn-t-as-they-said-love-wasn-t-as_85936.jpg)
