A World of Alienation: Mourning the Children of Empire
From the bombed skies over Iran and Palestine to the quiet despair within our own borders, a reflection on war, systemic repression, and the spiritual disconnection eroding our humanity—and a call to resist together. Mourners hold a portrait of a students during a funeral ceremony for children, who lost their lives after a primary school in Iran’s Hormozgan province was targeted in US and Israeli attacks, on March 03, 2026 in Minab, Iran [Anadolu/ Agency] By César Omar Sánchez Over 175 girls perished under the bombardment carried out by the United States and Israel in Iran. Their lives were extinguished in an instant. They will never grow, never dream, never see a future. Gone forever. They will never become teachers, athletes, or scientists. Never mothers, never partners, never the women they might have been. Their laughter silenced. Their potential erased from this world, forever. And this is the world we are living in. Children in Palestine endure genocide. Across the Middle Ea...