Mashup of Vietnamese, Yemeni, Afghan, Ukrainian Flags: Dall-E 2 Constructed Image

The Absurdity & Incongruity of War — Vietnam, Yemen, Afghanistan & Ukraine

“In my dreams, the war is silent,” writes Bushra Al-Maqtari in What Have You Left Behind? “No missiles, nor air raids, no murder, no famine, no fear, no hatred. But when I wake, the war is still raging, just as it has been the past four years.”

From Al-Maqtari, and others, mostly students who have experienced the violence of war, I…