HalimaSadiq

  A few days ago, while driving with my daughter Halima, our conversation unexpectedly turned toward history. I don’t recall exactly what sparked it, but what she said stayed with me. With a mix of curiosity and sadness, she suggested that perhaps World War II was not only a geopolitical conflict but also, in a sense, a curse—or karma—upon Europe for centuries of colonization. She spoke about how European powers had colonized vast parts of the world: the Americas, India, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and countless islands. In the process, they uprooted cultures, erased traditions, and silenced voices that might have given the world a far richer diversity than we know today. Her words carried the weight of a truth we often overlook—that much of what humanity has lost can never be recovered. As we drove, she pointed to the land around us and reminded me that it once belonged to Native Americans. Entire nations and communities had lived here, but many were wiped out, not only th...