The Beacon Digest is the online publication of The Beacon, dedicated to bringing alternative journalism and advocacy on human rights issues to light. By featuring interactive, ‘digestible’, multimedia student contributions, we aim to promote dialogue and thought around pertinent problems facing humanity through various means of exposition.
We recognise that some of the best ideas transcend letters, numbers, and prose, oftentimes expressible only through creative facets. This is the exact reason Beacon Digest was created: to publish compositions across various mediums and topics related to human rights, in a digital environment that amplifies passionate voices fighting for justice, equality, and humanity.
We welcome all kinds of submissions, from poetry, films, and paintings, to essays, music, and graphic art. There are no restrictions when it comes to the kind of work we publish on the Beacon Digest as we believe in making use of the versatility of digital publications to allow for multiple narratives and perspectives to shine and reach a wider audience.
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Genocide is not Jewish
By Quincey Fireside Area of the Gaza Strip: 140.9 square miles. Approximately twice the size of Washington DC, andalmost exactly the size of Las Vegas, Nevada. Population of the Gaza Strip: 2.2 million. Death toll in Gaza since October 7, 2023, as of November 27, 2023, at 1 pm.: 14,854. (Times ofIndia, 2023) Number of Read more
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violence today \ is it the only way
by Ameera Es-Sabar what does violence mean in the context of today?does it mean a light at the end of tomorrow?is it the only way that there can be a tomorrow?who does violence inflict its wrath upon?themorusorthem and us is violence the only way?is pacifism futilein a world where shouts cannot be heard over thesounds Read more
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‘A world unveiled’ By Amran Faysal
In a sealed-off realm, where darkness prevails, No electric glow, only night’s shadowy veils. Beneath you, bombs whisper, their threat looming near, Like beacons of pure light, deceive the sight, Before thunderous cries reveal their murderous might, A cruel occupation, instilling terror and fear in the darkest depths of night. By the door, your shoes Read more
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Why Palestine? :- Anti-Semitism and Colonialism in Supporting Zionism
By Raghed Sayed This November marks the 106th year of the issuance of the Balfour declaration that announced the “establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people,” under the famous Zionist slogan “a land without people for a people without land.” Therefore, it seemed only appropriate to revisit intriguing talking points in Read more
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