Looking forward to 2025

Israel’s genocidal war: A Palestinian woman looking through the debris outside a building hit in an Israeli air strike near the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza. The latest bloodshed occurred just hours after the UN General Assembly called for an immediate ceasefire in the devastated Palestinian territory. — AFP

AMONG the many myths that circulate, the one that I find to be very true is the claim that time moves faster when you are older. Indeed, I no longer get depressed by Mondays because I know that soon enough Friday will arrive, and it will be the weekend again.

However one perceives time, we have arrived at the end of the year already, a time when we make lists of resolutions, goals, hopes and dreams. I am no exception so without further ado, here are my end-of-the-year/beginning-of-next-year lists.