CMMUN
March 2026
Hosted by Prem International School
From Death (1963)
I have never feared death
Even though
Its hands were more fragile
Than banality.
I dread, however, to die
In a land where
The grave digger's wages
Exceed the price of human freedom.
Looking for,
Discovering,
Choosing freely,
And transforming one's essence
Into a fortress.
If the price of death is higher than all that,
I deny, in absolute terms,
To have ever feared death.
- Ahmad Shamlou
A girl with a national flag runs in front of the local Palace of Culture destroyed by a Russian military strike, in the town of Derhachi, Kharkiv region, Derhachi, Ukraine.
June 17, 2023. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova
The Eiffel Tower is lit up in the national blue-and-yellow colours of Ukraine, to mark the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Paris, France.
February 23, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
"Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future."
— John F. Kennedy