Reclaiming the Soft Beginnings:

Christina Assi is currently engaged in the slow, tactile work of rebuilding a world from scratch. In her daily life now, this doesn't look like feverishly analyzing war (she says that’s hard to resist when it’s happening in one’s homeland) or answering international reporters. Her focus now lies on the messy yet calming friction of clay on a pottery wheel. Life looks like coloring books — a grounding habit she picked up while recovering in the hospital. After experiencing a profound physical and mental rupture, Assi is actively choosing to reconnect with her inner child. In a world that often demands survivors of violence remain frozen in trauma, her routine is a radical reclamation of play, curiosity, and soft beginnings.