Sociologist | Public Scholar | Middle East Analyst | @UNESCO advisor for the Arab region. I explore fractured modernities of the Arab world & the Mediterranean.
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Morocco celebrates their victory by raising the Palestinian flag 🇵🇸. Palestine has been the winner in this World Cup. Arab regimes can pursue normalisation, but the people of the Arab world will have the final say. Congratulations Morocco for your victory and principled stance 🇲🇦
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This was 9 years ago.
A young #Gaza girl searches through the rubble of her bombed home & retrieves her books. What a spirit. nitter.app/Shusmo/status/49335133… #ICC4Israel
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History will remember those who were complicit and those who remained silent.
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The longer version of the video of Egyptian podcaster Rahma Zein confronting CNN reporter Clarissa Ward at the Rafah crossing. It's raw, sincere, and powerful. Much respect for Rahma, she expressed our collective pain at the Western media's dehumanization of the Palestinians.
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No, not really.
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South Africa and Germany have dark histories, yet South Africa learned and deployed the right lessons of its history to defend the oppressed Palestinians. Germany outsourced its historical guilt onto the Palestinians.
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Western academia will mourn the burning of the Library of Alexandria after 2000 years but will turn a blind eye when Gaza’s libraries, academies, and universities are wiped off the face of the earth.
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Christmas in Palestine this year. The Nativity scene from the Lutheran Church of Bethlehem. (via David Azar, fb).
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A Qatari and a Moroccan discover that they don’t need to speak English to each other 😂
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Sorry but Zionists don’t seem to agree with you. (New York Times, June 20 1899, p. 3).
Israel is NOT settler colonial.
As a Native American, proud Anishinaabe - there is nothing I hate more than seeing this blatant lie.
To call Jews colonizers in their ancestral homeland- a place they've always been is beyond the pale.
In this time we must stick to the facts.
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Unlike other countries, there is a peculiar depression gripping many Egyptians that I know because of the Israeli war on Gaza. The subtextual cause of this? To be the only Arab country that borders Gaza and yet unable to collectively alter the reality for Gaza. 🧵
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I sometimes think I’ve seen the worst of their stupidity, then they prove me wrong.
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Iranian women eating and sitting on a Persian carpet. Simply glorious.
(Photo by Invsout)
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Ten years ago, the doctors at Shifa hospital “awarded” Obama a certificate for being the number one killer of Palestinian children. If these brave doctors are still alive, they would award Biden a thousand gold medals for enabling a horrific genocide.
Congrats RT @MarquardtA: Doctors at #Gaza's Shifa hospital award Obama certificate: "1st winner for children killer"
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This is cathartic to watch. May every genocide-enabler’s speech be disrupted this way 👏 nitter.app/hatescapitalism/status…
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Historically speaking, Israel is, in fact, Egypt; the area is filled with evidence of the presence of Egyptians. (We can keep doing this forever).
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A genocide researcher who is also a genocide survivor is rejected for job because of her evidence-based posts on an ongoing genocide.
Anyway, some sad news…I was THE contender for a dream job. My literal dream job. 6 interviews & countless talks & meetings. They loved me. I’ve been told I didn’t get the job and the headhunter has advised me that I either close my account or don’t discuss my political opinions.
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How soul uplifting is this? African-American Muslim pilgrims chanting the Hajj Takbir to the tone of blues and gospel.
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New Zealand's iconic silver fern is beautifully redrawn as Muslims in different stages of prayer. (By Pat Campbell, the Canberra Times). #NewZealand
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I don’t think the West gets it and I’m not sure they ever will. The social contract has unravelled. Things will not be the same anymore. You don’t become an active accomplice to genocide & shocking horrors then expect a return to business as usual. Gaza has changed everything.
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A list of the Palestinians murdered by Israel in the past 24 hours. Because names matter. #Gaza
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A young #Gaza girl searches through the rubble of her bombed home & retrieves her books. What a spirit. nitter.app/Shusmo/status/49335133… #ICC4Israel
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Ten years ago when we thought that was the worst it could get
The #Gaza death toll has now passed 1050! or as it's known in other countries, a horrific war crime.
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Touching photos of Shireen Abu Akleh's dog rushing to the TV when he sees her image and still waits at the door hoping that she eventually returns 💔 (via bit.ly/3Ol9B0G)
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Nothing to see here, just the German police arresting the third Jew today. Activist Udi Raz.
Hüseyin Dogru (Back-Up)
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Dresden has been declared a ‘Nazi emergency’ "'Nazinotstand' means - similar to the climate emergency - that we have a serious problem. The open democratic society is threatened," local councillor Max Aschenbach, who tabled the motion, told the BBC. bbc.in/338lBeV
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I’m an academic that lost job opportunities & colleagues because I spoke out for Palestine. My rule of thumb is if people don’t want you due to their moral ambiguity then you’re better off without them. Do the principled best you can in any situation & minimise later life regrets
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Oh boy, the Zionist replies are on another level of cluelessness. The crying Jordan meme couldn’t be more appropriate than here.
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Never to disappoint, the Moroccan team once again raises the Palestinian flag after their victory over Portugal. This World Cup has become a referendum on the normalisation facade. The most watched event in the world with Palestine being thrusted into the spotlight👏🇲🇦🇵🇸❤️
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Liberal Zionists: Israelis are unaware of the death and destruction in Gaza.
Israelis:
Israelis singing and dancing in the club while the dj plays the kahanist and genocidal slogan “may your village burn” referring to the ethnic cleansing and the destruction of Palestinian villages. nitter.app/haim_ru/status/1793601…
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Starvation has begun. The world is still stuck at debating on what to call it. #Gaza
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Ten years ago
RT @ArabVoicesSpeak The Palestinian Wailing Wall.Names of children massacred by #Israel in #Gaza in past 2 weeks only
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The "border" between Egypt & Palestine was once a mere sign (circa 1939). Before then and before the British mandate, there was no sign. You knew you were in Egypt or Palestine upon noticing a change in dialects, marketplaces, clothing, traditions, architecture & vegetation.
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Since my article in Der Spiegel on Gaza, I’ve received countless messages from Germans. I want to show you this angry email from a professor which is quintessential as it ticks almost all the boxes with the problematic German position. Let’s dissect this🧵
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To the idiots who keep calling this “staged”, yes it’s staged! Nativity scenes don’t organically grow. Every nativity scene in the world is staged, like those in churches, schools, malls etc. The Lutheran Church of Bethlehem staged a nativity scene to reflect the recent horrors.
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Joe Hattab
Coronavirus struggles to break down Moroccan hospitality. A suspected coronavirus patient in Morocco made the medical inspectors stay back for tea. The third photo is gold.
How can they go to a suspected persons house to test if they have coronavirus in Morocco and they made them stay for atay 😂😂😂😂
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Please tell us your finished poem
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The depression and anger is high, sky high. You know what else contributes to this depression and anger? The road from Cairo to Gaza is only a six hour drive!! SIX HOURS! Gaza is our dear sibling! Our sibling is being murdered in front of our literal eyes.
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We live in strange times when non-Syrians are basically lecturing Syrians that they don’t properly understand Assad.
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May these moments of intense Palestinian joy become the norm rather than the exception 🤲
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A German teacher at the private Catholic-run Schmidt Girls School in East Jerusalem scolded & forbade her students from drawing a map of Palestine on the grounds that it was "Israel", so the students protested at the school with painted Palestinian flags.
شبكة فلسطين للحوار
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To be over 100 million, yet that numerical strength does not translate into anything beyond a few border humanitarian activities. To be called “Um Al Dunya” (cliche or not) and yet unable to meaningfully respond to the genocide in Gaza.
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A hauntingly beautiful painting of Oum Kalthoum and Fairuz on the wall of an abandoned home in Jifna, Ramallah, Palestine ❤️. (Photo by Mahran Maher)
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Egyptians prepare for Ramadan with streamers of the Palestinian flag suspended above a neighbourhood street.
📸: Heba Nabil Saleh
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When you’re standing close to Ronaldo, but you would rather stare and smile at @MoSalah.
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RT @ArabVoicesSpeak The Palestinian Wailing Wall.Names of children massacred by #Israel in #Gaza in past 2 weeks only
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“I cannot bear Netanyahu, he’s a liar,” Sarkozy told Obama, unaware that the microphones in their meeting room had been switched on, “You’re fed up with him, but I have to deal with him even more often than you,” replied Obama (2011). Now Blinken👇🏼
Blinken, having concluded meetings with Israeli leaders including PM Benjamin Netanyahu, on board plane flying to Jordan from Israel. Pool image by @Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst.
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To see mass regular protests for Gaza in London, Montreal, Barcelona etc unfolding on their screens but still Egyptians need permission to protest, if it’s even allowed.
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To my Palestinian brothers and sisters, you are much loved by millions next door and I’m extremely sorry and saddened that more is not being done.
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Putting aside that “We Germans” has a ring of the Volksgemeinschaft. The irony of saying “ignorance of people who judge our country without any knowledge of our language” when Germans who don’t know Arabic, Hebrew, Persian etc will write endlessly on the Middle East.
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To be reminded every now and then that Egyptians are held hostage to the unpopular Camp David treaty that turned Israel into an even worse bad faith actor. Sadat helped unleash the rest of the demons in Israel’s arsenal. It permitted Israel to pursue more wars, not less.
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A 3rd class train ticket from Alexandria to Haifa, via Benha (pre-1948). I still can’t get my head around the fact that you could once take a train from my hometown of Alexandria to Haifa. What a world we lost.
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This has to be the cutest video of 2018: @MoSalah's daughter Makka kicking a ball, while her father momentarily gets booed for taking the ball from her. (May 2018)
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Reminder to all. This wasn’t long ago.
The "border" between Egypt & Palestine was once a mere sign (circa 1939). Before then and before the British mandate, there was no sign. You knew you were in Egypt or Palestine upon noticing a change in dialects, marketplaces, clothing, traditions, architecture & vegetation.
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A reminder before the news cycle shifts the starting point: it didn't start with the rockets fired out of Gaza, it started with the violent eviction of Palestinians out of their homes in Sheikh Jarrah. It may be obvious now but watch how quickly amnesia takes hold this week.
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Yes, many Egyptians and organisations are doing amazing initiatives for Gaza, even under repressive circumstances. But overall it’s not enough. It’s catastrophically sad and embarrassing.
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Malikah Shabazz, the youngest daughter of Malcolm X, has been found dead in her home. She was one of the unborn twins that Betty Shabazz was carrying when Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965. My condolences to the Shabazz family. RIP #MalikahShabazz
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The abrupt decline of Germany’s soft power in the Global South in recent months will become a case study in political science & international relations departments at universities in the future. It’s phenomenal how a once respected country has stubbornly harmed itself.
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Stop treating Israel like a North Korea disconnected from the global internet, communication lines & media outlets. Israelis not only know what’s going on, they are actively cheering genocide at music concerts, stand up comedies, Tik-Tok shares & overpopulated Telegram channels.
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"When the wives of those killed asked what they missed most about their husbands, they said they missed having coffee together the most." 25 years after the Srebrenica massacre, 8372 cups of coffee to honour 8372 men and boys.
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This is hilarious. Algerians “celebrate” the birthday of a large pot hole that has yet to be fixed by the authorities. They even brought out a cake. The Moroccans did the same last year. What’s funny is how convincing they are in celebrating it 😂
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Mohammedan? Is this tweet from 1895?
Tower Bridge has been taken over by the Mohammedans.
Another display of dominance by the conquering mob, and yet more two-tiered policing from the Met.
A Mohammedan Mayor of London and a liberal Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.
London is lost.
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The Arabic language never ceases to amaze me ❤️
Source: Islam, Arabs, and the Intelligent World of the Jinn (2009). By Amira El-Zein.
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The Egyptian city of Ismailia is organising the first Ismailia Mango Festival on 19th and 20th August. It will be everything mango, from bulk mango sales to artistic mango themes. Don’t we all wish we could attend it 🥭🥭🥭
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For decades, Germany worked hard to meticulously expand its soft power through scholarships, arts, and cultural institutions. Only for the German government to unravel decades of work and positive global branding in a mere few months. It is truly astonishing to observe.
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