People wanting to learn arabic here's a fun phrase you can learn just read this out loud: Ash-hadu alla ilaha illa-Allah wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan Rasul-Allah wa aliyyun waliyyu llāh
Arabic manuscript on paper consisting of 325 leaves plus 2 flyleaves. Written in black ink, ruled in black, gold and blue. Completed 3 Safar 951 AH (April 1544 AD) and dedicated to Shams al-Din Yusef Qabji.
Going from “celebrations on the streets of Rafah as Hamas accepts ceasefire deal” to “Israel chooses to continue offensive in Rafah and is currently carrying out targeted attacks” within the span of an hour is the most viscerally heartbroken I’ve been throughout the past months
Diplomatic sources revealed an offer made by the UAE to South Africa, which includes huge investments to withdraw from suing Israel in the International Court of Justice.
Emirates Leaks sources reveal UAE officials sought to persuade South Africa to drop its Court of Justice case against Israel by offering billions in oil refinery investments.
According to the sources, Emirati officials sought for weeks to secretly offer various temptations to their counterparts in South Africa, including opening various economic relations between the two countries.
In addition, the only Emirati request from South Africa was to withdraw from suing Israel or at least reduce the severity of the genocide charge included in the file in the Court of Justice.
However, South Africa insisted, after filing the lawsuit, on proceeding with the International Court of Justice and ignoring the Emirati offer, according to the same sources who indicated extreme disappointment in Abu Dhabi at the failure of these attempts.
it sounds like a joke but literally so many of you would've been supportive of the vietnam invasion by america and would've accused draft dodgers and draft card burners of being divisive
i think regardless of generation or timeframe a deeply american problem is the inability to imagine a better world if the establishment tells you it cannot exist + a deeply self-centered idea of compassion where american citizens matter more than any other type of human being. we've been doing the oppositional "i'm good and whatever's against me is evil so i have no obligation to challenge my contemporaries" shit for literal centuries now and no amount of "i'm lgbt and it's 2024!" will divorce you from your attachment to oppressive regimes.
The genocide in Gaza has been going on for way too long. War crimes are being committed against the general population and causing widespread devastation and catastrophic levels of destruction, displacement, and starvation.
Next week, I am starting a hunger strike to stand in solidarity with the people of Gaza. I invite you to support me by sponsoring my hunger strike.
I will add one day to my hunger strike for every collective €50 donated to his campaign. You can donate any amount.I will hunger strike for up to TEN DAYS so I am aiming to have at least €500 donated to Hani.
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The Eurovision song contest is facing intense scrunity and accusations of discrimination after it rebuked Swedish-Palestinian pop star Eric Saade for wearing a Palestinian scarf in the opening act of the semi-finals.
Saade, whose father is of Palestinian origin, kicked off the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden on Tuesday evening with a keffiyeh, a traditional Palestinian and Arab male headdress, wrapped around his wrist.
[...] In response, the organisers of the contest, European Broadcasting Union (EBU) released a statement saying it "regretted" that Saade wore the scarf.
"The Eurovision Song Contest is a live TV show. All performers are made aware of the rules of the contest, and we regret that Eric Saade chose to compromise the non-political nature of the event," it said.
[...] Eurovision later posted clips of the performances of the other two opening acts on its social media pages, but did not share Saade’s, prompting social media users to share the performance on their personal pages to show support for the artist.
Waving Palestinian flags, wearing traditional Palestinian garments, or if we're being honest, just being Palestinian, is now officially "too political" for Eurovision.
Literally, all Saade did was wear a keffiyeh around his wrist—while being Palestinian—and that was enough to get a statement from the EBU, and have his opening performance scrubbed from Youtube.
If you're not already boycotting Eurovision this year, then what the fuck is wrong with you?
Below are two statements from Saade. The first one, giving his reason for participating, was posted a few days ago, and the other was in response to the EBU accusing him of 'compromising the non-political nature' of the Genocide Song Contest:
