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Palestine will be free

Palestine will be free. There’s no way around it. Whether it’s today or tomorrow or years from this moment. It’s up to you to participate in its liberation.

If you’re an Arab leader not using this moment to your advantage and not stepping up to the plate you will be remembered for your cowardice and inaction.

If you are a genocide supporter and contributor you will be remembered for your silence and participation in this horrific campaign of dehumanization and violence.

The pages of history will be be kind to you.

“May the eyes of cowards never sleep” - Khalid ibn Alwaleed.

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hi all, palestine’s going through a mass genocide right now and really needs help, here are a few ways you can do that

palestine children’s relief fund: provide urgent humanitarian care for children in gaza

anera: provide on-the-ground emergency relief

medical aid for palestinians: emergency relief for women and children, psychosocial support, disability help, other medical needs

doctors without borders: medical teams on the ground treating injured palestinians as needed

feel free to add on in the notes, notify me if any of the fundraisers listed arent necessary/actually helpful to donate to, and let me know if anything needs added on/modified

as always, if you cant donate then please share and spread awareness

UPDATE: this post has been edited to remove an organization by the UN (details in reblog by @petite-elf )

UPDATE: companies to boycott have been added due to the direct harm they cause towards palestinians (c. @/sleepallsummer, letstalkpalestine on instagram)

Caterpillar: Caterpillar bulldozers are regularly used in the demolition of Palestinian homes and farms and in Israel’s massacres in Gaza

HP: Hewlett Packard helps run the ID system that Israel uses to restrict Palestinian movement

Puma: Puma sponsors the Israel Football Association, which includes teams in Israel’s illegal settlements on occupied Palestinian land.

SodaStream: SodaStream home drinks machines are one of Israel’s best known exports.

Ahava: Ahava cosmetics are another of Israel’s best known export companies.

Sabra: Sabra hummus is a joint venture between PepsiCo and the Strauss Group, an Israeli food company that provides financial support to the Israel Defense Forces.

Motorola: Provides Israeli military, police, prisons and immigration authority with communication technology

For more information, see bdsmovement.net/boycott-hp, investigate.afsc.org, whoprofits.org

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Solidarity.✌🏾🇵🇸❤️

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the cognitive dissonance displayed in some posts about palestine by white americans etc is absolutely fucking astounding. i really really need you to understand that the horrific genocidal process of land expropriation we are witnessing in sheikh jarrah is how all of israel was settled, how every settler colony was established, and that that violence and theft are ongoing not just in occupied palestine but where you live. in the united states and canada and australia and new zealand and new caledonia and french polynesia and the french antilles and and and. and that if you don’t understand settlerism, the ideology behind it and the mechanisms through which it is enacted; if you do not see the material connection between standing rock and gaza, you cannot be effective allies to palestinians because you do not actually understand what is happening in palestine. that the dispossession and murders have an end goal, and it is the establishment of a colonial state that looks like yours. of a country where natives don’t exist, or exist in such minuscule numbers that large scale resistance becomes impossible. the end goal is annihilation. what appears like “senseless” brutality does have a purpose, and it is a purpose that is fundamentally incompatible with the existence of palestinians. and when you see pictures and videos from jerusalem, you need to remember that the land you are standing on was and continues to be settled through the same processes. not so that you can feel useless guilt, not to derail from the urgency of the situation in palestine; but specifically so that you can contextualize the genocide of palestinians and where it fits in the colonial timeline. so that you can understand talks of two state solutions and nuance and “both sides” the same way you understand manifest destiny and unceded land and one-sided treaties. and so that you can finally develop an internationalist political approach to indigenous struggle and liberation and imperialism, and start fighting the correct enemies where you live in the belly of the beast, because that is what you have to offer and what will help colonized people everywhere.

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وَلَنْ يَجْعَلَ اللَّهُ لِلْكَافِرِينَ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ سَبِيلًا

“Allāh will never allow the disbelievers to have a way over the believers”

Surah Nisaa’: 141

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How do you feel about these Gulf Arab nations “normalizing” with the Zionist entity?

لا للتطبيع No to normalization. 

فلسطين حرة

Palestine is free. 

It not only is a despicable move, it establishes no peace in essence. Gulf Arab nations were never at war with the Zionist entity to be at “peace” with them. This is a precursor to a larger way to re-shape the Arab world, but it will not succeed. 

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Saudi Arabia is beautiful💚part3💋 1- Spring in the deserts of Saudi Arabia 2- Madinah Holy City 3- Palm Plantations in Qassim 4- Asir 5- Al Baha 6- Village in Taif 7- Saudi Countryside- Tanumah🌾👒 8- Wadi Desah- Tabuk 9- Wadi Turbah- Al Baha 10- Saudi man getting water in Najran

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West Bank, Palestine, 2003 // Alessandra Sanguinetti

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إذا كنا مدافعين فاشلين عن القضية ، فالأجدر بنا أن نغير المدافعين ، لا أن نغير القضية.شغلة بسيطه لتذكيرالعالم بالمسجد الأقصى والقدس.

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This is very important, please do not ignore this.

Watch the video till the very end please (the end is when the explosion goes off.)

I live in Lebanon and the fiercest explosion went off in the midst of Beirut today, killing off an ungodly amount of human beings (more and more people are dying as I write this) and injuring up to 5000 people whose cases are immensely critical. Today,, at approximately 6 pm, hospitals were completely torn to shreds, people have been buried underneath fallen buildings, fires have been ignited almost everywhere, blood staining the streets in an excruciating manner, in addition to people that flew and fell to the sea due to the impact of the explosion. And it is certainly worth mentioning the millions upon millions' worth of damages what with buildings and cars and stores. Plenty of people are missing, it's an overall mess that is quite frankly very traumatizing.

What Lebanese people have been undergoing in recent times:

Lebanon has been going through a major economical decline that grows worse and worse by the day. The prices have heightened and the salaries remain the same, scarcely anyone has the capacity of affording basic needs anymore. There has been an unfolding revolution the past year, and the lebanese society has been protesting against the humiliation thrust upon our lives due to our miserable excuse for a government, and though the streets bled with thrashing, screaming citizens fighting for their utmost basic human rights, that caused mere to no change in the way things go around here, in fact, it only made it worse. We're being provided with, metaphorically, a droplet's worth of water and nearly no electricity, a pregnant woman has even passed away recently due to a heat stroke (as there were no means of cooling off)

What caused the setting off of this explosion?

The ignorance, heartlessness, and overall brutality of the government and the people in control.

A critical amount of chemicals (2700 tons of ammonium and other nitrates) were left inside a ship along the port of Beirut, and though the people in charge of this transaction were warned that heat and perspiration have the capability of destroying the whole of Lebanon in ode to a massive explosion, they refused to do anything about it and left the chemicals in there for years on end.

Up until, surprise surprise, the explosion went off and devestated Lebanon almost entirely.

I don't have much followers, and I know that this post isn't going to magically heal what is unfolding in this, priorly gorgeous, magnificent country, but I truly hope with all my heart that you find it within yours to spread awareness on this topic so that it would be more widespread,, so that Lebanon gets the aiding it deserves and the people from outer places slap the 'big bosses' awake, or at least pressure them into resigning, whatever it takes to make this place sufferable, tolerable, somewhere you can picture yourself residing in.

Lebanon is a place of infinite traditions, diversity, creativity, joy, and love. Most of the people here are open-hearted and wholesome. We all deserve far better.

My heart aches for the people that have passed away today, and I shall pray for the ones stuck in hellish suffering.

This is important.

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Here’s to my home country,

Here’s to Beirut.

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Yemen

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الساكت عن الحق شيطان اخرس

He who is silent against injustice is like a silent devil

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I am drawing fan art for spiderman with clothing from several cultures and countries, and right now my base culture is arab/middle Eastern. In this context, is it alright if I don't add the headdress or is there a particular one for teens?

The headdress for both genders is and will always be something optional. Even within the context of Arab/Middle Eastern countries. Many people don’t don it. 

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Is it true that the Arabic coffee it has special ingredients that you cannot get in shop? I had Arabic coffee a few times and I must say it’s amazing.... Can we buy Arabic coffee??

I love this question. 

Not necessarily, “Arabic Coffee” has a very distinct definition but we have to understand a few things about how coffee historically has moved around and what coffee means to Arabs in today’s day and age.  There are two very types of coffee beans out there, there is the Robusta and the Arabica bean. Almost 90% of beans roasted and used around the world are Arabica beans. They originated from Ethiopia, were passed over to Yemen, brought over to Istanbul in the 15th Century, and then made its way to Vienna, Italy, and eventually the rest of the world.  The other type is Robusta, a different type of bean, that is used artisanally and more locally to East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula primarily. When it is lightly roasted over a fire or kettle, it is known as Bedouin or Arabic Coffee in its purest sense. Also known as “Saada”. It has a yellowish or “Blonde” appearance to it and typically has very deep ritualistic meaning behind it. It’s typically ground with Cardamom and sometimes Saffron.  Now, Turkish coffee, or Ibrik Coffee is also popular in the Arab world, and is called Turkish coffee in Western circles, but is known to be the de facto coffee of choice in the Middle East. It’s made through what we know as a stove top “Ibrik” and is prepared over a stove-top with extremely finely ground coffee beans.  Middle Eastern markets around the Western world tend to have these pre-ground and ready. Some gourmet spice shops however, allow you to choose from a series of beans, of varying roasts, to be able to create an extremely fine type of bean. The reason you can’t find this type of coffee outside of Middle Eastern shops is because of the fineness of the grind, not necessarily the source of the bean; there are very specific electric and hand grinders in order to reach that level of sugar-sized grounds. They typically use an Arabica bean in this case.  Hopefully that helps. 

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PM please tell me about the small round button on Royal's clothing. Worn about chat nipple line. What is this for? Is it for security or a microphone?

Do you really want to know? 

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Hi! I was wondering if you know how to translate this quote to Arabic? ''My heart is at ease knowing that what was meant for me will never miss me, and that what misses me was never meant for me.''. Ióm looking everywhere for it but I didnt manage to find it till now

Hmm I'll attempt it: من كان رزقي فيسره وإن كان شر فابعده. Not a direct translation but a poetic way to express same idea. Usually rough translations have awkward wording in Arabic.