#Pakistani skits

[canmom]

booksbooksbooks - "yeah ok uh. you're worthless! how about that!"

I read Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt! I have previously talked about Brainwyrms on here, her second novel; this is her first, and honestly they are such similar books (thematically, structurally, stylistically - it's possible even that they are in a shared continuity) that a second comment almost feels redundant - but then it turned out I had a lot to say when I got into it. Spoilers below, though I think most of the effect of this book is how it's told rather than what happens.

(Also: the recent bookcrit posts will sometime soon be making their way to canmom.art for easier reading - I've rather dragged my feet on that but Soon(TM).)

So this is a haunted house book that's about fascism. You know it's about fascism before the book even begins, since it says as much in the content warning. More specifically it's about British fascism, personified in an evil house called Albion at the edge of Brighton that corrupts all around it, drawing people in and bringing out the fascist mindset in them.

It would be reasonable to fear this might end up as a polemic loosely packaged as a novel - even if an absolutely on-point and warranted polemic. You can absolutely see how characters fit into the 'argument': a white trans woman who has not fully escaped her racist upbringing on the one hand, her Jewish-Pakistani girlfriend* who runs into the arms of the TERF movement on the other, their blonde cis third wheel who is the first to be fully corrupted by the House. A plot hinging on conflicting accusations of rape; the house itself being established through a series of eugenicist murders. And on top of that, in between parts you get some quotes from, variously: Félix Guattari's Everybody Wants to be a Fascist, Isabel Fall's Helicopter Story, Umberto Eco's Ur-Fascism, a Stewart Lee skit, and William Blake's A Little Boy Lost (primarily for the 'Albion' pull I think).

*actually a deep closeted trans guy, wouldn't ya know it

I think it would be easy to find this directness kind of annoying, but what makes it work for me is largely its style. Rumfitt has a hell of an ability to set a mood and environment, to convey the all-too-real bitterness and pain of its characters in circumstances I recognise. It is a story more than willing to veer into delirious fever-dream streams of consciousness or to spend a few pages quoting some fetishist imageboard rant at length. But more important is the genuine and raw anger of the author that seems to run through it: when the narration slips into addressing the reader, it feels like the intensity of feeling can't be contained in fictional devices anymore. The word 'sharp' is surely a cliché, but this is the kind of book to leave you looking up and going 'phew' between chapters. It works because it is able to make you feel the bleakness that its narrative demands.

(Possibly a relevant comparison at this point would be Sálo, but something to develop another time.)

At the same time, it's a book that is so blatantly About Stuff that it's almost impossible to read it simply as a novel. It has a certain degree of mystery structure (what happened in the House? what became of Hannah? who raped who?) and escalating waves of intensity to pull you along, it's got setups and payoffs and callbacks as the ideas raised early in the story bloom again in the final blast of words, but it's not really something you can simply take as a haunted-house story. Some of the biggest horror scenes would be kind of completely ridiculous without the metaphor-drenched context.

We can describe the main beats, all the same.

the bit where I summarise the plot

Alice and Ila are two survivors of an ill-fated expedition into an abandoned house. Alice (trans girl) is haunted by something which manifests in the form of a stain on the wall, and when she covers it by a picture of a racist singer from the 80s who she once admired, his phantom (it's presumably Morrissey, but they book doesn't ever name him). she gets by through shooting sissy hypnosis videos for clients who have her say all sorts of dubious racist shit. Ila (cis) has been welcomed as a token brown woman for the TERF movement, getting interviewed on the radio and invited to conferences. Both of them remember being raped and multilated by the other during the visit to the House - more on that anon. The third member of the party, Hannah, entered with them but never left the House.

Alice's closest thing to friends are a hetero couple of hard partiers; the guy Jon is into knifeplay and it's clearly not something his partner is all on board with. She tries to hook up with a girl but the Morrissey-haunting scares her away, providing some setup for the concepts of haunting this book will use. Ila, meanwhile, is almost raped by another TERF after recounting her story at a conference; the woman in question preemptively DARVOs her on social media so she won't tell. Some other cis(?) girl who Ila had deliriously called a tranny during sex (thanks House!) seconds it. Throughout all this, Ila has been frequently messaging Alice asking to talk again.

The narrative jumps around; we gradually learn more about the circumstances of their previous trip into the House (named Albion by its first two inhabitants), and its history: built by a gay guy in a period that would get you arrested and named Albion by his 15-year-old lover, then the site of a series of eugenicist murders (with explicit allusion to Bluebeard); in modern times, the random suicides it inflicts on the people in the buildings around it, etc. It's a real bad House

So, Hannah (cis, straight) had been feeling third-wheeled by the couple Alice and Ila. We get some flashbacks as Hannah: that time Alice and Ila had sex on the beach and Hannah totally heard it all, that time Hannah hooked up with a black guy and Alice and Ila were kind of assholes to him... When they enter the house together, Hannah becomes separated and drawn to the red room at the heart of the house. When Alice and Ila enter, Hannah is fully claimed by the House and physically transformed into a human swastika, and the narrative splits in two as both Alice and Ila enact brutal rapes on each other; in one version, Alice cuts 'ARBEIT MACHT FREI' into Ila's belly, in the other, Ila cuts a symbolic vagina into Alice's scalp. The two of them leave the House with these injuries, and the narrative pointedly refuses to tell us that one is the real course of events, or that something else happened.

Ila contacts Alice and convinces her to return to the House to put an end to it. They try to have sex and they're not feeling it; then they have nasty politicised sex, which gives the book its title:

“Call me it, please,” she says. “Call you what?” “You know. You know you want to, as well.” She hesitates for a moment. But Alice is right. She does want to. “You fucking tranny,” Ila moans. “God. Fuck. Please.” The pleasure is nearly unbearable for Alice. “Do it again. Tell me what you think of me, what you really think of me. Tell me I’m nothing. Tell me I’m worthless.” “You,” Ila grabs Alice’s hair, “are a fucking worthless tranny.”

Finally the two go into the House and we enter a kind of fever dream of an alternative fascist-ruled timeline in the green and pleasant lands where Mosley plays on the radio, Alice never transitions and marries Hannah and kills herself, Ila is deported to unknown quarters, and then in a parallel vision they both embrace while respectively self-disembowelling and bleaching -

then, finally we get a version where they escape alive and burn the House, only for its curse to continue to affect the next building to be built there, which gives rise to a bomber who bombs the Pride parade where Alice and Harry (formerly Ila) are walking together. But they hold each other in the ashes. t4t end.

You get all that?

I'm leaving out various dream sequences, flashbacks, and meditations on the state of things, like the factory or the, 'shitty transvestite pigs', which could honestly be said to be more important than the narrative itself.

fascism then

So for a book that is so much about fascism, what does it actually have to say on the subject? The facet of fascism examined here is mostly of the online-radicalisation or unspoken-sentiment type, the thing you tell yourself is a joke until you stop telling yourself that. The characters are carrying intrusive patterns of thought, taking different but similar forms for each. The House, or the ideology, feeds on their interpersonal resentments and drives them towards self-destructive cruelty.

In the narration that is (at least at times) their train of thought, they ask themselves why they stay in the House, or get drawn back. The closest thing to an answer comes, in Hannah's point of view, shortly before the dual rape scene:

Alice tried to kick open the door, but it wouldn’t move, however hard she kicked. It felt like there was nothing on the other side of the door – that it wasn’t a door at all, but the border to the world, and the inside of this room was the entire world. If you were to open the door you would find… what? The world outside is dark and unknowable. In the room you are safe. You are subject to violence, abuse, mistreatment, hurt, pain, all of the above, but you are safe from what is outside the room and that is what matters, inside the room is the pain you know, outside the room is the pain you do not know, it’s not a hard choice to make in the end, to sit here ‘neath the burning sun of her body, (...)

But more than that, fascism is some kind of permanent infestation. The House itself is at once England (as the name Albion suggests) and the persistent, seemingly eternal infestation of fascist ideology, which are pretty much one and the same - a country so racist that it will vote to kill its own immune system right before a global pandemic, a country so racist that the very ground stinks, a country so racist that your seemingly left-liberal parents have a map of the British Empire hanging on their wall (excerpted from the middle of a run-on-sentence too long to reproduce here).

So Alice and Ila confront their dalliance with fascism by returning to the House, and in a sense purge themselves through this catabasis; but fascism is not destroyed when the House is ruined, or burned down, or replaced with flats, and keeps growing back to consume more lives.

Mostly the thing the book seems to have to say about fascism is it's fucking everywhere and it's terrifying, a sentiment that is hard to disagree with. But it also has a fair bit to say in depicting its dynamics in the modern world.

What of this dual rape scene then? There is a scornful paragraph at one point about how the social-justice rules of engagement totally fail, mockingly describing how you could plug the two characters into an intersectionality calculator to determine who has narrative authority here, ending with this remark:

So, there’s just two girls leaving a house and maybe you don’t have to take a side, maybe you can empathise with them both and hope they get the therapy and help they need and can learn to forgive one another. No. You can’t do that. Are you a fucking idiot? Are you that fucking stupid that you genuinely think you can do that and that something like that is possible?

At the same time as presenting this situation of absolute ambiguity, the book doesn't seem shy about acknowledging there are straight up bad actors, whether Jon or the older TERF; recurring more than once is the idea of the moves a rapist might make to silence a victim or witness. All sorts of lines: "I'm too important to the movement, think of what would happen", or blatant lies, "it's the only way [the unconscious person] can get off".

All of this, frankly, accords with my experience of the world; these are all things that happen. If it revels a little in setting up these little ironies in its account of the TERF movement (elsewhere we see Ila making up stories to post on a forum that is obviously Mumsnet), it is also painfully cognisant of the ugly dynamics of accusations. Elsewhere this very website gets a shoutout! In an Alice POV chapter:

When I was about fifteen, I used the website Tumblr. It still exists, as far as I know. It was a strange place, and it’s hard to even describe how the culture of it felt when you were part of it: at times welcoming and at times unbearably tense. It was the first time I really read about what being trans was, and it was also where I was sent endless anonymous messages telling me to kill myself. People would often accuse others of things, baselessly, and those accusations would stick to them however much they tried to shake them away. One of my Tumblr mutuals was accused of being a paedophile and a Nazi. We hadn’t really talked much at all – she’d re-blogged my selfies a few times, and I hadn’t thought much about that until people started to accuse her. I began to wonder what her intentions had been when she shared a fifteen-year-old’s selfies. She denied these accusations, of course. Anyone would. She claimed that the people accusing her of being a paedophile and a Nazi were TERFS – and the problem was that some of them were. Or had, at least, started to share TERF rhetoric onto their blogs. Which made sense… they had just been exploited by an older trans woman, and suddenly these other older women were telling them, oh, come join us. There’s a pattern to this, and we don’t have to accept it as normal. I didn’t understand it at the time, I was just angry, angry and confused, but I get it now, with Ila spooning me. I understand why she is the way she is. I hope she understands why I am like I am, too. (...dialogue about the House happens...) I stopped using Tumblr shortly after that whole affair, and after having other people creep on me too – most notably a nineteen-year-old fat rights activist who seemed obsessed with my hair. I turned to 4chan and other forums in that vein, where, even if there were Nazis and paedophiles, at least they were generally honest about being those things, even as they remained anonymous. It felt better to know that I was talking to someone who liked to masturbate over little boys than to talk to someone and find that out about them later.

I was a bit older than the fictional Alice when I arrived on here, and I've never had the sense to leave lmao, but this accords well enough with my experience - notably, I strongly recall how a certain opposed accusation of rape/abuse (with knifeplay involved!) torpedoed the simplistic 'believe accusations' worldview I had held onto up to that point. The girls involved became a cause célèbre for two rival factions in the trans scene at the time, with who you believed largely depending on who your friends were, each rallying to defend theirs and cast the others as apologists. Ironically, both those groups would later fall apart.

Whatever parallels I might draw to touchy real life history, we can certainly see here some of the devices this book likes to use: a long personal illustrative anecdote of some messy shit, seguing into a moment of narration and a remark that connects it to the present, and helps sketch its characters as the extrusion of much-larger social forces. It is not easy to adequately capture complexity without getting completely lost in mush, and I think this book manages solidly. (I am tempted to draw certain parallels to works like Psycho Nymph Exile which address similar dynamics, but that would be way more than I want to get into right now).

It is strange reading this book, in many ways. I have only been in Bright a few times, but once was indeed for a Trans Pride, and I remember sitting on the beach described in the book (I went home before anyone started fucking). I may not have shown up to some anti-TERF demo, but I know well the 'tuneless chants' that Ila derides in her early POV chapter. So many trans books are American, and here is one that is furiously British, and that certainly strikes a chord.

With everything so caught up in magic and metaphor, what can we pull out of our own immersion in this book's wash of terrible images? Simply to love each other defiantly, in the spirit of the old songs? I recall talking with @thesiltverses on how horror and dystopian fiction undermines itself by presenting a relief at the end, and I am inclined to agree. There is no relief here, no 'this is what we need to do to counter the rise of fascism'; it is a story that ends only in a tragic moment of defiance, tinged with that little cynical detail, after a fascist bombs a Pride parade:

He goes to her, on his hands and knees, rubble and blood and bodies all around them. The police, the ambulance, the news crews. They are coming. Photographers are taking pictures of them, and they will put these pictures on the front pages of newspapers, and the picture will be with them forever, they won’t ever escape it, two trans people covered in blood and embracing amidst the carnage. The photographer who gets the image wins a prize for it. They don’t know that yet. They only know this: Harry crawls towards Alice with the last of his strength, his arms outstretched and reaching. The rain will come. When it does it will be bloody. The future will be red-tinted and unknowable, but they will be together. Come to me now, mouths Alice. Hold me.

I feel like this is the tone of a lot of recent tranny-adjacent fiction: we cannot stop them coming, but we will live furiously all the same: a story about the possibility of a pocket of change, that two people so thoroughly corrupted by the House could move past it. Is that all we can hope for? If we can win more, it's probably not for a horror novel to say so.

I know I know at least one person who has known Alison Rumfitt, the UK trans scene being what it is. I'm glad her book is resonating with people, if it is only those who show up at queer bookshops (shoutout to Category Is books where I got my physical copy). We are certainly experiencing a moment for grimdark fiction, and while that suits my tastes rather more than the 'cosy', I distrust any self-congratulation about being soooo transgressive and nasty compared to those pathetic wimpy steven universe gays. This, however, is something quite different: it's nasty because it's simply extremely pointed and the subject kind of demands it.

A couple of weeks ago I was discussing with some people at the film festival about how you'd do a film adaptation of this book. Having now read it, I'm scratching my head - it seems rather unfilmable, because so much of what it's saying is caught up in internal monologues and devices of narration that would hardly translate to the screen. But hey, you know what, if someone tries, I want to see.

[starlightshadowsworld]

I’ve been really struggling to find fun and interesting content that I enjoy in Urdu with English subtitles.

So as a way to incorporate it into my life while I continue my search, I’ve started putting it into the things I’m currently obsessed with.

Bungou Stray Dogs. It’s Bungou Stray Dogs.

Songs that remind me of ships I like. Doing little skit/dialogues between characters, albeit shorter more simple ones because I’m a beginner 😅

Making desi themed character aesthetic boards with lines from Pakistani poets in Urdu.

It’s not going to teach me a whole lot I know but it’s a start and means I’m actually engaging with the language, with the other stuff I’m doing of course.

And hey I post dumb shit all of the time might as well make it productive.

[badedramay]

tentatively excited for jannat se aagay because i think its premise looks Just different enough for it to be semi-interesting but im pretty much all in for Mein as of rn lol.. i think ayeza is a genuinely good actress with star power who gets relegated to the same roles all the time so this darkish glamorous tone has me so intrigued.... Not really a wahaj fan but i think their chemistry was chemistrying enough that if they actually do go the morally grey route for ayeza i'll watch.

also i saw you ask for green tv recs and i don't wanna be one of those people that says ALL OF THEM bc how counter-productive so here's some base-level reviews for the ones i've watched: tumhare husn ke naam is a classic romance that i think earns the 90s drama comparisons. very sweet so far but i think its most unique aspect is that this is the first time since mera naam yousuf hai probably that ive been endeared to an imran abbas character lol. jeevan nagar is really funny and rabia butt is a gem i'm very excited for her career but tonally it's something i have a hard time getting into.. reminds me of old pakistani skit shows but elevated to a certain level. kabli pulao i actually haven't seen which is blasphemous but the premise didn't intrigue me at all... might give it a chance for nadia afghan. 101 talaqain has an interesting story but i couldnt continue it because the direction was choppy and contrived. idiot suffers from a lack of defined secondary characters but the main two are very very endearing and well-acted so its like... if youre willing to sacrifice your time watching ahmed ali akbar and mansha pasha play the main couple from 3 idiots. finally, i think 22 qadam might be my favorite? its directed well and the storyline is actually intriguing so far even though from the teasers i was worried about how they were gonna do the cricket stuff (they managed it well). couldn't tell you about the romance bc there's been one interaction at the point im at but hareem CARRRRRIES and wahaj actually plays charismatic foil pretty well. sorry these are all just rambles but i hope u have a great day <3

I don't think Ayeza gets relegated to the same roles though? she tries to switch it up whenever she can. of course her "damsel in distress" roles outnumber her other characters but she has given a success in Meenu (a bubbly character) and in Mere Pass Tum Ho and Yaariyan (negative characters). Laapata toh had her playing a bubbly, negative-ish character. she definitely has the range and she looks terrific onscreen. even more so since she has started taking charge of the styling of her characters. her wardrobe in Mein looks ek dum GORGEOUS I just know Imma be salivating on her looks alot. Wahaj-Ayeza chemistry..idk..haven't been WOWed by it yet but i am hoping the drama itself will change that perspective.

thank you for the rundown about Green Ent's shows! i still haven't gotten the time or frankly even the inclination of checking out any of these. I read multiple complains about the channel's shows' having techincal issues that overall impacted the quality of the shows and honestly that has me hesitating in checking them out. alsoooo...maybe it's just me but there's something a little "off" about all of the dramas either the casting or the kind of stories that are telling that just doesn't pique my interest? i am not writing the channel or the content off entirely..i hope it will offer me something in the future that will have me taking this channel seriously but so far, I am far more concerned about shows that happen on the Big 3 channels of PakTV and am treating Green as just a beta version of a channel that needs time and continuous tinkering to work out its chinks before I consider it ready as a channel to be invested in.

[pakmainsmm]

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[songmingisthighs]

Outlaw anon here!

LMAO, your last paragraph in your previous response to me made me giggle, as you should though. You’re not wrong in any way at all so i’m glad you’re unbothered.

Also desi countries are a small handful of them from South Asia. These include, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. I am pakistani but live in England!

Yeah people are just beyond dramatic at points, they forget all the good and let the bad overshadow. Yes it was disappointing, but they apologised and they just like h didn’t know any better. Therefore that disappointment is somewhat cancelled out as we need to look at circumstances. They’re Korean, the only places in the world that are so disturbed by these remarks are western societies.

Africa, South America, Asia in its entirety and parts of Europe are all still extremely racist to those who aren’t of their own race. They’re so patriotic too! Even desi counties have issues with each other and fight, horrible things are said back and forth between them but it’s not called out like it is with them.

So while yes, I understand that beacuse Ateez has a platform it’s good for them to not do such things which can spread negativity due to the connotations. It’s not that deep. It’s not their fault either, San sang along because he heard a word that sounded similar and it was just word association. He wasn’t mocking it at all. Plus, it’s San and Yunho, two of the elevens of a group that unconditionally supports their fans regardless of identity.

To all those who are mad and aren’t desi, lol stay mad and hop off ateez’s dicks. Let the Desi community talk because all I’m seeing is White American and English people complaining and saying ‘oh a lot of the Desi community is upset’. Bffr it’s likely they don’t even know what desi means😭

i'm not unbothered ig ?? like i take things with a grain of salt nowadays and i try to get as many perspective i could. i still obliterate the bitched who break my rules tho lmao

and oof okay thanks for clarifying about the desi countries thing

ikr like can you take you accumulated anger somewhere else ?? find a better way to release said pent up anger ???? i'll be mean rn and say if you care more about the apology rather than the people, might as well get off atinydom, we literally don't need toxic people who can and will harm the boys in a blink of an eye. no bc how the fuck can people turn on them so quickly ????? IT'S NAWT EVEN FUNNY like fuck shit ass man dude this better be a joke ?? a parody ???? a bad tiktok series skit ????

i'm so glad that there are desis like you who are able to see that san didn't mean any harm yknow. like in comparisson, you see what san did and then you see what gigi hadid did with her friends in china. now tell me you can't see the difference in intention.

those non desis who are mad are most likely those who said "if you're not desi, shut up" and i just find it ABSOLUTELY KIDNEY TICKLING HILARIOUS ghawd

[ask-pakistan]

Do you have any Pakistan skits

Well here’s one for our current situation lol also it contains a important message for those of you that are living in Pak (it’s in Urdu):

You’re going to have to be Pakistani and/or know Urdu in order to be able to understand these though, sorry about that. Obviously i cannot copy-paste all of my favorite pakistani skits so i’ll recommend you to check out funny skits made by these people:

1) Zaid Ali T (He’s by far my favorite haha) 

2)Our Vines

3)Shahveer Jafry

4)Rahim Pardesi 

5) Sham Idrees (not a big fan of him though but he also made some skits)

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

World War Z was published in 2006, but takes place in 2009 at the earliest.  Late in the book, astronaut Terry Knox states that the International Space Station took over 10 years to complete; it started construction in November 1998, and Chief of Staff Karl Rove Grover Carlson says that the Republican party barely eked back into power after a disastrous 2-termer who started a “brush fire war” in the Middle East (George W. Bush).  He mentions an election year, but he doesn’t specify if it was the new president’s first or second term, so it’s either set right after 2008 or 2012.  This was written before the Nintendo Wii was announced, but one chapter mentions that people brought their GameCubes with them as they fled their homes in search of safety in the frozen Canadian wilderness.  This same chapter also mentions that they didn’t know how to pick survival gear; a park ranger finds a SpongeBob SquarePants sleeping bag frozen in the mud because its owner didn’t know the difference between a child’s indoor sleeping bag for slumber parties and a real insulated survival bag for camping.

The new president is never named, he’s just told be be pro-big business and anti-regulation, pushing a placebo zombie vaccine through the FDA to jumpstart the economy.  When shit hits the fan, he is “sedated” and his vice president takes power; we’re never told what happened to the president, whether he was bitten or had a stroke, just that he was “sedated.”  His Vice President is directly implied to be Colin Powell; he’s former military with family in Jamaica and black.  He appoints Howard Dean to be his vice president to form a bipartisan coalition; he is never referred to by name, but it is clearly supposed to be Howard Dean.  He was a rising star in the Democratic party from Vermont whose wife is a doctor and whose career imploded after he had a passionate outburst.  In 2004, Howard Dean gave a speech where he started passinately screaming about how he was gonna start sweeping state primaries and ride a wave into the White House, punctuating his point by going “HHEEUEAHHGH!!”  This was political suicide in 2004, and he was laughed out of the race.  In the book, he is referred to only as “the Whacko” because of this.  It is implied that he was Powell’s second choice for VP, his first being Barack Obama; the Whacko says that the Democrats wanted somebody else, somebody of the same skin color as the president, but that the country wasn’t ready for that.  In 2004, Obama was a candidate for senate in Illinois, so popular and so well spoken that he gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention before he even won his seat; then and there, pundits already had him pegged as the first black president, they could see the writing on the walls.  The Whacko becomes president when Powell dies of stress, but he is consistently referred to only as the wartime Vice President, out of respect for his boss.

Also, the Attorney General is implied to be Rudy Giuliani; all that is said about him was that he was the mayor of New York and once tried to give himself emergency powers to stay in office after his term.  Giuliani did exactly that after 9/11.

Other real life figures mentioned in the book

Fidel Castro; a ton of Cuban Americans flee the continent and return to the island during the zombie war, and he jumpstarts the economy by putting them to work as cheap laborers and slowly integrating them back into Cuban society.  He rehabilitates his image by stepping down as dictator and democratizing the country, voting himself out of office before the “nortecubanos” could hang him for decades of war crimes.

Nelson Mendela, referred to by his birth name Rolihlahla, the father of modern South Africa, he personally invites Paul Redekker, a former apartheid era political analyst, to solve the zombie problem; in the 80s, Redekker created a plan for the white minority government in case the black majority ever rose up against them.  In real life, Mandela lowered the temperature when he was elected president, saying that revenge against the apartheid government would do more harm than good.  In the story, Mandela uses this as justification to reuse the apartheid era plan to handle the zombie outbreak instead.  Redekker is so overcome by his compassion and forgiveness that he has a mental episode and dissociates, believing himself to be a black South African.

Kim Jong-il, the dictator of North Korea, he withdraws all troops from the DMZ and shuts the entire country down.  After months of radio silence, it is revealed that the entire country’s population has vanished; all satellite imagery shows a desolate wasteland, no zombies, but no humans either. He presumably moved everyone into subterranean bunker systems where he not only control their lives as on the surface, but now their access to food, water, and air.  He presumably became the god emperor he always wanted to be; either that, or the entire tunnel complex has been overrun, turning every man woman and child in North Korea into zombies.  The South Korean government refuses to send a expedition into the North to figure out what happened, lest they open up one of the tunnels and unleash millions of zombies onto the surface.

Martin Scorsese, mentioned in passing only as “Marty,” a friend of world famous film director Roy Elliot, who himself is a thinly veiled pastiche of Steven Spielberg.  Interestingly enough, the audio book features Martin Scorsese doing the voice of the conartist who created the placebo vaccine

One chapter has a ton of vapid celebrities hole together in a fortified mansion on Long Island, and takes great care to show each of them getting torn apart not by zombies but by regular people who storm the facility because they were stupid enough to broadcast their location on reality television.  A redneck with a “Get’er Done” hat (Larry the Cable Guy) and some bald guy with diamond earrings (Howie Mandel) blow themselves up with a grenade.  Rival political commentators, an annoying guy who talks about feminization of western society and a leathery blonde (Bill Maher and Ann Coulter) have end-of-the-world viking sex as the facility burns to the ground.  A dumb starlet (Paris Hilton) is killed by one of her handlers and her little rat dog escapes on foot.  A radio shock jock (Howard Stern) actually survives the war and restarts his show.

Michael Stipe of REM joins the army to fight the zombies

Another war veteran mentions how his brother used to have a bunch of Mel Brooks’ old comedy skits on vinyl record, and how he and his squad acted out the “Boy meets Girl” puppet skit with some human skulls.  Mel Brooks is author and narrator Max Brooks’ father.

Queen Elizabeth II, refuses to evacuate England when the island is overrun by zombies.  She intends to remain in Buckingham Palace “for the duration,” mirroring the fact that her parents refused to evacuate to Canada during World War II.

Vladimir Putin declares himself Tsar of the Holy Russian Empire, an ultra-orthodox religious state that has armed priests execute political dissidents under the guise of mercy killing people who have been bitten by zombies.

Yang Liwei, the first “taikonaut” (Chinese astronaut) has a space station named after him

While the main conflict is about government responses to the zombie pandemic, we see glimpses of a greater war torn planet.

A major plot line involves a Chinese Civil War which sees the entire communist politburo nuked out of existence by a rebel sub commander, as well as an attempted “scorched space policy” where the government planned to blow up their space station with scuttling charges to cause a cascade of space debris to encircle the Earth and prevent any other countries from launching missions in the future (this is known as Kessler Syndrome in real life, and was featured as the inciting incident of the 2013 movie Gravity).  The People’s Republic becomes the United Federation.

Iran and Pakistan destroy each other in nuclear war; everyone thought it would be India and Pakistan, but they had very close diplomatic infrastructure in place to prevent such a catastrophe; Pakistan helped Iran build a nuclear arsenal, but as millions of refugees fled from India through Pakistan to the east, Iran had to blow up some Pakistani bridges to stem the flow of zombies, which led to a border war and eventually total nuclear retaliation.

Floridians flee to Cuba, Wisconsinites flee to Canada, the federal government flees to Hawaii.  Everything east of the Rockies is abandoned and ruled by warlords until the government sorts itself out and mounts an expedition to clear the continent of zombies by literally marching an unbroken line of soldiers stretching from Canada to Mexico across the wasteland to the Atlantic.

Israel withdraws from Gaza and the West Bank to become super isolationist, building a wall around the entire country to stop the zombies getting in (they were the first country to respond to the pandemic, and the most successful), but the religious right rebels against the secular left in a civil war that sees Jerusalem ceded to a unified Palestine.

It is an amazing, multifaceted story with so much going on that nobody recognizes.  It was written as a response to the end of the Cold War and the start of the War on Terror.  It’s about a geopolitical shift, a change in the status quo, a disaster from which the world never recovers; America before 9/11 was a very different place than American after 9/11.  Iraq and Afghanistan changed everything, and we’re still feeling their effects to this day; the story uses the zombie apocalypse as the next big international disaster the world must adapt to.  World War Z is World War III with zombies, and I think it would do a lot better if it were published today, now that we’ve had several decades to respond to the fall of the Soviet Union and the endless wars in the Middle East and a global pandemic.

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A Month of Islam in America: February 2020

In February, the counter-jihad lost an invaluable resource. Philip Haney, the DHS whistleblower who exposed the purge of Muslim terrorist data during the Obama era, was found dead.

Phil was very likely murdered by those he was routinely exposing and closing in on. In fact, he was found dead just weeks after giving an interview detailing how terror-linked Muslims have continued to infiltrate all levels of U.S. government.

Watch Phil’s last video interview: Jihad Influence in America Reaches into VP Pence’s Office

A more detailed timeline of his whistleblower complaint in the video below.

Video: Phil Haney presents a timeline of infiltration at DHS and the FBI

RIP Phil Haney and may many more Phil Haney’s be called to action.

Click any link below for more details and a link to the original source.

Jihad in America:

Washington: Iraqi Immigrant Arrested in Murder of ex-Wife;  Friends Fear She Was 'Honor Killed' for Western Lifestyle

Police arrested Yasir Darraji on first-degree murder charges on Friday night.

Virginia: Somali Muslim FBI translator caught when own voice intercepted on terror surveillance calls gets ...probation!

Abdirizak Wehelie falsified transcripts in a terror case and lied to the FBI about it. His son was convicted of illegally transporting high-powered weapons in an ISIS case. Yet all he got was probation and a $1,000 fine.

Arizona: al-Qaeda Leader Wanted by Iraq for Murder of Iraqi Police Officers Arrested...in Phoenix!

Ali Yousif Ahmed Al-Nouri is wanted to stand trial in Iraq for two charges of premeditated murder committed in 2006 in Al-Fallujah.

‘Palestinian’ Woman Who Threatened to ‘Stab Everyone on Plane’ is Teacher at North Carolina Montessori School

Dana Ghazi Mustafa stated, “I’m going to stab everyone…I’m Palestinian! That’s how we get down.”

New York: Muslim immigrant who killed 8 in Halloween jihad attack threatens to decapitate corrections officer

Sayfullo Saipov threatened to decapitate a federal corrections officer for repeatedly waking him while he’s locked up at the Metropolitan Correctional Center

Arkansas: Muslim who killed U.S. soldier, injured another in 2009 Little Rock terror attack, loses appeal

The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday tossed out the appeal of Abdulhakim Muhammad who shot two soldiers, killing one, at a Little Rock recruiting station in 2009.

Illinois: U.S. Revokes Citizenship of Pakistani Who Entered U.S. Illegally, Plotted with al-Qaeda to Destroy Brooklyn Bridge

Iyman Faris, a Pakistani Muslim convicted of supporting al Qaeda, is no longer a U.S. citizen.

More Jihad in America:

Michigan: Muslim who nearly beat dog to death gets... probation

Abdulrazzaq Salah Mustafa is only going to get probation for nearly beating a dog named Champ to death.

Florida: Muslim convert stabs teen to death in jihad attack, Grocery store faces lawsuit

Florida: Man arrested after video shows him striking, throwing puppy against wall (for six minutes)

Legal Jihad in America:

DC: Muslim sues State Department, Pompeo for refusing to let her work from home during Ramadan

Previous monthly reports here.

Immigration Jihad also known as Hijra:

Arizona: Two men arrested with  370 pounds of cocaine and 220 pounds of meth valued at $12.7M

Alabama: Iraqi Refugee Who Lied to Get into U.S. Gets Probation and Loses Citizenship

DC: How the 'Interpreter' Scam Brought 75,000 Iraqis and Afghans to America

Minnesota: Dem Candidate Klobuchar Vows to Increase Number of Refugees Resettled in U.S. by More Than 500 Percent if Elected

Minnesota: Somali community leader says Ilhan Omar did marry her brother and said she would 'do what she had to do to get him "papers" to keep him in U.S.'

DC: Trump expands travel restrictions to six more countries that fail to "comply with basic national security"; H1B’s and refugees EXEMPT

New Jersey: Muslim-proposed ordinance will let Paterson mosques blast Muslim call to prayer across city

New Jersey: Paterson swears in new police chief...on Koran (video)

Rape Jihad in America - courtesy of Mass Immigration:

Illinois: Muslim Uber driver sentenced to 5 years in prison for sexually abusing rider Utah: Man arrested for raping wheelchair-bound woman in Salt Lake County

Mosques - the incubators of sharia and jihad in America:

For first time in Iowa history, mosques, five of them, used as caucus sites

Minnesota: St. Cloud City Council Approves Mosque in Basement of old O'Hara Brothers Building

Washington: Despite not having funds, new $3.3M mosque breaks ground in Bellevue

Fraud for Jihad:

Pennsylvania’s first Muslim female state rep gets just 3 months jail for stealing more than $500K from nonprofit founded to serve mentally ill and poor

Michigan: Detroit-Area Physicians Guilty in $150M Scheme Ohio: Somali market owners redeemed more than $10M in food stamp, WIC benefits charged in fraud conspiracy New York: Burqa-wearing thief steals nearly $1 million in jewelry from Piaget in Hudson Yards

Sharia and Dhimmitude in Government & Corporate America:

Bernie Sanders names daughter of Muslim Brotherhood leader as Virginia campaign co-chair

Philadelphia whitewashes investigation regarding who is responsible for video of Muslim children that performed in jihad skits

Florida: Cop Suspended for Liking Wife’s Social Media Posts Criticizing Tlaib and Omar Minnesota: Catholic priest apologizes for homily describing Islam as biggest threat to U.S. and Christianity

The all too infrequent victory against sharia and jihad in America:

California: Terror-Tied CAIR Candidate Event Shut Down When Patriots Demand Respect for Trump and USA (VIDEO)

Author to Speak at U.S. Army War College After Being Canceled by Terror-linked CAIR

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Israel and Trump’s Executive Order Killing Free Speech

It’s official. If you find the dispossession, murder, torture, and slow-motion ethnic cleansing of Palestinians disgusting and criminal, you’re an antisemite. If you organize like-minded folks and urge others to boycott Israeli products, you may end up in prison. It’s OK to criticize official enemies—Iran, Syria, Venezuela, North Korea, Russia, China—for imaginary crimes such as chemical weapons attacks in Syria and Russia’s meddling in elections rigged and prearranged by a hidden elite, but you are flirting with serious danger when you talk truth about Israel. Trump worked around this scheme of prearranged elections and this has resulted in mass mental illness now known as the “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”

In America, the state and its media have done an effective job of disappearing wars and downplaying or straight out ignoring the Pentagon’s heavy record of lies and evasion.

“Top Defense Department officials have largely brushed aside questions surrounding reports that U.S. officials lied about progress in the 18-year Afghanistan war, with experts saying it’s unlikely the documents will change the administration’s approach to the long-running conflict,” The Hill reported earlier this week.

America’s longest war—a bonanza for death merchants—was based on a stupendous lie: Osama bin Laden was hiding out in Afghanistan and the Taliban were intransigent about turning him over, so war was the only viable option, according to the official history. It’s never mentioned that the Taliban—a creation of the CIA and Pakistani intelligence—offered to turn over the Saudi, but the Bush neocons refused the offer. The slate needed to be scrubbed clean if a gas pipeline was to traverse Afghanistan. The invasion was planned before the events of September 11, 2001.

In the lead-up to the illegal invasion of Iraq, we were sold a passel of lies. First, foremost, and most absurdly: Saddam Hussein planned to attack America with weapons of mass destruction he did not possess. Hussein had an arsenal of chemical and biological weapons, though—sold to Iraq by US corporations—but these WMDs were reserved for internal threats, for instance, the Kurds. Hussein used his formidable police state to crack down on the Shia majority and other perceived threats. He had absolutely no interest in attacking America.

Iraq was invaded for the sake of Israel. It was invaded and its civilian infrastructure destroyed and its children poisoned and murdered for a simple reason—Saddam Hussein held up Palestinian fighters as heroes. He wrote checks to the families of the dead.

In 2003, as the Iraq invasion was underway, the BBC wrote:

The [Palestinian Arab Liberation Front] estimated that Iraq had paid out $35m to Palestinian families since the current uprising began in September 2000.

Saddam’s avowed support for the Palestinians, and his missile attacks on Israel during the Gulf War, have won him wide backing in the territories.

This is the real, unstated reason the US government invaded Iraq a second time. It had nothing to do with weapons of mass destruction Bush couldn’t find under his desk. Like Hillary Clinton chortling over the brutal anal rape (avec bayonet) and murder of Gaddafi in Libya, Bush made a joke out of not finding WMDs in Iraq. His deadpan skit read from notes had the official propaganda scribblers at the Radio & Television Correspondents Association Dinner in 2004 rollicking in laughter.

Ever since its “war of independence” (ethnic cleansing and mass murder in Palestine that made refugees of thousands of Palestinians), Israel has gone to war with its neighbors.

During the 1950s and 60s, Israel conducted “reprisal operations” against Syria, Egypt, and Jordan (the admitted tactic was “blood cost,” killing as many people as possible, supposedly to avert future attacks), the “crisis” after Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal, the Six-Day War (a war to steal land), the “War of Attrition” (to prevent Egypt from reclaiming the Sinai captured during the previous war), the “Yom Kipper War” ( Egypt and Syria attempted to regain the Sinai and the Golan Heights), the seriously misattributed “Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon” (the so-called Operation Litani was basically a war designed to steal and divert Lebanon’s water to Israel; this invasion is responsible for the formation of Hezbollah) and the resultant 1982 Lebanon War (to steal more land and set-up a “security zone,” using feeble PLO attacks as a predicate), the first and second Intifada, yet another invasion of Lebanon in 2006 (defeated by Hezbollah), numerous attacks on the civilian population of the Gaza Strip (Operation Pillar of Defense, Operation Protective Edge), and ongoing terror attacks and assassination operations against medics, journalists, and activists. The endless terror campaigns waged by settlers against Palestinians should also be included.

Dare mention any of this and you will be designated an antisemite. It is impermissible and will soon be illegal to criticize Israel. It is hatred of Jews to oppose the billions of dollars doled out to the Israeli state year after year without the consent of the American people.

“Among the world’s nations, the United States stands out as the most devoted backer of Israel,” writes Mark Weber, a scurrilous antisemite according to the SPLC.

With very few exceptions, even those American politicians and media figures who might sometimes criticize a particular Israeli policy are, nonetheless, vigorous supporters of Israel—and not just as a country, but as an emphatically Jewish ethnic-religious state. In spite of occasional disputes over specific policies, the US continues, as it has for years, to provide Israel with crucial military, diplo­matic and financial backing, including more than $3 billion each year in aid.

Benjamin Ginsberg, a Jewish author (The Fatal Embrace: Jews and the State), describes the outsized influence of the Jewish community, observations that have undoubtedly tagged him as a “self-hating Jew” and an extremist in league with white supremacists and other haters (now that rational discussion and indisputable facts are synonymous with hate).

Since the 1960s, Jews have come to wield considerable influence in American economic, cultural, intellectual and political life. Jews played a central role in American finance during the 1980s, and they were among the chief beneficiaries of that decade’s corporate mergers and reorganizations. Today, though barely two percent of the nation’s population is Jewish, close to half its billionaires are Jews. The chief executive officers of the three major television networks and the four largest film studios are Jews, as are the owners of the nation’s larg­est newspaper chain and the most influential single newspaper, the New York Times… The role and influence of Jews in Ameri­can politics is equally marked…

It is disturbing to witness the almost complete lack of interest on the part of the American people to put an end to America’s involvement in Israel’s wars, fought and paid for by clueless US citizens.

In the past, it was primarily the Left that opposed US wars and interventions. Now many on the Left, previously opposed to Republican president Bush’s invasions, believe this psychopathic behavior is somehow wedded to “democracy” and humanitarianism, especially if the wars are waged by Democrats such as Barack Obama—that is, if the average propagandized American bothers to think about war at all.

This disappearing act is only possible because the Left, what I call the “establishment Left,” is on a short leash and knows not to bite the hand that feeds with grants and stipends.

Beyond a small number of principled leftists and libertarians, there is virtually no opposition to Americans fighting and dying in Israel’s wars.

But that silence is hardly enough. Now the state is looking to prosecute “antisemites,” aka critics of Israel and a hijacked US foreign policy.

Fox News:

On Wednesday, President Trump signed the executive order, which broadened the federal government’s definition of anti-Semitism to include the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition, which can include criticism of Israel, and instructed it to be used in enforcing laws against discrimination on college campuses under Title VI.

The “Working Definition of Antisemitism” put out by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance states “[m]anifestations might include the targeting of the state of Israel, conceived as a Jewish collectivity.”

Moreover, discussing and criticizing the victimization of the Palestinian people by the Israeli state is antisemitism. “Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor,” is also described as hatred.

There is no paucity of facts on this latter point. Last year Israel passed what can only be regarded as a national race law that designates all non-Jews as second class citizens.

“From now on, two types of blood exist in Israel: Jewish blood and non-Jewish blood, on the law books as well,” writes Gideon Levy for Haaretz. (Hitler’s racism was also based on blood.)

The price of these two types of blood is also different. Jewish blood is priceless, it must be protected in every possible way. Non-Jewish blood is terrifyingly cheap, it can be shed like water. A situation that existed until now only de facto, with different standards and punishments for Jews and others, is from today by court decree.

Seventy years of nationalism and racism toward the victims is now receiving its appropriate legal backing. The nation-state law, which they said was only declarative, in the correct interpretation of [Jerusalem District Court Judge Moshe Drori], has earned its true meaning: The basic law for the superiority of Jewish blood. From now on, Israel has race law.

This “race law” is apparently OK with touchy-feely establishment liberals, while at the same time they rail against imaginary racism by “toxic white males” against state-sanctioned protected groups based on skin pigmentation and sexual orientation.

As for the real lefties—most prominently Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib—they know Israel is a racist state. They will, of course, eventually be removed from Congress.

Although I disagree completely with their proposed solutions to political and social problems, I agree with “The Squad” on Israel and its violent ethnic cleansing, assassination of activists, murder of children, and arrogant demand an economically besieged American public not only pay for it all but keep their mouths shut if they disagree, lest they find themselves in prison, forever marked as an antisemitic, a media exaggerated version of Hitler and the Nazis.

Kurt Nimmo

Kurt Nimmo has blogged on political issues since 2002. In 2008, he worked as lead editor and writer at Infowars, and is currently a content producer for Newsbud. His blog is entitled Another Day in the Empire.

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TikTok Monetization in Pakistan: A New Era for Content Creators

The rise of social media has revolutionized the way people interact, share ideas, and even earn a living. Among the many platforms that have emerged, TikTok has quickly become a global phenomenon. In Pakistan, TikTok's popularity has soared, and with it, the opportunities for monetization have expanded, creating a new era for content creators. This blog explores the dynamics of TikTok monetization in Pakistan, its impact on creators, and the potential future of this exciting platform.

The Rise of TikTok in Pakistan

TikTok, a platform that allows users to create and share short videos, has captured the attention of millions worldwide. In Pakistan, the app has witnessed exponential growth, particularly among the younger generation. The platform's user-friendly interface, coupled with its vast array of creative tools, has made it a favorite for many Pakistanis looking to express themselves and showcase their talents.

The diversity of content on TikTok is one of its strongest points. From comedy skits and lip-sync videos to educational content and cooking tutorials, the platform offers something for everyone. This diversity has played a crucial role in attracting a broad audience, thus increasing the potential for content creators to reach a wide range of viewers.

Monetization Opportunities

The allure of TikTok goes beyond just entertainment; it offers tangible monetization opportunities for content creators. In Pakistan, several methods have emerged for TikTok creators to earn money from their content.

1. Brand Partnerships and Sponsorships

One of the most lucrative ways to monetize TikTok content is through brand partnerships and sponsorships. Brands are always on the lookout for influencers who can promote their products in a relatable and engaging manner. In Pakistan, companies are increasingly recognizing the value of TikTok influencers and are willing to invest in collaborations. Creators with a significant following can secure deals with brands to promote their products, earning a substantial income in the process.

2. TikTok Creator Fund

TikTok's Creator Fund is another avenue through which creators can earn money. The fund, which was launched to support and reward creators for their contributions to the platform, allocates payments based on the number of views and engagement their videos receive. While the Creator Fund is still relatively new in Pakistan, it represents a promising opportunity for creators to monetize their content directly through the platform.

3. Live Gifts and Virtual Items

TikTok allows users to earn money through live streaming by receiving virtual gifts from their followers. These virtual gifts can be purchased with real money and then sent to creators during their live broadcasts. Creators can convert these virtual gifts into real cash, providing another revenue stream. This feature has gained popularity in Pakistan, as it allows creators to interact with their audience in real-time while earning money.

4. Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate marketing is another strategy that best ssm in Pakistan are leveraging to monetize their content. By promoting products and services through unique affiliate links, creators can earn a commission on any sales generated through their links. This method not only provides a passive income stream but also allows creators to align with products that resonate with their personal brand and audience.

Challenges and Considerations

While TikTok monetization presents numerous opportunities, it also comes with its set of challenges and considerations.

1. Consistency and Quality

To succeed in monetizing TikTok content, creators must maintain consistency and quality in their videos. The algorithm rewards regular posting and high engagement, which means creators need to consistently produce content that resonates with their audience. This can be demanding, requiring significant time and effort.

2. Navigating Algorithms

Understanding and navigating TikTok's algorithm is crucial for creators looking to maximize their reach and engagement. The algorithm determines which videos are shown to users based on factors such as watch time, engagement, and user preferences. Staying updated with algorithm changes and adapting content strategies accordingly is essential for sustained success.

3. Competition

As TikTok's popularity continues to grow in Pakistan, so does the competition. With an increasing number of creators vying for attention, standing out in a crowded space can be challenging. Creators need to find their unique voice and niche to differentiate themselves from the competition.

4. Platform Policies and Community Guidelines

Adhering to TikTok's policies and community guidelines is vital to avoid content removal or account suspension. Creators must be mindful of the platform's rules and regulations to ensure their content remains compliant. Violating these guidelines can result in penalties that may impact monetization opportunities.

The Impact on Content Creators

TikTok monetization has had a profound impact on content creators in Pakistan. It has opened up new avenues for income, allowing individuals to turn their passions and creativity into profitable ventures. For many creators, TikTok has become more than just a hobby; it has become a viable career option.

1. Economic Empowerment

The ability to earn money through TikTok has provided economic empowerment to many creators, particularly those from marginalized communities. It has enabled individuals to achieve financial independence and support themselves and their families. This economic empowerment has a ripple effect, contributing to the broader economy as well.

2. Fostering Creativity

Monetization opportunities have incentivized creators to push the boundaries of their creativity. The prospect of earning money motivates creators to produce high-quality content, experiment with new ideas, and engage with their audience in innovative ways. This has resulted in a rich and diverse content landscape on TikTok.

3. Building Personal Brands

Is TikTok monetized in Pakistan  has also facilitated the building of personal brands. Creators who successfully monetize their content often become influential figures in their niche. This influence extends beyond TikTok, opening up opportunities for collaborations, public appearances, and other ventures. Building a personal brand can lead to long-term career prospects and partnerships.

The Future of TikTok Monetization in Pakistan

The future of TikTok monetization in Pakistan looks promising. As the platform continues to grow and evolve, new opportunities for creators are likely to emerge. Here are some potential trends and developments to watch for:

1. Enhanced Monetization Features

TikTok is continually updating its features and tools to support creators. Enhanced monetization features, such as expanded Creator Fund initiatives and additional revenue-sharing models, could provide even more ways for creators to earn money. These updates will likely attract more creators to the platform, further enriching the content ecosystem.

2. Increased Brand Collaborations

As brands recognize the value of TikTok influencers, the number of collaborations and sponsorships is expected to increase. Brands will continue to invest in influencer marketing, leveraging TikTok's vast user base to reach their target audience. This trend will create more opportunities for creators to partner with brands and earn income.

3. Integration with E-commerce

The integration of e-commerce with TikTok is another potential development. Features that allow creators to sell products directly through the platform could revolutionize the way content is monetized. Creators could launch their own merchandise lines, collaborate with brands on exclusive products, and offer direct purchasing options to their audience.

4. Community and Support

As TikTok's creator community in Pakistan grows, support networks and resources for creators are likely to expand. Online communities, workshops, and mentorship programs can provide valuable guidance and support to emerging creators. These initiatives can help creators navigate the challenges of monetization and maximize their potential.

Conclusion

TikTok monetization in Pakistan is ushering in a new era for content creators. The platform's explosive growth has opened up a world of opportunities for individuals to turn their creativity into a source of income. While challenges exist, the potential for economic empowerment, creative expression, and personal branding is immense.

As TikTok continues to evolve, creators in Pakistan can look forward to enhanced monetization features, increased brand collaborations, and innovative e-commerce integrations. By staying consistent, understanding the platform's dynamics, and embracing their unique voice, creators can thrive in this exciting landscape. The journey of TikTok monetization in Pakistan is just beginning, and the possibilities are limitless. For those willing to put in the effort and dedication, TikTok offers a platform where dreams can turn into reality, one video at a time.

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For 15 students participating in a resilience training at Eastern Mennonite University, one role-play activity hit close to home.

The small-group skits were focused on inviting students to learn how their actions might be a result of an emotional response: how, for example, teasing Pakistani refugee Hayat Zahra, 16, about her hijab might be a result of their own discomfort in a new American culture.

“That was hard,” Zahra said later. Though the situation was only acting, her emotional response was visible to those around her. The students, refugees from Africa and the Middle East who are members of a leadership training program, were then able to talk about how words can hurt and how such hurt might cause other negative behaviors.

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