#pakistani talk shows 2018

[genderkoolaid]

Trans men face deep isolation in Pakistan. The country, with a conservative Muslim majority, has entrenched beliefs on gender and sexuality, so trans people are often considered outcasts. But trans women have a degree of toleration because of cultural traditions. Trans women in public office, on news programs, in TV shows and films, even on the catwalk, have raised awareness about a marginalized and misunderstood community. The Pakistani movie and Oscar contender “Joyland” caused an uproar last year for its depiction of a relationship between a married man and a trans woman, but it also shone a spotlight on the country’s transgender community. Trans men, however, remain largely invisible, with little mobilization, support or resources. Trans women have growing activist networks — but, according to Aman and others, they rarely incorporate or deal with trans men and their difficulties. “It’s the worst,” said Aman. “We are already disowned by our families and blood relatives, then the people we think are our people also exclude us.” Trans women have been able to carve out their space in the culture because of the historic tradition of “khawaja sira,” originally a term for male eunuchs working in South Asia’s Mughal empire hundreds of years ago. Today, the term is generally associated with people who were born male and identify as female. Khawaja sira culture also has a traditional support system of “gurus,” prominent figures who lead others. But there is no space within the term or the culture surrounding it for people who were born female and identify as male. “Every khawaja sira is transgender, but not all transgenders are khawaja sira,” said Mani, a representative for the trans male community in Pakistan. “People have been aware of the khawaja sira community for a long time, but not of trans men.” He set up a nonprofit group in 2018 because he saw nothing being done for trans men, their well-being or mental health. Trans people have seen some progress in protecting their rights. Supreme Court rulings allow them to self-identify as a third gender, neither male nor female, and have underscored they have the same rights as all Pakistani citizens. Although Mani was involved in the trans rights bill, most lobbying and advocacy work has been from transgender women since it became law. “Nobody talks about trans men or how they are impacted by the act,” said Mani. "But this is not the right time to talk about this because of the campaign by religious extremists (to veto changes to the act). I don’t want to cause any harm to the community.” Another reason for trans men’s low visibility is that females lead a more restricted life than males in Pakistan, with limits on what they can do, where they can go and how they can live. Family honor is tied to the behavior of women and girls, so they have less room to behave outside society’s norms. On a practical level, even if a girl wanted to meet trans people and get involved in the community, she wouldn’t be able to because she wouldn’t be allowed out, said Aman.

[josephgambino]

My experience in community safety stems from serving on the Nassau County Police Commissioners Counsel. 2018-2021 The goal of the counsel members is to act as a liaison between the community and Nassau County PD and improve relations between the Police Department and the local Community which helps keep our children and community safer.

[mariacallous]

The government of Pakistan has taken a big step in its march toward autocracy by throwing a blanket media ban over former Prime Minister Imran Khan, its latest attempt to silence the most electable politician the country has seen in decades. It’s another move by the state aimed at crushing any chance Khan has of regaining the top office—using, ironically enough, the very weapons he wielded to browbeat political foes.

The ban seems to be the latest salvo in the state’s war on its most vocal and intransigent opponent. In recent weeks, members of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party have been arrested and jailed, while others quit. Khan himself could be facing arrest within weeks as the state builds its case against him, said Hassan Abbas, a professor of international relations at the National Defense University in Washington.

Human rights defenders and journalists have shown little sympathy for Khan, who has tried to portray himself as the anti-establishment answer to all of Pakistan’s problems. There are concerns about clumsy censorship—Dawn newspaper called the ban “a thinly disguised warning to the media to stay in line”—but Khan is widely reviled for his abuse of freedoms during a foreshortened premiership, which ended when Parliament voted him out of office in April 2022. He used similar bans against his own political enemies, and journalists were brutally targeted for critical reporting. Still living with the culture of fear and self-censorship that Khan exacerbated, most Pakistani journalists are unwilling to speak openly against the government or the all-powerful Army that backs it.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called out Khan’s government in its 2021 report, noting that efforts to control media and contain dissent included violent attacks on journalists such as Absar Alam, who was shot outside his house; Asad Ali Toor, who was bound, gagged, and beaten in his home; and talk show host Hamid Mir, who was taken off the air. All were sharp critics of Khan’s government.

“The authorities expanded their use of draconian sedition and counterterrorism laws to stifle dissent, and strictly regulated civil society groups critical of government actions or policies. Authorities also cracked down on members and supporters of opposition political parties,” HRW said of Khan’s administration. (HRW last week lambasted the current government for proposing military tribunals for Khan’s supporters who were rounded up in mass arrests last month.)

This ban on media coverage of Khan and PTI was issued Wednesday by the state electronic media regulator, known as PEMRA. It forbids Khan and PTI figures from appearing on television and bans TV stations from broadcasting his speeches or press conferences. PTI’s communications director, Raoof Hassan, said that the ban will ensure that “nothing he (Khan) does will be reported in the media, across the board. They are trying to black out PTI totally.”

Khan now joins other public figures banned from media coverage. Manzoor Pashteen, who leads a civil rights organization called the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, which campaigns against extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances and military operations in predominantly Pashtun regions, is blackballed. Altaf Hussain, head of the MQM secular party he founded in 1984, is persona non grata. The ban on Khan was criticized by journalists and rights activists, who traced it to the Army, which put Khan in power in 2018, had him removed last year, and is now determined to keep him out, they said.

Pakistan’s military has been playing kingmaker and powerbroker since the country was founded in 1947, and it has ruled directly for about one-third of that time. While in the West, the concept of a “deep state” is often derided as conspiracy theory, in Pakistan, it’s skin deep and clearly visible: the Army, the Inter-Services Intelligence bureau, pro-military politicians, much of the media and intelligentsia, sometimes the judges. The generals have a hand in foreign policy, maintaining the foundational antagonistic relationship with India and supporting the Taliban’s war in Afghanistan. They’ve interfered in negotiations with multilateral financial institutions like the International Monetary Fund and the U.S. government in efforts to stanch the current economic crisis. Politicians cross the military at their own risk: The penalty is swift excommunication, as Khan is learning.

“This PEMRA ban is in line with the Pakistan military’s complete control and permeation over every aspect of Pakistan’s existence and its consistent attempts to engineer the political arena,” said human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari. She noted that Khan imposed a similar ban in 2020 against former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. “Politicians continue to be at the receiving end of the military establishment’s repression, and instead of trying to forge a consensus to push them back to the barracks, they are ever-ready to be used against one another.”

Pakistan’s shadow rulers use many means, from media blackouts to the courts, to silence any potential critics, she said. “These bans have not worked in the past, and they won’t work now. They show the desperation, in fact, with which the powers that be are acting to establish some sort of legitimacy and control, which now stands completely eroded,” she said.

The ban comes amid crippling political gridlock, largely caused by Khan and his supporters, and an economic crisis that has pushed Pakistan to the brink of bankruptcy and state failure. Inflation is officially running at 38 percent year-on-year, the worst in decades. Since he was ousted by a parliamentary no-confidence vote in April 2022, Khan has deployed populist tactics to try to force a general election he believes (probably rightly) that he’d win. He has called for the dissolution of provincial assemblies that PTI controlled and held enormous, hair-raising rallies while making unsubstantiated accusations against current Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (the brother of Nawaz) and various Army leaders. He blamed a November assassination attempt on the military, without providing evidence. He also blamed Washington for orchestrating his parliamentary ouster.

In turn, the government has laid multiple charges against him, for a variety of alleged crimes such as corruption and terrorism; if any stick, he’ll be ineligible to stand for election. If there even is one. Few commentators are confident that the vote, tentatively meant for this fall, will even take place, so fearful are Sharif’s government and the Army that Khan would win. A Gallup poll conducted in February gave Khan a 61 percent popularity rating, making him the country’s most popular politician. Shehbaz Sharif came in fifth, at 32 percent. The cat-and-mouse fiasco reached its nadir on May 9 when Khan was arrested by paramilitary forces. His support base exploded. Rioters who attacked Army personnel and property are now threatened with trial in military tribunals, rather than in civilian courts, prompting the latest scolding from HRW.

In an interview with Reuters, Khan accused the Army of orchestrating the May 9 protests “to get me out of the way” and said he expected to end up before a military tribunal himself. The sword, as both Aeschylus and Matthew warned, is not just double-edged, but can be double-pointed.

“We are witnesses to a process of the dismantling of a party by the same forces that had once propped it up,” prominent commentator Zahid Hussain wrote in Dawn, in a clear reference to the Army. “Imran Khan grossly miscalculated the cost of taking on the powerful establishment. The party may not be over yet, but it will be hard for the former prime minister to regain lost political ground.”

[xtruss]

Are China — Pakistan Ties Shifting?

— Foreign Policy | February 09, 2023

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif unveiled a new Chinese-designed reactor at the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant last week. Construction of the $2.7 billion unit was funded by China as part of a project to refurbish the facility and strengthen Pakistan’s energy security. But the reactor is one of few new Chinese-backed infrastructure projects Pakistan has completed in recent years, despite its long-standing cooperation with China.

Work on the new reactor began in 2016, shortly after the formal launch of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), part of Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative. Although both sides have recently engaged in public rhetoric about injecting fresh momentum into CPEC, the reality on the ground is that Pakistan has been slow to complete infrastructure projects and China has been slow to fund new ones.

The slowing pace of CPEC projects stems in part from Pakistan’s ongoing economic crisis—it increasingly cannot afford infrastructure loans—as well as Beijing’s own economic slowdown. When Sharif visited Beijing last November, he formally requested a rollover of $6.3 billion in debt. China hasn’t indicated if it will grant the request, even as it announced a two-year debt moratorium for Sri Lanka. (Pakistan’s finance minister has claimed that China will roll over more than $4 billion in Pakistani debt, but Beijing has not confirmed this.)

But the infrastructure slowdown is just one sign of a potential setback in China-Pakistan ties. On the diplomatic stage, observers noted last year that China didn’t oppose India’s move to exclude Pakistan from a high-level meeting on the sidelines of a virtual so-called BRICS summit that included other emerging economies. In the past, China—which hosted the event—might have stepped in to help Pakistan. Some analysts have argued that Beijing views the current Pakistani government as too unstable to be a viable partner.

Chinese officials are also increasingly worried about security risks in Pakistan, which is experiencing a concerning uptick in terrorism. A few recent attacks have targeted Chinese investments and nationals in Pakistan—including at a dental clinic in Karachi last September, a Confucius Institute in Karachi last April, and a luxury hotel in Baluchistan hosting a senior Chinese delegation in 2021. After Sharif met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing last November, a Chinese foreign ministry statement noted that Xi had “expressed his great concern about the safety of Chinese nationals in Pakistan.”

Laborers work at the Karot Hydropower project in eastern Punjab province, Pakistan, on Nov. 19, 2021. Li Hao/Xinhua via Getty Images

However, it would be misguided to think that the China-Pakistan relationship is in serious trouble. Chinese loans keep flowing into Pakistan—although not all for infrastructure projects. Pakistan received nearly $22 billion in short-term loans from China between 2018 and last summer, most for balance of payments relief. This shows Beijing is willing to try to ease Islamabad’s economic stress. Last June, China authorized a new $2.3 billion loan at a discounted interest rate.

China’s own economic struggles mean that sustained support at this level is no guarantee, especially as Pakistan’s crisis continues to worsen. Last month, inflation reached its highest level since 1975; its foreign reserves currently cover less than three weeks’ worth of imports. On Thursday, Islamabad announced that the most recent round of talks with the International Monetary Fund had failed to produce an agreement to release new funds.

China may prefer to engage with a more stable government in Islamabad. But then again, it has a rapport with Sharif’s family; the current prime minister’s brother Nawaz Sharif also served as prime minister when CPEC was formally launched. The previous government led by Imran Khan didn’t endear itself to China either, calling for a review of past CPEC agreements in the name of anti-corruption efforts. At any rate, Pakistan’s powerful military has the final word on policy decisions regarding key partners, such as China.

Current geopolitics make a continued alliance between China and Pakistan inevitable. Growing U.S.-India security ties unite Beijing and Islamabad in concern over their common rival, New Delhi. Increasing U.S.-China competition puts limits on cooperation between Pakistan and the United States, extending Islamabad’s reliance on Beijing for economic and military assistance. Pakistan’s own push for a greater partnership with Russia comes amid a deepening China-Russia alliance.

Even the closest partnerships experience bumps, but the China-Pakistan relationship has guardrails to keep it from veering too far off track.

[bollywoodhits]

Independence Day Special: 10 films based on true events that will awake the patriot in you

Bollywood has time and again made some brilliant films based on stories from the battlefield. Right from the Independence struggle to wars with other countries, movies have been made to showcase the glory of the martyrs and the brutality of war. 

Be it winning against another country or fighting internal battles to save ours, we’ve had films like Border, Raazi, Uri and many more to stir our souls and wake the patriot in us. As we celebrate the 75th Independence Day today, here’s looking at 10 films that are sure to make you proud and hold your head up high with patriotism. Take a look. 

Border (1997)

Directer by JP Dutta, Border is a classic and one of the most watched war movies to come out of Indian Cinema. Based on the Battle of Longewala, it covers the the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971. 

Haqeeqat (1964) 

This film touched upon the Sino-Indian War from 1962. It throws light not only on the brutality of war but also the consequences of it. With a fictionalised representation of the events, the film follows a small platoon into the war and narrates their life and how the war impacted them. 

1971 (2007)

As the name suggests, this one too talks about the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 and tells the story of 6 prisoners of war and how they escape the Pakistan army. It also shows the internal unrest in Pakistan when the East side wants to separate itself from the West. 

LOC Kargil (2003)

Based on the 1999 Operation Vijay, the film takes you into the lives of the soldiers fighting the war against Pakistani intruders who tried to strategically occupy the Kargil Sector. This is also the longest running film ever made with a runtime of 255 minutes. 

Raazi (2018) 

This one takes you away from the war front and into the life of a spy. Sehmat, marries into a Pakistani home to spy for her nation. The sacrifice and love for her country makes Sehmat an unsung hero. 

Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019)  This is a fictional dramatisation of true events of the retaliation of 2016 Uri attack. This was a surgical strike by our army against four terrorists near who conducted grenade attacks near the town of Uri in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. 

The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002) Bhagat Singh is one of our Indian Freedom Fighters who will forever be remembered for his undying will to make India free of the British Raj. This film takes you through his journey as a freedom fighter and narrated the brave acts he committed before he was sentenced to death. He refused to bow down to the British and thus became a legend for the generations after him.

Kesari (2019)

This follows the story of the battle of Saragarhi that was fought between just 21 soldiers of the 36th Sikhs of the British Army and 10,000 Afridi and Orakzai Padhtun tribesmen in 1897. It’s one of the most astounding stories of bravery.

Neerja (2016)

Another movie that is away from the war but stirs up the patriot in you. Neerja Bhanot was a Indian head purser on the Pan Am Flight 73 that was hijacked in 1986. Apart from active negotiations, she saved many lives and lost her own in the struggle to keep all passengers safe. She was posthumously award the Ashoka Chakra Award. 

Shershaah (2021)

The story of Captain Vikram Batra, a young braveheart who was responsible for India’s victory during the 1999 Operation Vijay. This film also tells you the story of an unsung hero, Dimple Cheema, Batra’s fiancé who spent her life like a widow after he was martyred in war. 

#bollywoodhits #bollywoodhitsin #celebrity # Read on : BollywoodHits.in

[vandorens-archive]

do you have any advice (what to avoid, things to keep in mind) for writers writing Pakistani characters? (it's for a character in the main cast, not the antagonist if it helps!)

Writing a Pakistani character: A three part guide

Part I: Dil, Dil Pakistan* — What makes a Pakistani a Pakistani?

[*The title of a patriotic song from the nineties]

— Provinces

Pakistan has four provinces and one federal territory. When making your character, I would recommend doing some more research into the specific customs each province celebrates, just to get an idea of your character’s family background. The regions of Pakistan are:

Punjab: The most populated province of Pakistan. Famous cities include Rawalpindi, Lahore and Faisalabad.

Sindh: Home to Karachi, the most populated city of Pakistan and the entertainment hub of the country.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Located in the north of Pakistan. Famous cities include Peshawar and Abbottabad. 

Balochistan: The largest province of Pakistan. Popular destinations include the city of Quetta and the Makran coast. 

Islamabad Capital Territory: The capital, also simply known as Islamabad (my home!)

— Languages

There are over a dozen languages spoken in Pakistan. Here are the seven major ones and the areas they’re spoken in:

Urdu: The national language

English: The official language (we were a colony after all)

Punjabi: Punjab

Pashto: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Sindhi: Rural Sindh

Balochi: Balochistan

Saraiki: Some parts of Punjab

— Religions

Around ninety five percent of Pakistanis are Muslims (plus the different sects of Islam), however, Pakistan is home to other religions too, such as Christianity, Hinduism and Sikhism. You can find out more here and here. 

— General

Although some of our customs are defined by the region we’re from, at our core, all Pakistanis are nearly the same. When I think of my average, run-of-the-mill family living in Pakistan, I think about our intrinsic need to gather, whether it’s on Eid, or at weddings, birthdays or even just to watch the final of the cricket world cup. Take this scene from Bend It Like Beckham, for example, where Jess’ family and friends gather together in her sister’s pre-wedding celebrations:

This is something all South Asian households have seen at least once. We love to share our things — our happiness, our knowledge, our food. We’re prideful people, too, in our work, in our religion, and in our nationality. So when you’re writing your character, remember to weave their culture into their background! 

+ This post by @lilquill gives a wonderful insight on writing about a character of colour’s cultural experiences!

Part II: Log kya kahenge?* — The shortcomings of Pakistani characters portrayed in Western media

[*English translation: What will people say? Usually said by fearful parents afraid that you’ll do something that’ll make society shun you and your family and is very eye roll worthy—a bit like these stereotypes]

Growing up, it was rare to see a character like me—South Asian, Muslim, female—represented positively in media. We were background characters—the servile convenience store man, the taxi driver—or we were antagonists—the oppressive parent who tried to force their young daughter into marrying a man of the village, the religious man turned terrorists—or, we were adults trying to escape the choke-holds of our culture to marry someone white (I’m looking at you The Big Sick). And, sure, these people do exist. Of course they do! But where are our positive stories? We can be well rounded, nuanced, interesting protagonists too. We can be sidekicks. We can be love interests, and if you’re still desperate to make us background characters, please, do not make it dependent on the hackneyed idea of our cultures, or reduce it to nonexistence. Here is a list of common South Asian stereotypes if you want a list of what to avoid.

Part III: Scene On Hai* — The Pakistani/South Asian experience, as told through stories

[*A common slang term used to express excitement. Usually used by teenagers when plans are made]

Here is a short list of some Pakistani/Muslim centric media you can consume in order to get an understanding of our lives, or if you’re bored and have nothing to do. Enjoy!

Cake (2018) — Three estranged siblings reconnect in order to take care of their sickly parents. This film has a stunning cast, beautiful visuals, and is a kick punch of emotions. 

The Long Goodbye — A concept album and short film by Riz Ahmed, in which he talks about being Brown and British, and gives us the intimate details of his breakup with Britain. Trigger warnings for violence.

A Place For Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza — Focuses on the lives of an Indian-Muslim family living in America as they try to find a balance between tradition and modernism. 

From Apu to Master of None: how US pop culture tuned into the south Asian experience — An article in The Guardian

Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King — A comedic look into the life of an Indian-American Muslims. 

Aakhri Station (The Last Station) — A seven-episode series following seven women as they travel across Pakistan in a train compartment. Trigger warnings for violence, drug abuse and forced prostitution. 

Ackley Bridge — What happens when two schools, a primarily White school and a South Asian school, are merged together? This show covers the general teen experience, while also tackling cultural issues, prejudice and sexuality. 

Nine Books With South Asian Characters — A list by Teen Vogue

George Ka Pakistan (George’s Pakistan) — Follows George Fulton as he explores Pakistan. This show is widely credited to be one of Pakistan’s first reality shows, with its logline being “The show revolves around George Fulton, a British journalist who has three months to become a Pakistani”. 

I hoped this helped nonnie! If you need clarity on something, feel free to send me some follow up questions! Note as well that my experiences as a Pakistani expat living abroad are different from the experiences of a Pakistani teenager living in Pakistan, so I’d recommend searching up blogs or videos made by and for the Pakistani youth if you need to. 

[adultswim2021]

The September 11th Attacks September 11th, 2001 - 8:46:40 A.M | S01E01

The September 11 attacks, often referred to as 9/11,[a] were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Wahhabi[3] terrorist group Al-Qaeda[4][5][6] against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The attacks resulted in 2,977 fatalities, over 25,000 injuries, and substantial long-term health consequences, in addition to at least $10 billion in infrastructure and property damage.[7][8] It is the deadliest terrorist attack in human history and the single  deadliest incident for firefighters and law enforcement officers in the history of the United States, with 340[9] and 72 killed,[10][11] respectively.

Four passenger airliners which had departed from airports in the northeastern United States bound for California were hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda terrorists. Two of the planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, crashed into the North and South towers, respectively, of the World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan. Within an hour and 42 minutes, both 110-story towers collapsed. Debris and the resulting fires caused a partial or complete collapse of all other buildings in the World Trade Center complex, including the 47-story 7 World Trade Center tower, as well as significant damage to ten other large surrounding structures. A third plane, American Airlines Flight 77, was crashed into the Pentagon (the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense) in Arlington County, Virginia, which led to a partial collapse of the building's west side. The fourth plane, United Airlines Flight 93, was initially flown toward Washington, D.C., but crashed into a field in Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania, after passengers thwarted the hijackers.

Suspicion quickly fell onto al-Qaeda. The United States responded by launching the War on Terror and invading Afghanistan to depose the Taliban, which had not complied with U.S. demands to expel al-Qaeda from Afghanistan and extradite their leader Osama bin Laden. Many countries strengthened their anti-terrorism legislation and expanded the powers of law enforcement and intelligence agencies to prevent terrorist attacks. Although bin Laden initially denied any involvement, in 2004 he claimed responsibility for the attacks.[2] Al-Qaeda and bin Laden cited U.S. support of Israel, the presence of U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia, and sanctions against Iraq as motives. After evading capture for almost a decade, bin Laden was located in Pakistan in 2011 and killed during a U.S. military raid.

The destruction of the World Trade Center and nearby infrastructure seriously harmed the economy of New York City and had a significant effect on global markets. The U.S. and Canadian civilian airspaces were closed until September 13, while Wall Street was closed until September 17. Many closings, evacuations, and cancellations followed, out of respect or fear of further attacks. Cleanup of the World Trade Center site was completed in May 2002, and the Pentagon was repaired within a year. The construction of One World Trade Center began in November 2006, and the building opened in November 2014.[12][13]Numerous memorials have been constructed, including the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City, the Pentagon Memorial in Arlington County, Virginia, and the Flight 93 National Memorial at the Pennsylvania crash site.

Background

Al-Qaeda

The origins of al-Qaeda can be traced to 1979 when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. Osama bin Laden travelled to Afghanistan and helped to organize Arab mujahideen to resist the Soviets.[14] Under the guidance of Ayman al-Zawahiri, bin Laden became more radical.[15] In 1996, bin Laden issued his first fatwā, calling for American soldiers to leave Saudi Arabia.[16]

In a second fatwā in 1998, bin Laden outlined his objections to American foreign policy with respect to Israel, as well as the continued presence of American troops in Saudi Arabia after the Gulf War.[17] Bin Laden used Islamic texts to exhort Muslims to attack Americans until the stated grievances were reversed. Muslim legal scholars "have throughout Islamic history unanimously agreed that the jihad is an individual duty if the enemy destroys the Muslim countries", according to bin Laden.[17]

Osama bin Laden

Bin Laden orchestrated the attacks and initially denied involvement but later recanted his false statements.[2][18][19]Al Jazeera broadcast a statement by bin Laden on September 16, 2001, stating, "I stress that I have not carried out this act, which appears to have been carried out by individuals with their own motivation."[20] In November 2001, U.S. forces recovered a videotape from a destroyed house in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. In the video, bin Laden is seen talking to Khaled al-Harbi and admits foreknowledge of the attacks.[21] On December 27, 2001, a second bin Laden video was released. In the video, he said:

It has become clear that the West in general and America in particular have an unspeakable hatred for Islam. ... It is the hatred of crusaders. Terrorism against America deserves to be praised because it was a response to injustice, aimed at forcing America to stop its support for Israel, which kills our people. ... We say that the end of the United States is imminent, whether Bin Laden or his followers are alive or dead, for the awakening of the Muslim umma (nation) has occurred but he stopped short of admitting responsibility for the attacks.[22]

Shortly before the U.S. presidential election in 2004, bin Laden used a taped statement to publicly acknowledge al-Qaeda's involvement in the attacks on the United States. He admitted his direct link to the attacks and said they were carried out because:

we are free ... and want to regain freedom for our nation. As you undermine our security, we undermine yours.[23]

Bin Laden said he had personally directed his followers to attack the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.[24][25] Another video obtained by Al Jazeera in September 2006 shows bin Laden with Ramzi bin al-Shibh, as well as two hijackers, Hamza al-Ghamdi and Wail al-Shehri, as they make preparations for the attacks.[26] The U.S. never formally indicted bin Laden for the 9/11 attacks, but he was on the FBI's Most Wanted List for the bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya.[27][28] After a 10-year manhunt, U.S. President Barack Obama announced that bin Laden was killed by American special forces in his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on May 1, 2011.[29]

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Journalist Yosri Fouda of the Arabic television channel Al Jazeera reported that in April 2002, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed admitted his involvement in the attacks, along with Ramzi bin al-Shibh.[30][31][32] The 2004 9/11 Commission Report determined that the animosity towards the United States felt by Mohammed, the principal architect of the 9/11 attacks, stemmed from his "violent disagreement with U.S. foreign policy favoring Israel".[33] Mohammed was also an adviser and financier of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the uncle of Ramzi Yousef, the lead bomber in that attack.[34][35]

Mohammed was arrested on March 1, 2003, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, by Pakistani security officials working with the CIA. He was then held at multiple CIA secret prisons and Guantanamo Bay where he was interrogated and tortured with methods including waterboarding.[36][37] During U.S. hearings at Guantanamo Bay in March 2007, Mohammed again confessed his responsibility for the attacks, stating he "was responsible for the 9/11 operation from A to Z" and that his statement was not made under duress.[32][38]

A letter presented by the lawyers of Khaled Sheikh Mohammed in the U.S. District Court, Manhattan on July 26, 2019 indicated that he was interested in testifying about Saudi Arabia’s role in the 9/11 attacks and helping the victims and families of the victims of 9/11 in exchange for the United States not seeking the death penalty against him. James Kreindler, one of the lawyers for the victims, raised question over the usefulness of Mohammed.[1]

Other al-Qaeda members

In "Substitution for Testimony of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed" from the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, five people are identified as having been completely aware of the operation's details. They are bin Laden, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Abu Turab al-Urduni, and Mohammed Atef.[39] To date, only peripheral figures have been tried or convicted for the attacks.

On September 26, 2005, the Spanish high court sentenced Abu Dahdah to 27 years in prison for conspiracy on the 9/11 attacks and being a member of the terrorist organization al-Qaeda. At the same time, another 17 al-Qaeda members were sentenced to penalties of between six and eleven years.[40] On February 16, 2006, the Spanish Supreme Court reduced the Abu Dahdah penalty to 12 years because it considered that his participation in the conspiracy was not proven.[41]

Also in 2006, Moussaoui—who some originally suspected might have been the assigned 20th hijacker—was convicted for the lesser role of conspiracy to commit acts of terrorism and air piracy. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole in the United States.[42][43]Mounir el-Motassadeq, an associate of the Hamburg-based hijackers, served 15 years in Germany for his role in helping the hijackers prepare for the attacks. He was released in October 2018, and deported to Morocco.[44]

The Hamburg cell in Germany included radical Islamists who eventually came to be key operatives in the 9/11 attacks.[45]Mohamed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi, Ziad Jarrah, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, and Said Bahaji were all members of al-Qaeda's Hamburg cell.[46]

Motives

Osama bin Laden's declaration of a holy war against the United States, and a 1998 fatwā signed by bin Laden and others, calling for the killing of Americans,[17] are seen by investigators as evidence of his motivation.[47] In bin Laden's November 2002 "Letter to America", he explicitly stated that al-Qaeda's motives for their attacks include:

U.S. support of Israel[48][49]

support for the "attacks against Muslims" in Somalia

support of Philippines against Muslims in the Moro conflict

support for Israeli "aggression" against Muslims in Lebanon

support of Russian "atrocities against Muslims" in Chechnya

pro-American governments in the Middle East (who "act as your agents") being against Muslim interests

support of Indian "oppression against Muslims" in Kashmir

the presence of U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia[50]

the sanctions against Iraq[48]

After the attacks, bin Laden and al-Zawahiri released additional videotapes and audio recordings, some of which repeated those reasons for the attacks. Two particularly important publications were bin Laden's 2002 "Letter to America",[51] and a 2004 videotape by bin Laden.[52]

Bin Laden interpreted Muhammad as having banned the "permanent presence of infidels in Arabia".[53] In 1996, bin Laden issued a fatwā calling for American troops to leave Saudi Arabia. In 1998, al-Qaeda wrote, "for over seven years the United States has been occupying the lands of Islam in the holiest of places, the Arabian Peninsula, plundering its riches, dictating to its rulers, humiliating its people, terrorizing its neighbors, and turning its bases in the Peninsula into a spearhead through which to fight the neighboring Muslim peoples."[54]

In a December 1999 interview, bin Laden said he felt that Americans were "too near to Mecca", and considered this a provocation to the entire Muslim world.[55] One analysis of suicide terrorism suggested that without U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia, al-Qaeda likely would not have been able to get people to commit to suicide missions.[56]

In the 1998 fatwā, al-Qaeda identified the Iraq sanctions as a reason to kill Americans, condemning the "protracted blockade"[54] among other actions that constitute a declaration of war against "Allah, his messenger, and Muslims."[54] The fatwā declared that "the ruling to kill the Americans and their allies—civilians and military—is an individual duty for every Muslim who can do it in any country in which it is possible to do it, in order to liberate the al-Aqsa Mosque and the holy mosque of Mecca from their grip, and in order for their [the Americans'] armies to move out of all the lands of Islam, defeated and unable to threaten any Muslim."[17][57]

In 2004, Bin Laden claimed that the idea of destroying the towers had first occurred to him in 1982, when he witnessed Israel's bombardment of high-rise apartment buildings during the 1982 Lebanon War.[58][59] Some analysts, including Mearsheimer and Walt, also claimed that U.S. support of Israel was one motive for the attacks.[49][55] In 2004 and 2010, bin Laden again connected the September 11 attacks with U.S. support of Israel, although most of the letter expressed bin Laden's disdain for President Bush and bin Laden's hope to "destroy and bankrupt" the U.S.[60][61]

Other motives have been suggested in addition to those stated by bin Laden and al-Qaeda. Some authors suggested the "humiliation" that resulted from the Islamic world falling behind the Western world—this discrepancy was rendered especially visible by the globalization trend[62][63] and a desire to provoke the U.S. into a broader war against the Islamic world in the hope of motivating more allies to support al-Qaeda. Similarly, others have argued that 9/11 was a strategic move with the objective of provoking America into a war that would incite a pan-Islamic revolution.[64][65]

Planning

The attacks were conceived by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who first presented it to Osama bin Laden in 1996.[66] At that time, bin Laden and al-Qaeda were in a period of transition, having just relocated back to Afghanistan from Sudan.[67] The 1998 African Embassy bombings and bin Laden's February 1998 fatwā marked a turning point of al-Qaeda's terrorist operation,[68] as bin Laden became intent on attacking the United States.

In late 1998 or early 1999, bin Laden gave approval for Mohammed to go forward with organizing the plot.[69] Mohammed, bin Laden, and bin Laden's deputy Mohammed Atef held a series of meetings in early 1999.[70] Atef provided operational support, including target selections and helping arrange travel for the hijackers.[67] Bin Laden overruled Mohammed, rejecting potential targets such as the U.S. Bank Tower in Los Angeles for lack of time.[71][72]

Bin Laden provided leadership and financial support, and was involved in selecting participants.[73] He initially selected Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar, both experienced jihadists who had fought in Bosnia. Hazmi and Mihdhar arrived in the United States in mid-January 2000. In early 2000, Hazmi and Mihdhar took flying lessons in San Diego, California, but both spoke little English, performed poorly in flying lessons, and eventually served as secondary—or "muscle"—hijackers.[74][75]

In late 1999, a group of men from Hamburg, Germany arrived in Afghanistan; the group included Mohamed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi, Ziad Jarrah, and Ramzi bin al-Shibh.[76] Bin Laden selected these men because they were educated, could speak English, and had experience living in the West.[77] New recruits were routinely screened for special skills and al-Qaeda leaders consequently discovered that Hani Hanjour already had a commercial pilot's license.[78] Mohammed later said that he helped the hijackers blend in by teaching them how to order food in restaurants and dress in Western clothing.[79]

Hanjour arrived in San Diego on December 8, 2000, joining Hazmi.[80]:6–7 They soon left for Arizona, where Hanjour took refresher training.[80]:7 Marwan al-Shehhi arrived at the end of May 2000, while Atta arrived on June 3, 2000, and Jarrah arrived on June 27, 2000.[80]:6 Bin al-Shibh applied several times for a visa to the United States, but as a Yemeni, he was rejected out of concerns he would overstay his visa.[80]:4, 14 Bin al-Shibh stayed in Hamburg, providing coordination between Atta and Mohammed.[80]:16 The three Hamburg cell members all took pilot training in South Florida at Huffman Aviation.[80]:6

In spring of 2001, the secondary hijackers began arriving in the United States.[81] In July 2001, Atta met with bin al-Shibh in Spain, where they coordinated details of the plot, including final target selection. Bin al-Shibh also passed along bin Laden's wish for the attacks to be carried out as soon as possible.[82] Some of the hijackers received passports from corrupt Saudi officials who were family members, or used fraudulent passports to gain entry.[83]

There is some idea that 9/11 was selected by the hijackers as the date of the attack because of its resemblance to 9-1-1, the phone number to report emergencies in the U.S. However, Lawrence Wright wrote that the hijackers chose it because September 11, 1683 is when the King of Poland began the battle that turned back the Muslim armies from the Ottoman Empire that were attempting to capture Vienna. For Osama bin Laden, this was a date when the West gained some dominance over Islam, and by attacking on this date, he hoped to make a step in Islam "winning" the war for worldwide power and influence.[84]

Prior intelligence

In late 1999, al-Qaeda associate Walid bin Attash ("Khallad") contacted Mihdhar, telling him to meet him in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Hazmi and Abu Bara al Yemeni would also be in attendance. The NSA intercepted a telephone call mentioning the meeting, Mihdhar, and the name "Nawaf" (Hazmi). While the agency feared "Something nefarious might be afoot", it took no further action. The CIA had already been alerted by Saudi intelligence about the status of Mihdhar and Hazmi as al-Qaeda members, and a CIA team broke into Mihdhar's Dubai hotel room and discovered that Mihdhar had a U.S. visa. While Alec Station alerted intelligence agencies worldwide about this fact, it did not share this information with the FBI. The Malaysian Special Branch observed the January 5, 2000 meeting of the two al-Qaeda members, and informed the CIA that Mihdhar, Hazmi, and Khallad were flying to Bangkok, but the CIA never notified other agencies of this, nor did it ask the State Department to put Mihdhar on its watchlist. An FBI liaison to Alec Station asked permission to inform the FBI of the meeting but was told: "This is not a matter for the FBI."[85]

By late June, senior counter-terrorism official Richard Clarke and CIA director George Tenet were "convinced that a major series of attacks was about to come", although the CIA believed the attacks would likely occur in Saudi Arabia or Israel.[86] In early July, Clarke put domestic agencies on "full alert", telling them, "Something really spectacular is going to happen here. soon." He asked the FBI and the State Department to alert the embassies and police departments, and the Defense Department to go to "Threat Condition Delta".[87][88] Clarke would later write: "Somewhere in CIA there was information that two known al Qaeda terrorists had come into the United States. Somewhere in FBI there was information that strange things had been going on at flight schools in the United States... They had specific information about individual terrorists from which one could have deduced what was about to happen. None of that information got to me or the White House."[89]

On July 13, Tom Wilshire, a CIA agent assigned to the FBI's international terrorism division, emailed his superiors at the CIA's Counterterrorism Center (CTC) requesting permission to inform the FBI that Hazmi was in the country and that Mihdhar had a U.S. visa. The CIA never responded.[90]

The same day in July, Margarette Gillespie, an FBI analyst working in the CTC, was told to review material about the Malaysia meeting. She was not told of the participants' presence in the U.S. The CIA gave Gillespie surveillance photos of Mihdhar and Hazmi from the meeting to show to FBI counterterrorism, but did not tell her their significance. The Intelink database informed her not to share intelligence material on the meeting to criminal investigators. When shown the photos, the FBI were refused more details on their significance, and they were not given Mihdhar's date of birth nor passport number.[91] In late August 2001, Gillespie told the INS, the State Department, the Customs Service, and the FBI to put Hazmi and Mihdhar on their watchlists, but the FBI was prohibited from using criminal agents in the search for the duo, which hindered their efforts.[92]

Also in July, a Phoenix-based FBI agent sent a message to FBI headquarters, Alec Station, and to FBI agents in New York alerting them to "the possibility of a coordinated effort by Osama bin Laden to send students to the United States to attend civil aviation universities and colleges". The agent, Kenneth Williams, suggested the need to interview all flight school managers and identify all Arab students seeking flight training.[93] In July, Jordan alerted the U.S. that al-Qaeda was planning an attack on the U.S.; "months later", Jordan notified the U.S. that the attack's codename was "The Big Wedding" and that it involved airplanes.[94]

On August 6, 2001, the CIA's Presidential Daily Brief ("PDB"), designated "For the President Only", was entitled "Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in U.S." The memo noted that FBI information "indicates patterns of suspicious activity in this country consistent with preparations for hijackings or other types of attacks".[95]

In mid-August, one Minnesota flight school alerted the FBI about Zacarias Moussaoui, who had asked "suspicious questions". The FBI found that Moussaoui was a radical who had traveled to Pakistan, and the INS arrested him for overstaying his French visa. Their request to search his laptop was denied by FBI headquarters due to the lack of probable cause.[96]

The failures in intelligence-sharing were attributed to 1995 Justice Department policies limiting intelligence sharing, combined with CIA and NSA reluctance to reveal "sensitive sources and methods" such as tapped phones.[97] Testifying before the 9/11 Commission in April 2004, then-Attorney General John Ashcroft recalled that the "single greatest structural cause for the September 11th problem was the wall that segregated or separated criminal investigators and intelligence agents".[98] Clarke also wrote: "There were failures in the organizations failures to get information to the right place at the right time."[99]

TLDR; it was an inside job

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My favorite DC and Marvel comic books if you care about representation! (female heroes, heroes of color, disabled heroes, LGBt heroes, etc). 

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Ironheart (2018-2019) by Eve. L Ewing: A black girl named Riri Williams from Chicago Tony Stark hires as his protege. A super genius who protects Chicago from the Ten Rings. There is a beginner series Invincible Iron-Man by Bendis but the Ironheart story by Ewing is FAR better. More authentic of black culture and black female unity.  

She’s in the Marvel: Rising cartoon, but her design is whitewashed. But it’s the only appearance she has outside the comics until Disney Plus pitches her show with RDJ back as Tony. 

Ms. Marvel & The Magnificent Ms. Marvel: A Pakistani and Muslim girl called Kamala Khan who gained the powers from stretch her body. She is known as an Inhuman, and becomes the next Ms. Marvel after Carol Danvers (who’s now Captain Marvel). 

She’s also from the Marvel: Rising cartoon show and the upcoming Avengers video game for PS4. There’s also a Disney+ MCU show of her coming soon. 

Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Saladin Ahmed. Miles almost finishing high school while having a cute little sister. If you love Into the Spiderverse movie, I highly suggest this. 

Nova (2017): A Latino half-alien boy named Sam Alexander who’s one of the surviving Nova Corp officers with his resurrected senior Nova captain (Rich Rider) trains him. 

Jessica Cruz: A Mexican-honduran Green Lantern with an anxiety disorder. She’s from a variety of Green Lantern and Justice League comics and in the DC Superhero Girls show and the Justice League special. 

Hawkeye: Clint dealing with a hearing disability and PTSD while training a teen girl to be the next Hawkeye. There’s a Disney Plus show about that too coming up. 

Young Avengers & Champions: A bunch of teenage Avengers (and some non-Avengers) forming a superhero group. The majority of both teams are people of color and LGBT. Including a Loki resurrects himself into a kid. 

Outlawed: A spin-off of Champions about the government making teen heroes being superheroes illegal. 

Black Panther vol. 5: Shuri becomes Queen of Wakanda and the next Black Panther after T’Challa goes me missing. I rec this if you love her from the BP movie. 

Blue Beetle (2006) : A Mexican-American boy from Texas named Jaime Reyes with an alien device attached to his back to help him transform.  

Jaime is also from a lot of animated series: Young Justice, Injustice 2 game, Batman Brave and the Bold, and Justice League Action. DCEU is also pitching a movie about him. 

Agents of Atlas: A team of all-Asian superheroes (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Filipina)

Birds of Prey by Gail Simone: An all-female hero team in Gotham. Warning: HARLEY IS NOT IN THIS BOOK! She is not the leader like in the movie. Barbara Gordon is the leader: formerly Batgirl who was paralyzed by the Joker and bound to a wheelchair. She’s called Oracle while training Cass Cain as the next Batgirl (and Cass does not talk like in the movie, she has a learning and speaking disability. Good representation for disabled women. 

DC Bombshells: Another all-female hero group that takes place in the 40s where the women fight Nazis. A variety of plus-size women, buff women, women of color, Jewish women, and even trans women. Warning: nazi themes, and racist and anti-semitic comments. 

Superman Smashes The Klan: Based on the radio show, Superman protects Chinese-American children from Klan members. Warning: anti-Asian racist slurs and anti-semitic comments. 

Honorable Mentions: (good characters but “meh” books)

Viv Vision - The Vision’s daughter, lesbian and girl of color in human form. 

America Chavez - Lesbian Latina dimensional traveler (raised with two moms). 

Batwoman/ Kate Kane - Jewish and Lesbian woman who’s Bruce’s cousin. Also with Renee Montoya (from Birds of Prey) as her love interest. 

Damian Wayne - Son of Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul. Chinese/Arabic from his mother side. HIGHLY recommend books of him written by Peter Tomasai or Scott Synder (DC tends to write him as a racist stereotype) 

Jennifer and Anissa Pierce - Black Lightning’s daughters. Anissa as a lesbian. 

Mayday Parker - Daughter of Peter Parker and Mary-Jane from a different universe. Half-Jewish. 

Nubia - Diana’s estranged black twin sister. Wonder Woman from another Earth. 

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Films that fucked me up

I started doing monthly film-watching recaps some time in 2017, and in 2018 a floating category I called “this month’s film-that-fucked-me-up” appeared, to be used as needed, whenever a film I’d seen during the month in question would just leave me staring at the walls for minutes on end after the credits rolled.

Going back into my archive I noticed that in the two-and-a-half years since I started using this term, there were ten such films and I thought, let’s make a post about it! (Even though I did end up including eleven films in the list, for reasons which are explained below.) All the films that just really, really disturbed me in recent memory are, in the order that I first saw them:

Compliance (Craig Zobel, 2012) Snowtown (Justin Kurzel, 2011) The Poughkeepsie Tapes (John Erick Dowdle, 2007) Abducted in Plain Sight (Skye Borgman, 2017) Our Daily Bread (Unser täglich Brot, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, 2005) What Will People Say (Hva vil folk si, Iram Haq, 2017) The Crescent (Seth A Smith, 2017) Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016) Sleeping Beauty (Julia Leigh, 2011) Baskin (Can Evrenol, 2015) Martha Marcy May Marlene (Sean Durkin, 2011)

Compliance (Craig Zobel, 2012): The one I created the category for! It fucked me up because the true events it’s inspired by are just... wow

Snowtown (Justin Kurzel, 2011): Also inspired by fucked-up true events, it fucked me up for its stripped-down look at family, mob mentality and small rural communities

The Poughkeepsie Tapes (John Erick Dowdle, 2007): The first actual horror film of the list, a found-footage film that scared the fuck out of me the same way that the Theon Greyjoy story did in Game of Thrones -- just shows a person being completely, irreparably broken

Abducted in Plain Sight (Skye Borgman, 2017): This one is a documentary about Jan Broberg’s story of being kidnapped by a neighbour as a teenager, and what makes it so much more chilling than many other “true crime” documentaries is the way it talks about grooming and manipulation, and the sincerity of Broberg herself and her family in talking about what happened

Our Daily Bread (Unser täglich Brot, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, 2005): Another documentary, this one about the modern food industry. What I especially loved about the director’s choices of having no voice-over and of extensively showing the people working in these places

What Will People Say (Hva vil folk si, Iram Haq, 2017): This film is about a Pakistani-Norwegian teen-aged girl who gets sent away to Pakistan by her parents, and it’s inspired by true events in the director’s life. The feeling of powerlessness Nisha experiences in this is awful

The Crescent (Seth A Smith, 2017): The second horror film of this list. I cannot describe the eeriness and the dread. After I saw this the phrase “hermit crabs of the human soul” popped into my head

Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016): This made me so uncomfortable on so many levels. Don’t get me started on the juxtaposition of the father-daughter relationship with that of Germany and Romania

Sleeping Beauty (Julia Leigh, 2011): This was the only non-horror film I watched last October, yet it was the one that scared me the most. It’s about a nineteen-year-old university student who starts making obscene amounts of money by renting out her drugged, blacked-out body to a mysterious agency for a few hours at a time

Baskin (Can Evrenol, 2015): Our third and last horror film. The gore fucked me up one way, the ending quite another. To quote myself, “I was about to quit at some point in the second half due to gore literal overkill, but I’m glad I stuck through. The ending is great, and this is a great horror film that deserves to be better-known”

Martha Marcy May Marlene (Sean Durkin, 2011): I’m adding this to the list because I always just... assumed it was in there? As it turns out I saw it the same month as I saw Snowtown, which took the top spot. Anyway this is about a woman getting away from a cult and slowly readjusting to so-called normal life, her delusions, her paranoia -- and the incommunicability of her experience

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I ask Shahid Buttar, who is running as a progressive congressional candidate against Nancy Pelosi, to explain why he wants to unseat a leader of the Resistance. What would he say to a Democrat who wondered if she was all that bad? It’s simple, he says. “She funded Trump’s concentration camps, she imposed Republican fiscal austerity rules, she is an architect of mass surveillance, and she opposes the progressive agenda including Medicare for All and the Green New Deal… I have to pick and choose,” he says, telling me he could easily give me 10 more arguments.

For Buttar, it’s simple: A new generation of progressives demands urgent, serious action on climate change, healthcare, immigration, economic inequality, and criminal justice. Nancy Pelosi has made it clear that she is opposed to their agenda. She mocks and belittles them. (“The green dream, or whatever they call it, nobody knows what it is, but they’re for it, right?”) The stakes are too high to have the leader of the Congressional Democrats be someone who isn’t seriously fighting for the progressive agenda.

Furthermore, Buttar says, Pelosi represents San Francisco, one of the top 10 most Democratic districts in the country. The arguments for centrism that might apply to a swing district don’t hold there. San Francisco, Buttar says, needs someone with San Francisco values: “We’re a sanctuary city, we care about immigrant rights, but we’re represented by someone who is selling immigrants down the river. We’re a city that supports social services but we’re represented by a Speaker of the House who imposed Republican fiscal austerity rules.”

Of course, it’s also the case that the city has gentrified heavily, and I wonder whether the influx of tech workers might make it harder for Buttar to sell a working-class populist message. But Buttar says that tech workers are more left-leaning than the companies they work for, and he believes many feel the sense of “crisis and pressure” that he understands and his opponent doesn’t. “They’re sophisticated enough to know that their economic privilege can’t insulate them from the vagaries of climate catastrophe, so they recognize the need for a transition.” Buttar emphasizes his plans to appeal to young people who feel unrepresented by Pelosi’s brand of big money politics.

There have been primary challenges against Pelosi before, including a brief threat by Cindy Sheehan in 2008 and Buttar’s own previous candidacy in 2018. Nobody has come close to toppling the Democratic “fundraising juggernaut.” Buttar thinks it will be different this time. The victory of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez against Joe Crowley, one of the highest-ranking House Democrats, showed that well-funded incumbents with a lot of pull in Congress might still be vulnerable, if they have lost touch with their local constituencies. Buttar thinks that’s exactly what has happened in San Francisco.

Buttar has a unique background. Born in the U.K. to Pakistani parents fleeing persecution, he became a civil liberties lawyer and has worked on cases related to: marriage equality, campaign finance laws, racial profiling, and digital rights. After the passage of the PATRIOT Act, he led the Bill of Rights Defense Committee, and he has served since 2015 as Director of Grassroots Advocacy for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He has both led street protests and taught at Stanford Law School. Buttar is also a poet and DJ���listen to his mixes here!—and, I can confirm from several days of observing him, tends to sport colorful clothing including paisley scarves (of which I strongly approve).

Buttar is smart, committed, and has a strong record of activism. As someone who has been working to organize immigrants and artists, he is a sharp contrast with the vineyard-dwelling Pelosi. As he says: “I first moved to San Francisco in the 2000s, when she was funding Bush’s wars and I was organizing street protests to try to stop it. I saw her sweep CIA torture under the rug.” (In fact, Pelosi flat-out lied and said she hadn’t been told that torture was being used, then later admitted that she had been, and had failed to do anything to oppose it.) The torture issue, he says, was an important test, and Pelosi failed, by showing an “unwillingness to seek executive accountability even when her partisan interest aligns with the constitutional responsibility and international law.”

I am sure many leftists will be impressed by Buttar as they read more about him and hear him speak. But whether they’re going to believe in him is a different question. Everyone I talked to at the recent DSA convention was dubious about his electoral prospects. Justice Democrats has so far declined to endorse him. Jacobin, even in a sympathetic profile, says it “won’t be an easy fight.” Others seem to think he has no chance at all, saying that the best hope is that “if some of his positions force the Speaker to modify hers, there is some solace in that.”

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HIRA MOHIBULLAH: “WITH ADVERTISING, I HELP THOSE WHO DON’T HAVE A VOICE”

Hira Mohibullah is an expert is telling stories that have a positive impact. We’re delighted to welcome her to our Final Jury this year representing BBDO Pakistan, where she is Executive Creative Director.

As the most awarded female creative in Pakistan, Hira Mohibullah believes that storytellers have a responsibility to tell the right kind of stories – especially in an industry as influential as advertising.

Her most notable campaigns include #BridalUniform, which raised awareness of the prevalence of underage brides; #BeatMe for UN Women, which challenged men to “beat” women (at something they excel at; and Chai Ka Nishaan (The Hot Tea Stain), a campaign that raised awareness on child burns caused through negligence around hot tea."

Since joining BBDO Pakistan four years ago, she has won more than 170 international awards for her work. A mother of two, Mohibullah is also an advocate for gender balance in the workplace and helped set up a day-care room at BBDO to encourage more working mothers to join the workforce. 

You live and work in Pakistan. Did you grow up there, too?

I’m a third culture kid, and so I don’t really know what place I call home. I grew up in the Middle East and moved to Pakistan when I was 14. I have very fond memories of my childhood and, quite contrary to popular belief, it was fun being a kid in Saudi Arabia! I had friends from all over the world, and from a very young age I was exposed to different cultures and languages, which I feel has shaped who I am today as a creative.  

What led you to a career in advertising: did you always dream of impacting positive social change through your work?

Growing up, I’ve hopped (all too rapidly) from one dream career to another. One thing that I’ve always known about myself is that I get bored with one thing real quick, and so the versatility that advertising brings to my life every single day is what makes it such a perfect match. Right after I completed my A Levels (after having taken every subject under the sun), I chanced upon the communication design course. There it was, my love for creative writing and design brought miraculously together. Advertising was the most obvious choice after that, and I’ve never looked back since.

In my twenties, while my friends were writing their personal statements for college applications full to the brim with life-changing struggles, I was wishing I had more of a story to tell. I grew up in a house with parents who did not believe in gender discrimination. They had two daughters and they gave us the best education to the best of their abilities. There was absolutely no pressure on us to fit a certain mould. With a great support system, I grew up living a sheltered life of privilege. But today, I realise that’s what my story is: with advertising I use my position of privilege to help those who don’t have a voice. It's all come full circle.

#BridalUniform was an incredibly powerful campaign, which won countless awards – including several at AD STARS. What challenges did you face in bringing it to life?

As with most pro-bono campaigns we do at BBDO, we had absolutely no money to spend on this one. So getting the word out to the entire nation, that it was not okay to marry off underage girls, seemed impossible. That challenge gave birth to a genius solution: we hijacked the biggest bridal fashion show of Pakistan, one that was already being covered by all major media channels in the country. We partnered Ali Xeeshan, Pakistan's foremost bridal wear designer and launched the Bridal Uniform: a merger between a little girl's school uniform and embellishments from a typical bridal outfit. Amidst the pomp and show, out walked the showstopper: a little girl wearing the #BridalUniform, symbolising the trade-off that happens when a child is deprived of her right to an education and instead is dressed as someone's wife. Without spending a dime, we were able to rack up one billion organic impressions.

Creativity can help to bring people together in times of crisis: are there any inspiring initiatives taking place in Pakistan right now? What is BBDO doing to keep its staff motivated during the coronavirus crisis?

It’s overwhelming to see everybody fighting on the same front, for the same cause. It’s brought the industry together in a way nothing ever has. Every brand I work on is doing their part to help the nation cope with this unprecedented struggle. We’re all working from home currently (being amongst the first few to implement the policy) and besides a few teething issues in the start, we’re meeting all our timelines even when the work has doubled in amount. My team and I usually get the brainstorming out of the way earlier in the day and then go our separate ways to finish off the pending tasks. Keeping meticulous checklists of individual workflows has helped me stay afloat by giving me a good visibility on the tasks lined up for the entire week.

What does your typical day look like?

I have two kids who I bring to work with me (a 6 year-old and a 7 month old) and in pre-COVID times, I used to joke about “traveling” to work because I would lug around all their stuff in a mini carry-on... everyday! These days in lockdown, I start early, get my 6 year-old’s homework done and ship him off to another room for his online classes while I find myself a quiet corner to tackle my checklist for the day.  

Do you have a process – is there a way you work through a problem? How much of your creative process happens subconsciously?

I’ve hardly ever had an idea strike me in a dream or in the shower, unlike many other creatives I know. For me, cracking a brief requires a formal session (always with a notebook in hand) where I start from a pain-point, deep-dive into real-world insights, colloquially unlock the idea for relevance, and finally tell the story in the voice of the brand. Also, being bi-lingual helps me tackle the creative process from two different vernacular angles.

Who are your creative heroes and why?

Fernando Machado. He’s brave, unapologetically relentless, he has an eye for what will absolutely shake the world and he’s not afraid to do it!  

You recently spoke at TEDxLahore. What did you talk was about?

My joint talk at TEDx was about the importance of telling the right kind of stories. The stories we hear growing up shape us into the people we are today: they define our limits, our fears and our dreams. As advertisers, we call ourselves storytellers, and so imagine the kind of power we hold to change the lives of those around us. Moiz Khan and I talked about the stories we’ve told in our time at BBDO Pakistan, and how they have positively impacted our society.

As the most awarded female creative in Pakistan, do you have advice for others hoping to ‘make it’ in advertising?

No one makes it in advertising on their own! Find your tribe. Go out there and look for like-minded people and a place that matches your vision.

Are you working on anything interesting right now?

Pakistanis love their tea. They have tea for breakfast, tea in the afternoon and then in the evening. There’s tea with snacks and tea over gossip sessions. In a shocking revelation, we learnt that 80% of child burns happen due to hot tea spills. Now in a country where tea consumption is at an all-time high, there is considerable talk around removing tea stains from clothes but none around the perils of being negligent while preparing or drinking that tea. After a successful first leg of the campaign where we were able to bring down the number of accidents by 50%, we’re now working on Round 2 this year!  

You attended AD STARS in 2018. Do you have any favourite memories of Busan?

My fondest memory of Busan is going to The Library of Mystery Literature, a quaint little place which is a library, a cafe and a museum all rolled into one.  Due to an ongoing book-club, they were closed at the time I wanted to visit. I called up the owner, and with my receptionist translating everything for me, told her it was the only day I could come visit and she generously opened up the cafe especially for me. There I met the famous crime novelist Kim Seong-jong, read a crime novel with a cup of buckwheat tea offset against a book-reading in a foreign language… it was really something else.

Hira Mohibullah will judge the Brand Experience & Activation, Creative eCommerce, Direct, Media and PR categories at the AD STARS 2020 Awards. To enter, submit your work before 15th May via adstars.org.

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The Political Comedy Shows In Pakistan 2018

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Moving on to a unique celebrated political Pakistani comedy show named Khabardaar, this show is hosted by Aftab Iqbal and their unit of measurement some of us that add life to the show by their mimicry that embraces Honey, Nasir Chinioti, Mir Muhammad Ali and Saleem Albela. the foremost focus of the show is on the current affairs and so the political state of affairs of the Moslem Republic of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. This show discusses all the aspects of the society. This show choices a part of Zaban o Biyaan where the host Aftab Iqbal UN agency is bright talented corrects the wrong use of our language. except this Naseer Bhai guesses the musician, lyricists, and actors by merely taking note to the songs that unit of measurement suggested. typically|this can be} often to feature a part of the joy. The comedians of the show add much fun to the show Associate in Nursing AN hour passes merely among the blink of a watch. it is so an exquisite provide of diversion.

The other very celebrated political comedy shows a unit of measurement Mazaak Raat and Banana News Network. Mazaak Raat is hosted by Vasay Chaudhry is himself AN awfully sensible actor. This show in addition interviews some common politicians and mimicry is finished. except this, the show incorporates a singing half in it equally. The comedians build the show a contest for the alternative political comedy shows. returning to the Banana News Network, it's AN amusing spin on the happenings within the Moslem Republic of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. it is a fictitious channel among that celebrities unit of measurement mocked. The show choices segments like business department, News Room, and Central Studio discussion. In my opinion, there got to be extra shows like this so as that our attention gets happy. I truly like of those shows as a result of I do not see any a part of the show or eclat in them. they've supported realities happening around the North American nation which we want to face them. except this, I, in addition, would love that our corrupt politician's must-see shows like these so as that they get a top-level view of our sufferings.

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US News

Facebook is looking at cracking down on ‘anti-vaxers.’ [Link]

San Francisco will expunge the records of over 8,000 marijuana convictions. [Link]

Col Douglas Macgregor explains how Trump has created a possible path to peace with North Korea. [Link]

Haiti

Yves Engler explains Canadian special operations forces are likely deployed to Haiti helping to prevent a popular uprising against Haiti’s leadership. Engler details the US and Canadian role in Haitian regime change. [Link]

Europe

The UN court rules the UK should return the Chagos Islands – including Diego Garcia which is the home of a US airbase – back to Mauritius. [Link]

Thomas Harrington argues the former Catalan leaders are facing unfair persecution. [Link]

India/Pakistan

India carried out airstrikes in Pakistani administered Kashmir. [Link] Pakistan shot down two of the attacking Indian fighter jets. Two Indian pilots were captured. Pakistan carried out airstrikes in Indian administered Kashmir. The strikes were directed at empty area as a show of force. [Link]

India is moving 1,000s of troops into positions for a potential attack on Pakistan. India has arrested 100s of Kashmiris in response to a suicide bombing that killed 40 India soldiers. [Link]

Afghanistan

Over 3,800 civilians were killed and over 7,000 injured in Afghanistan during 2018. The number is a record high since data started to be tracked in 2009. [Link]

The next round of Afghan peace talks will include the leader of the Taliban. [Link]

Africa

The US claims an airstrike killed 20 al-Shabaab militants in Somalia. [{Link]](https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/af-somalia-us-airstrike/2019/02/26/id/904470/)

A gunman kills nine people in a refugee camp outside of Mogadishu. Al-Shabaab is suspected to be responsible for the attack. [Link]  

France claims to kill 15 Islamist militants with an airstrike in Mali. [Link]

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A Month of Islam in America: February 2019

A Month of Islam in America: February 2019

For those who can’t find the House Homeland Security monthly report on terror because it appears to have been deleted when Democrats took over the House, you may find our monthly reports useful.

The trend of big technology platforms aiding and abetting the jihad and imposing sharia on the world continued and was further confirmed as Facebook and Twitter consult with terror-tied CAIR over who gets banned from platforms.

Click any hyperlink below to read the full story, then share to your social media sites using the buttons on the bottom of each story. Future generations will thank you!

February 2019

Jihad & Terror

California: Muslim Gets Almost 16 Years for Plotting Jihad in The U.S. in The Name of ISIS

Amer Sinan Alhaggagi was sentenced today to 188 months for attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and identity theft charges.

Arizona: Bodycam footage shows ISIS suspect attacking police officer, then shot (VIDEO)

Sgt. Brandon Wells shot Ismail Hamed, 18, outside a police substation in Maricopa County last month after Hamed called 911, telling the operator he had a knife and rocks. “My name is Ismail Hamed,” he said. “I live in Fountain Hills, and I’m owing my allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. I just want a cop to come real quick and I want to deal with them.”

Baltimore Man Pleads Guilty to ISIS Bomb Threat on Pentagon, Govt Buildings

George Tomasack, age 47, admitted that during the calls he threatened to blow up the locations. Specifically, during the call to the Pentagon Tours Office, Tomasack stated that the call was an “ISIS threat” and “there will be a (unintelligible) at your building in five hours.” On that same day, Tomasack called a CNN news affiliate in Atlanta and stated that “he was associated with ISIS and they were going to blow up a government building.”

Bronx: Muslim Pleads Guilty to Attempting To Provide and Conspiring To Provide Material Support To ISIS

ADAM RAISHANI, a/k/a “Saddam Mohamed Raishani,” pled guilty to attempting to provide and conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (“ISIS”).

Florida: Fort Pierce Resident Sentenced to Prison for ISIS Related Threats

Charlton Edward LaChase, 28, of Fort Pierce, Florida, was sentenced yesterday to 18 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release for text messages professing his support for ISIS and threatening to kill several people while committing acts of terrorism and mass murder.  A search warrant for LaChase’s Facebook account revealed several attempts by LaChase to purchase firearms, as well as threats to commit mass murder, threats to kill politicians, and statements of support for ISIS.

California: Somali Muslim Refugee Who Tried to Run Down Jews at Synagogue Charged with Attempted Murder

Mohamed Abdi Mohamed, 33,  accused of a hate crime attack after allegedly trying to run over two Jewish men outside a synagogue in Hancock Park last year is now facing attempted murder charges, officials announced Thursday.

North Carolina: Muslim gets 15 years prison for recruiting people to wage jihad on behalf of ISIS

Erick Jamal Hendricks, 38, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS).

New York: Man “Ready to Kill and Die in the Name of allah” Arrested at JFK Airport en Route to Join Pakistani Terror Group

Jesus Wilfredo Encarnacion, a.k.a. “Jihadistsoldgier,” “Jihadinhear,” “Jihadinheart,” “Lionofthegood,” was arrested last night at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK Airport) in Queens, New York and was charged today with attempting and conspiring to provide material support to Lashkar e-Tayyiba (“LeT”), a Pakistan-based designated foreign terrorist organization responsible for multiple high-profile attacks, including the infamous Mumbai attacks in Nov. 2008.

Ohio: Muslim who planned Cleveland jihad attack indicted for threatening to behead Trump and kill family

Demetrius Nathaniel Pitts, 49, who uses the aliases Abdur Raheem Rafeeq and Salah ad-Deen Osama Waleed,  who was previously indicted on federal charges for allegedly planning a terrorist attack in Cleveland last summer has now been charged with additional crimes, including threatening to kill President Donald Trump and his family.

The new indictment supersedes the previous one from January that charged with attempting to provide material support to al-Qaida.

Texas: 18-year-old charged with recruiting for Pakistani Islamic terror group LeT

Michael Kyle Sewell, of Arlington, has been charged with conspiring to provide material support and resources to LeT, a Pakistani-based terrorist organization.

Ohio: Muslim convert charged with a hate crime for synagogue mass shooting jihad plot

Damon Joseph, 21, aka Abdullah Ali Yusuf, was indicted Tuesday on charges that include attempting to provide material support to ISIS and attempting to commit a hate crime.

Investigators say Joseph, who converted to Islam, talked about wanting to kill as many people as possible at a synagogue in the Toledo area.

Damon Joseph aka Abdullah Ali Yusuf

Islamic Rape & Violence Against Americans

Minnesota: Muslim Sexually Assaults 13-Year Old Girl in St. Cloud Minnesota: Rochester Muslim Convicted of Sexual Assault and False Imprisonment Ohio University Muslim student from Oman arrested for rape, stalking, kidnapping and more Oregon: Koran instructor sentenced to 4 years prison for sexual abuse of underage girls Wisconsin: Lyft driver asks to use passenger’s bathroom, sexually assaults her

Immigration Jihad in America

At least 17 Saudi students from 8 states flee after being convicted or charged with rape, manslaughter or child porn Illinois: Muslim who shot motorist near Georgetown flees U.S. to Saudi Arabia Minnesota: Muslim refugee charged with taking U.S. journalist, others hostage in Somalia New York: Diplomat’s Muslim husband has immunity revoked but avoids jail after beating wife Michigan: ICE allows Muslim to self deport with no charges after arrest in student visa fraud sting Virginia: Moroccan Immigrant Sentenced to 5 Years Prison for Assault on ICE Officers Texas: Houston getting new mega mosque for first Ismaili center in U.S.

Sharia in Your Community

Brooklyn: Muslims Form Community Patrol – Plan to Expand Citywide New York: Islamization continues – Muhammad Ali Jinnah Way inaugurated in Pakistani Muslim enclave Chicago Cubs agree to work with terror-linked CAIR over owners father’s leaked emails Minnesota: Christian Pastor Arrested at Mall of America Faces Hearing and Trial After Talking to Muslims Philadelphia’s Please Touch Museum Indoctrinating Kids with Islam

Sharia Adherents in Elected Office

New York: Muslim Immigrant Who Joined ISIS Now Works With U.S. Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn Democrats Remove Monthly Terror Reports from Committee on Homeland Security Website Massachusetts Republican Gov. Baker visits terror-linked Boston mosque Muslim Rep. Rashida Tlaib ‘Lied’ About Residency To Run For Office, Registered To Vote At False Address Virginia: Democrat Candidate Ibraheem Samirah’s Donors Named in Terrorist Report for Hamas Links

Fraud for Jihad in America

Wisconsin: Another Anti-Muslim Hate Crime Turns Out to Be a Hoax New Jersey: Muslim Couple Charged in $4 Million Food Stamp Fraud at Paterson Store

Tennessee: Franklin man caught impersonating a U.S. Marshal

Kansas: Muslim leader who illegally stored hazardous waste costing taxpayers $760k gets probation, fine

U.S. to provide nearly $10M to Maldives – where non-Muslims can’t become citizens

Straight Out Treason:

Former U.S. Air Force and Counterintelligence Agent Converted to Islam, Gave Classified Info to Iran

Treasonous Muslim who fled Alabama to become ISIS bride & recruiter suddenly has regrets now that she wants to return to America

Florida: Muslim immigrant woman who fled U.S. with her young kids to join ISIS is killed in Syria

And the lone victory against Islam and sharia in February:

Arkansas: House passes resolution calling on law enforcement agencies to suspend contact with CAIR over terror links (VIDEO)

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2018 Year in Review,  Part I here and Part II here.

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