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[elliot-olivia]

Five? One is overwhelming. It gets easier. Really? No.

[thena0315]

Dad comes back to the door "Don't follow me." 🤣

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

[lo-diehards]

2024 TV Season Analysis – Organized Crime Tops the Franchise, Law & Order Better, SVU Needs an Overhaul

The 2023-24 TV season has been a truncated TV season of 13 episodes, due the ongoing WGA/SAG-AFTRA strikes that happened last year. A lot of scripted TV was back burned until the strikes ended. TV writers struck their deal first and were back to work promptly, long before actors/actresses, this should have given time to plan out their already short season. Production crunched for 13 episodes to be shot between late November until this coming week, where SVU and mother ship reboot will be wrapping up shooting their finale episodes.

But where does this season grade in its entirety? I’m going to summarize – as much as I can - my views on where the franchise stands for this season from best to worst. Click below to read.

Organized Crime – The best in the franchise creatively, hands down!

New show runner/executive producer John Shiban (The X-Files) and his writing staff understood their assignment and have definitely delivered. Organized Crime is the most entertaining series in the franchise this season, week-over-week. The storylines are so fleshed out and they don’t drag on as they had since the series started. Shiban has shifted focus to the OC main characters and their backstories as well as expanding on the OC unit in its entirety. We’ve even seen 2 of SVU’s former stars show up (Tamara Tunie, Chief M.E. Melinda Warner / Dann Florek, Donald Cragen) as well as an appearance by Peter Scanavino (ADA Dominick Carisi). We have even been introduced to more of Stabler’s family, his brothers – portrayed by guest stars Dean Norris and Michael Trotter – and while they’ve come in and shook things up for Stabler, one thing I can point out, it’s the first season since OC premiered where I haven’t felt that Elliot Stabler is on a quest for vengeance or retribution of some kind.

The cast has been firing on all cylinders this season, especially with the episode that just aired last week (“Crossroads”), where one of OC’s new team members went missing and was found to be killed, Stabler having the bury his body as he is undercover with the group that found Detective-in-Training Samir Bashir (guest star Abubakr Ali). This story is still playing out so as of now we don’t fully know who killed him but I’m sure we’re about to find out. Stabler’s younger brother, Joe Jr. may have some involvement as the investigation is about to come full circle. Meanwhile, the scene in question in this episode has Christopher Meloni and Danielle Mone Truitt deliver their most powerful scene together yet in the series and they have delivered quite a few, this one stands out though.

Excellent only begins to describe it, and Organized Crime this season. Organized Crime has yet to be renewed for the 2024-25 TV season.

Law & Order (reboot) – It’s improved, but we still have a ways to go.

There is a lot to be said of the mother ship series, both the original and this reboot. But this reboot has seen a lot in its short time on air, in this short season alone the cast has changed twice already. Jeffrey Donovan (Detective Frank Cosgrove) and the series parted ways weeks before production was set to start and veteran Sam Waterston (District Attorney Jack McCoy) chose to depart before mid-season. Sam Waterston is/will greatly be missed and he leaves behind a full legacy on the show, which he joined in 1994! Meanwhile newcomers Reid Scott (Detective Vincent Riley) and Tony Goldwyn (District Attorney Nicholas Baxter) have been welcomed by fans with open arms. The cast of the reboot no matter which season is very solid and they are all very talented, but their talents often seem crippled.

The reboot seems to have an issue fleshing out the characters. Det. Jalen Shaw (Mehcad Brooks) and ADA Sam Maroun (Odelya Halevi) – and add DA Nick Baxter (Goldwyn) to me, week-in and week-out are the unsung heroes as with them we can see depth, we can understand why they make the decisions they make or feel the way they do on certain topics. I’m still on the fence about Riley’s development but he’s definitely has a more solid partnership with Shaw than Cosgrove did, and he certainly is a better character. I think they’ve got a great detective duo here – reminiscent of that of Ed Green (Jesse L. Martin) and Cyrus Lupo (Jeremy Sisto) in season 18. From about the third episode this season on up, there has been an improvement in the writing, I must say in comparison from where the season started. Most of the episodes this season seem to have one singular writer who stands out, Pamela Wechsler, who also serves as executive producer. Girl power!

What can help the reboot:

The writers need to get away from talking points and political affiliation when it comes to the characters and even the weekly storylines - looking at you show runner Rick Eid - it makes the characters come off as caricatures and stereotypes. And maybe not directly rip the episodes from the headlines near verbatim. It takes away from it if we already know how it plays out – where is “the Law & Order twist?” They need to deep dive into Vincent Reilly, Nolan Price (Hugh Dancy) and Kate Dixon (Camryn Manheim); we have talented actors on here, give them something that makes us stand up and clap and relate to these characters and stop making them one-dimensional, especially ADA Price. I must say I’ve been enjoying the legal side a bit more with the addition of Goldwyn’s Baxter, his back-and-forth every week with Price has a feel of the original series run, where we see multiple points of views on cases and it doesn’t feel/sound like rhetoric. And speaking of that run, it wouldn’t hurt for them to find ways to invest those old characters in the reboot. Just because Sam has departed doesn’t mean we still don’t want to see old faces or even faces from the other L&O series show up. Elisabeth Rohm (ADA Serena Southerlyn) and Milena Govich (Det. Nina Cassady) have directed episodes! Raul Esparza and Hugh Dancy both starred in Hannibal, I could see former-ADA now Defense Attorney Rafael Barba sitting at the defense table and likely wiping the floor with Price! Tony Goldwyn even wants Mariska Hargitay to direct an episode. Let’s make the mother ship enjoyable to watch again!

It was renewed for a 24th season (4th for the reboot). The mother ship has a second chance at greatness and to continue its legacy on television, not a lot of shows get that. It would be wise that those in charge on mother ship remember that.

SVU – The 25th milestone season ranks as one of the worst.

I originally had a two-page long document on this season of SVU alone and I’ve had to shorten it down and it’s still not that short. But if I had to describe the 25th record-breaking season of SVU in 1 word, that word would be “bad.” There are calls on social media for show runner/executive producer David Graziano to be fired from the series. I’m not one to openly call for people to lose their jobs, but clearly there is something wrong and the downward spiral of the ratings mixed with bad press for SVU episodes this season is showing that. Nothing about season 25 jumps out as milestone season and there are only a handful of episodes as of now, that I would consider episodes worth going back to watch again: “Tunnel Blind”, “Duty to Report”, “Probability of Doom”, and “Children of Wolves” which was directed by Mariska Hargitay.

It’s the writing and direction of this season, period. There is no other reason or excuse that flies. There is clearly no investment from the management level behind the scenes at SVU in this milestone season being the best it could have been. The Maddie storyline overtook the season and its resolution didn’t exactly hit the mark either. Where is the retrospective? Why haven’t we gone over past cases? Seen former victims/survivors (other than 2 minutes worth of Maria from “911”)? Why did Olivia stop seeing Dr. Lindstrom (Bill Irwin)? Where is the ‘healing?’ The guest stars? We haven’t seen any former stars, other than Kelli Giddish (Detective Amanda Rollins), and that proves to me that it was a mistake to fire her in the first place. “Where is the energy? Where is the spatter? This is life-less dreck. A cheap knock-off…” (diehard SVU fans; if you know, you know). But seriously, nothing about this season overall screams “25 years!”

With the season opener, I was sure David Graziano and the writers turned the page on the mess that was most of the entire 24th season of SVU. Turns out I was wrong to think it. It seems to be doubled down. It’s proof that despite his behavior, he’s just not a good fit for SVU. He doesn’t seem to understand how to write for this show and be the voice of who women/people look up to and the voice that victims and survivors need. I honestly think he would serve better on a Criminal Intent reboot or something since he seems to like that aspect of the crimes more so than investigatory and the legal side – Peter Scanavino’s screen time has greatly decreased and well as legal scenes.

What can help SVU:

A lot of damage is done, but it’s not irreversible. The best call is to replace the person at the top if they aren’t going to change themselves, (sorry but not sorry David). The popular eras of SVU are seasons 3-7 and again 13-17 and for good reason; Neal Baer and Warren Leight remain the two people who have seen SVU at their peaks. Going into a record breaking season 26, someone who can understand the intricacies of SVU needs to take the helm and get this show turned around. Focus needs to be on steadying the storylines and fleshing them out in a meaningful way to where they connect and not have crucial bits just disappear into thin air. We need to get SVU’s focus back on uplifting the voices of victims and survivors and their journeys, as well as to delve deep again into the world of the NYPD SVU squad. It’s not just about “rape case of the week” the actual SVU deals with kidnappings, crimes against the children, the disabled/elderly, working in conjunction with the Hate Crimes unit/federal govt., trafficking and more, let’s get the variety back in the crimes – and let’s stop showing the crime taking place on screen and in graphic manner. The crime scene analysis, forensics, court scenes and legalese needs to be put back into this series, I’ve honestly felt it decrease even before S24 as far back as some S22.

We need to see Carisi navigate through these cases and the back-and-forth with the defense as well as in his own bureau. We’ve yet to see Carisi interact with the district attorney (Jack McCoy, Sam Waterston – now Nick Baxter, Tony Goldwyn) much like his preceding ADAs. Benson’s character needs to go back to therapy and deal with her issues head on (Lindstrom, Bill Irwin), she had done that up until EDMR in season 24 became her new way and it’s not working for her, since the writers seem to use it now as a crutch to say “she’s healing” but then turn around and have her do things to suggest otherwise. Benson also needs to be written as a leader and delegator more so than taking every case away from her “squad” and solving them personally. Actually from a story standpoint it would be great to see Benson face repercussions for continually doing this, in the real world that would have consequences as how can she personally investigate cases and run the unit?

And with the unit, their stories need to be dissected more. Velasco (Octavio Pisano) in particular, he had an edge in season 23 as the new guy that might be a snitch for the Chief of Detectives (McGrath, Terry Serpico) but in season 24 they pushed this character into a corner with liking Detective Grace Muncy (Molly Burnett, who departed last season) and the Chilly storyline last season and can’t seem to get him out of that corner. Velasco comes off as “just there” much in the way Fin (ICE T) is starting to. And where is Phoebe (Jennifer Esposito)? Detective Bruno and Captain (to-Detective or Chief?) Curry (Kevin Kane and Aime Donna Kelly) are pretty much holding down the squad and are actually the more I look to, to solve the cases and they are the only ones peaking my interest.

SVU is heading to record-breaking season 26, if they want to reach their goal of stopping at 30. Dick Wolf, NBC and those behind the scenes need to get serious about it if that is what they really want. Otherwise, you’re about to have long-time viewers and new viewers alike turning away. Despite what people believe about ever-lasting loyalty, it does have an end date.

What do you think? Do you agree or disagree? Feel free to respond!

[beardedmrbean]

MAARAB, Lebanon (Reuters) - The head of Lebanon's largest Christian party said Iran-backed Hezbollah should relinquish its weapons as quickly as possible to end its year-long war with Israel and spare Lebanon further death and destruction.

Samir Geagea, Hezbollah's fiercest political opponent in Lebanon, spoke to Reuters on Thursday at his mountain home and party headquarters in Maarab, north of Beirut, as Israel carried out waves of strikes on areas Hezbollah holds sway.

"With the destruction of all of Hezbollah's infrastructure and its warehouses, a big part of Lebanon is also being destroyed. That's the price," he said.

Hezbollah's critics in Lebanon, such as Geagea, say it unilaterally pulled Lebanon into a new war after it began firing at Israel in solidarity with Palestinian group Hamas following the Oct. 7 2023 attack on Israel that sparked the war in Gaza.

Hezbollah says it is defending Lebanon from Israeli aggression and has vowed to keep fighting, saying it will not lay down its arms or allow Israel to achieve political gains on the back of the war.

The intense pressure of Israel's military campaign, which has escalated and expanded since late September to include ground incursions into southern Lebanon, presented an opportunity to get the country back on track, Geagea said.

"If the challenges and the prices paid are so big, then we can take advantage of them to get the situation back to normal," he said, calling on Hezbollah and the Lebanese state to swiftly implement local accords and international resolutions disbanding armed factions outside the control of the state.

"That is the shortest way to end the war. It's the least costly way for Lebanon and for the Lebanese people," he said.

Faltering diplomatic efforts on a ceasefire have centred on United Nations Resolution 1701, which brought an end to Hezbollah's last deadly conflict with Israel in 2006.

Israel has insisted that this time around, it wants to keep carrying out strikes against Hezbollah threats even if a truce is agreed.

Geagea said he was opposed to granting Israel that option but said Lebanon had little power to stop it, especially if an excuse remained in the form of Hezbollah's armed presence.

'ARMS RACE'

Lebanon's population is a mosaic of more than a dozen religious sects, with political representation divided along sectarian lines. Religious divisions fuelled the 1975-1990 civil war, which left some 150,000 people dead and drew in neighbouring states.

Geagea's party, the Lebanese Forces, was one of the main warring factions during the civil war and aligned itself with Israel, including when Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon reached Beirut, and its leader, Bashir Gemayel, was elected president.

Gemayel was assassinated before he could assume office, and Geagea said he saw no parallels with that period today.

The Lebanese Forces relinquished its weapons in line with the Taef Accord, which ended the civil war and called on all militias to disband.

Hezbollah did not, saying it needed them to fight Israel's continued occupation of southern Lebanon. But the group refused to disarm when Israeli troops withdrew in 2000, citing ongoing threats.

Despite his decades-old opposition to Hezbollah, Geagea, 72, said he opposed the Lebanese army forcefully disarming the group.

He said he does "not see the possibility of any civil war" breaking out and said that his party "categorically" did not want one to start.

Still, he noted that the mass displacement of mostly Shi'ite Muslim Lebanese into Sunni and Christian-majority areas could spark "problems here or there" in a country that was already suffering an economic crisis before the war.

They include thousands who have fled into areas that are strongholds of Geagea's party. In Beirut, Lebanese Forces flags were put up overnight in neighbourhoods where the group has strong support, but no clashes have been reported.

More than 1.2 million people have fled heavy Israeli strikes on Lebanon's south, eastern Bekaa valley and Beirut's southern suburbs.

In recent weeks, Israeli troops carrying out incursions into southern Lebanon have laced entire villages with explosives and detonated them, leaving border towns in ruins.

Hezbollah says it has managed to keep Israeli troops at bay by preventing them from holding any ground in south Lebanon.

But Geagea disputed that reading, saying Israel's "new military doctrine" was to enter areas, carry out operations, and leave, and that the war's next phase could see villages deeper into Lebanon being hit.

He said Israel's military and economic strength would always give it an advantage over Hezbollah, even if the group re-armed.

"Do you have the ability to enter this arms race?" he said.

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On 26 October, the Palestinian Ministry of Health released the list of names of Palestinians killed since 7 October. Among them, from the Abu Shammala family, are:

Basimah Abdul Rahim Mahmoud (51);

Hana Abdul Qadir Mohammed (50);

Jawad Hassan Ali (49);

Bassel Hassan Kamil (49);

Fatima Fawzi Abd (39) and her children Tasneem Ibrahim Saeed (15), Mahmoud Ibrahim Saeed (13), and Yasmine Ibrahim Saeed (8); 

Samir Hussein Akl (63);

Samir's son Ayman Samir Hussein (40) and his children Yamin Ayman Samir (12) and Abdel Rahman Ayman Samir (7);

Samir's son Isma'il Samir Hussein (37), his wife, and most of their children, including Zeina Isma'il Samir (4);

Samir's son Ahmed Samir Hussein (31), his wife, and most of their children, including Amir Ahmed Samir (8), Youssef Ahmed Samir (6), and Lara Ahmed Samir (3);

and Samir's son Ibrahim Samir Hussein (26), who was a lawyer; along with his wife and most of their children;

Haifa Saeed Ahmed (37);

Walaa Talal Hussein (31);

Heba Nabil Abdel Rahman (29);

Tasneem Bassam Abdullah (28);

Naderin Bashir Mohammed (28);

Sharifa Ghaleb Mohammed (26);

Mahmoud Khaled Abdel Rahman (23);

Bayan Munir Abdel Rahman (17);

Maha Iyad Ahmed (16);

Shahd Majid Ismail (14) and her sister Dalal Majid Ismail (3);

Karim Mohammed Samir (9), who told his cousins and aunts that he wanted to have a party with everyone for his 9th birthday; 

Sham Ayman Ismail (8), who was named after the Levant, and her brother Adam Ayman Ismail (4);

Hadi Rami Salah Al-Din Ismail (5) and his sister Aisha Salah Al-Din Ismail (3);

Suhad Hani Iyad (4);

Nayef Mahmoud Hussein (78) and his children Zuhair Nayef Mahmoud (51), Dawlat Nayef Mahmoud (50), Aisha Nayef Mahmoud (48), Muhammad Nayef Mahmoud (40), and Umaima Nayef Mahmoud (30);

Nayef's son Mahmoud Nayef Mahmoud (33) and his children Musab Mahmoud Nayef (3) and Marah Mahmoud Nayef (1);

and Nayef's son Hassan Nayef Mahmoud (38) and his children Isma'il Hassan Nayef (2), Salma Hassan Nayef (4), and Muhammad Hassan Nayef (6);

Beirut Mohammed Iyad, who was named Beirut because she was born the same day as the tragic 2020 explosion in Lebanon (3);

'Abla Ibrahim Saleh (66) and her brother Imtiyaz Ibrahim Saleh (53);

and 'Abla's brother Taysir Ibrahim Saleh (57) and his children Hana Taysir Ibrahim (23), Islam Taysir Ibrahim (30), Ahd Taysir Ibrahim (15), and Raghad Taysir Ibrahim (13);

Muhammad Khalil Ibrahim (26);

Qasim Ayman Ibrahim (25);

Hadil Ibrahim Bahjat (28);

Nur Asim Nabil (2) and their brother Nabil Asim Nabil (4);

Isma'il Abdel Rahman Aqilan (42);

Aziza Abdel Fattah Ahmed (63);

Lama Abdullah Nayef (11) and her sister Hind Abdullah Nayef (14);

Nayef Ibrahim Nayef (12);

Mona Ahmed Musa (36);

Maryam Muhammad Taysir (3) and her sibling Dana Muhammad Taysir (1);

Mahmud Marwan Abdel Rahman (23) and his siblings Ayah Marwan Abdel Rahman (19), Muhammad Marwan Abdel Rahman (16) and Shahid Marwan Abdel Rahman (9);

Raghad Asaad Abdel Rahman (21) and her siblings Maram Asaad Abdel Rahman (26) and Husayn Asaad Abdel Rahman (17);

Nada Abdullah Jabr (91);

Najat Abdel Rahman Hussein (50);

Aisha Mahmoud Hashem (37);

Suhaila Muhammad Ismail (47);

Akram Saleh Saeed (2);

and Fathia Muhammad Hussein (70).

You can read more about the human lives lost in Palestine on the Martyrs of Gaza Twitter account and on my blog.

[amin13864]

Military analyst at Channel 12

Hebrew Nir Dvori says:

In 1982 we invaded Lebanon and arrived to Beirut after the Christian right, represented by the Phalanges, promised us to be on our side in fighting the PLO, but when we reached the outskirts of Beirut, Bashir Gemayel told David Kimhi that they could not participate in the battles, but despite that, we brought Bashir to power.

Today, Samir Geagea is doing the same thing to us. He and the Arabs are asking us to go deep into Lebanon and eliminate Hezbollah and provide hundreds of soldiers, while he dreams of reaching, like Bashir, with the blood of our soldiers to the Lebanese presidency.

We must not repeat the same mistake. Our army must return immediately to their bases,,,

[ulkaralakbarova]

When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former U.S. Special Operations officer Samir Horn. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Samir Horn: Don Cheadle Roy Clayton: Guy Pearce Max Archer: Neal McDonough Omar: Saïd Taghmaoui Carter: Jeff Daniels Fareed Mansour: Alyy Khan Nathir: Raad Rawi Bashir: Hassam Ghancy Leyla: Mozhan Marnò Hamzi: Adeel Akhtar Chandra Dawkin: Archie Panjabi Hayes: Jonathan Walker Dark Haired Woman: Alexandra Castillo Dierdre Horn: Lorena Gale Inspector Gilles: Scali Delpeyrat Ali: Mehdi Ortelsberg Ahmed: Abdelkader Aizzoune Omar’s Crew: Alaa Safi Film Crew: Story: Jeffrey Nachmanoff Executive Producer: Ashok Amritraj Producer: Don Cheadle Executive Producer: Arlene Gibbs Producer: David Hoberman Executive Producer: Kay Liberman Producer: Todd Lieberman Story: Steve Martin Producer: Glynis Murray Producer: Richard Schlesinger Producer: Jeffrey Silver Director of Photography: J. Michael Muro Editor: Billy Fox Casting: Deborah Aquila Casting: Robin D. Cook Casting: Nicole Hilliard-Forde Casting: Tricia Wood Production Design: Laurence Bennett Associate Producer: Anjalika Mathur Nigam Costume Design: Gersha Phillips Script Supervisor: Daniela Saioni Original Music Composer: Mark Kilian Digital Compositor: Michael Roderick Stunts: Virginie Arnaud Stunts: Robert Racki Movie Reviews:

[elysiuminfra]

OK HIII here’s what i originally wrote before tumblr decided i couldnt post this. oh hi. ngl i got scared seeing this suddenyl pop up i thought de fans were going to GET me for that one but no i can explain. btw thank u for being thoughtful and respectful i appreciate it this isn't about kim's character at all. i feel like ppl would hang me if i commented on kim's character because i have seen people suibait over de discourse. i think the writers clearly understand systematic racism and the impacts of it. however . the worldbuilding on the other hand..... so seol (the country seolites are from, aka the fantasy equivalent of asia) is described as "protectionist and isolationist", which off the bat is very iffy because if we're talking real world correlations this is like, kind of a historical stereotype about japan and china. ppl talk about it being only a japanese and korean equivalent but a lot of the in-game discussion is very much about historic misconceptions about china. further reading: look up anti-chinese propaganda from the british colonial era and youll see the similarities in how seol is talked about in-game there are very much real-world correlations between the cultures of disco elysium. Iilmaraa, for example. many of the names (bashir being a group of people in iilmaraa) (a notable person baring the name samir) have direct correlations. these examples are of arabic and sanskrit origin, and certain people of iilmaraa are noted to participate in fasting and wield scimitars, both things correlating to real-life arabic culture (fasting being, yknow a major part of muslim holidays) (and the scimitar having been a common tool in those countries and further turned into a symbol). also digging into this specific lore and portrayal of arabic culture is like umm questionable too but like it definitely deserves its own separate post for it. my take so far is that its bad anyway seol specifically. its not... a "specific" asian country or represenative of a single culture in asia. it has like, traits of many many different asian countries (china, japan, korea) but then uses names that are korean and japanese. like it doesnt have a real-world correlation beyond "asian". becuase it just mixes everything together. kim's name for example. kim is a common korean name, kitsuragi is a japanese name. BOTH of these names are described as being seolite. the writing itself does not give you any insight into the country beyond "exotic and isolationist" which i guess is the point since youre in harry's brain and harry is like, racist already (another trait fans like to ignore apparently) but this like.... just kind of shoots itself in the foot because we do not see any discussion about seol as a country beyond racist misconceptions. so like ????????? hey de writers whats going on in there. why are you portraying an already generalized country in a way that doesnt even give any insight into anything beyond "it sucks and people are right to dislike it." but like u do not need me to tell you that korea, china and japan are all very, very diffierent countries with very different cultures (INCLUDING a history of colonization, exploitation, and imperialism of the korean peninsula). which leads into the point like. grouping all of these cultures together and generalizing them is.... ignorant at best, downright racist at worst. like i think its extremely irresponsible worldbuilding to take aspects of very very different cultures and throw them together because theyre all in asia. like i think the game is very good at handling how racism impacts people. but it still falls into the fantasy worldbuilding problem of treating asian cultures as a monolith, which is in fact a very common problem.  no one is immune to racist fantasy worldbuilding like dont get me wrong. i like disco elysium ( a normal amount.). it does something new. the way it treats addiction and mental illness in particular speaks to me, a mentally ill addict. but people really need to think before they praise the game fully because despite its strengths it is still deeply flawed and falls into the regular pitfalls of racist fantasy worldbuilding. long story short: the anti-racism game is still racist guys and i think we should talk about it more without killing eachother over it. because the behavior of a lot of disco elysium fans has caused me to believe that some of them are just not normal about it (literally they are maiming eachother in the poorest little meowmeow polls right now its crazy) (also the way i see almost everyone treat kim as a character) i kind of dont think you can claim to be anti-racist if u dont even stop to analyze the racist writing of ur favorite games. and given the fanbase of de i KNOW ppl call themselves leftists in there but like this is just my take on it and its not even an original take. i also fell into the hole of blindly praising disco elysium without analyzing its racist writing before i actually started listening to criticism about it and actually doing my own research. anyway shalom hava good one

can you expand on that (about disco elysium)? I’m not done with the game yet (a little less than halfway thru but I don’t mind spoilers) but I was under the impression that the world building was meant to reflect reality and the reason you have the options to be racist and fascist is bc that’s a part of the world and a part of Harry and you also have the option to be communist and everything. I’m not saying you’re wrong, I just would like to hear you out! no pressure to respond if you don’t feel like getting into it though. I understand it’s not fun dealing with fans who will go all out defending what they enjoy regardless of morals.

hold on im just testing this rq bc its likterally not letting me post this ask

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[TASK 152: LIBYA]

There’s a masterlist below compiled of over 260+ Libyan faceclaims categorised by gender with their occupation and ethnicity denoted if there was a reliable source. If you want an extra challenge use random.org to pick a random number! Of course everything listed below are just suggestions and you can pick whichever faceclaim or whichever project you desire.

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Khdugha Sabri (1954) Libyan - actress and radio personality.

Evelina Meghnagi (1954) Libyan Jewish - actress and singer.

Ghada Adel (1974) Libyan, Egyptian - actress.

Asma Salim (1976) Libyan - singer.

Sendi Bar (1976) Libyan Jewish / Iraqi Jewish - actress and model.

Hala Misrati (1980) Libyan - tv presenter and writer.

Dorota Szelagowska (1980) Libyan, Polish - tv presenter.

Hiba Abouk / Hiba Aboukhris Benslimane (1986) Libyan, Tunisian, Romani - actress.

Roni Duani (1986) Libyan Jewish, Polish Jewish - actress, singer, and model.

Karema Altrhuni (1990) Libyan - actress.

Roni Dalumi (1991) Libyan Jewish / Iraqi Jewish - actress and singer.

Maram Zbaeda (1992) Libyan - instagrammer (maram.zbaeda).

Noor Tagouri (1993) Libyan - model, producer, motivational speaker, and journalist.

Abeer Beauty (1993) Libyan - instagrammer (abeerbeauty93).

Hanan Esbaga (1993) Libyan - instagrammer (hesbaga).

Neta Alchimister (1994) Libyan Jewish, Algerian Jewish, Austrian Jewish - model, social media star, swimwear designer, and businesswoman.

Alla Omran (1996) Libyan - instagrammer (allaomran).

Tammy Tabib (1997) Libyan - instagrammer (tammytabib).

Amol Hamoha (1999) Libyan - instagrammer (am__ohl).

Dania Ben Sassi (?) Amazigh Libyan - singer.

Ghada Jamal (?) Libyan - tv host.

Maytal Angel (?) Libyan Jewish / Ashkenazi Jewish - actress and filmmaker.

Ghalia Bozakouk (?) Libyan - tv host.

Aftiam Ramli (?) Libyan - model and Miss Global Libya 2017.

Enass Whida (?) Libyan, Moroccan - model (instagram: enass.w).

Soso Ana (?) Libyan - model (instagram: s_soso_ana).

Nour Al-Kadiki (?) Libyan - actress.

Sabrin Salah (?) Libyan - actress (instagram: sabrin_salah11).

F - Athletes:

Ghazalah Alaqouri (1973) Libyan - paralympic powerlifter.

Amira Edrahi (1986) Libyan - swimmer.

Hala Gezah (1989) Libyan - sprinter.

Ruwida El-Hubti (1989) Libyan - sprinter.

Ghada Ali (1989) Libyan - sprinter.

Asmahan Farhat / Mercedes Kay (1990) Libyan / Unspecified White - swimmer.

Daniah Hagul (1999) Libyan - swimmer.

Sahar Elgnemi (?) Libyan - paralympic powerlifter.

Nadia Fezzani (?) Libyan - swimmer.

Soad Fezzani (?) Libyan - swimmer.

M:

Taher Algabaili (1942) Libyan - actor.

Nasser el-Mizdawi (1950) Libyan - singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer.

Ahmed Fakroun (1953) Libyan - singer-songwriter.

Hamid Al-Shairi / Abdel-Hamid Ali Ahmedi (1961) Libyan / Egyptian - singer-songwriter.

David D’Or (1965) Libyan Jewish - singer-songwriter.

Sami Bouajila (1966) 1/4 Amazigh Libyan, 3/4 Tunisian - actor.

Fawzi El-Mizdawi (1968) Libyan - singer.

Patrick Baladi (1971) Libyan / English - actor and musician.

Guy Zu-Aretz (1973) Libyan Jewish / Turkish Jewish, Greek Jewish - actor, musician, tv host, and director.

Ayman Alatar (1982) Libyan - singer.

Roach Killa (1983) Libyan - rapper.

Ahmed Costa (1983) Libyan, Turkish / Brazilian, Italian - actor.

Salah Ghali (1984) Libyan - singer.

Nadir Tamuz Augustin (1988) Libyan / Romanian - singer.

Ibrahim Abdelazem (1988) Libyan - singer.

Bahjat / Bahjat Alturjman (1995) Libyan - singer-songwriter.

Tito Shalgam (1995) Libyan - youtuber (Tito shalgam).

Ashraf Osama (1999) Libyan, Palestinian - instagrammer (ashraf_osama1999).

Shlomi Lavie (?) Libyan Jewish - singer and drummer.

Touareg de Fewet (?) Tuareg Amazigh Libyan - singer.

Dakil (?) Libyan - singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

Cheb Jilani / Hassan El Jilani (?) Libyan - singer.

Abdallah Alfande (?) Libyan - actor.

Khaled Elhassi (?) Libyan - singer.

Muttalib J. Ibrahim (?) Libyan, Italian - actor.

Essam Alhadar (?) Libyan - singer.

Saif Alwadi (?) Libyan, Iraqi - model and photographer (instagram: dr.se_f).

Mohanad Al (?) Libyan - singer and model (instagram: mohanad___al).

Firas Mohammed (?) Libyan - model (instagram: firas.mohammed_).

Ibn Thabit (?) Libyan - rapper.

Ali El-Rojbani (?) Libyan - instagrammer (3leua).

Ibrahim Al-Hesnawi (?) Libyan - singer.

M - Athletes:

Baruch Hagai (1944) Libyan Jewish - paralympic table tennis player.

Mohamed Asswai Khalifa (1944) Libyan - hurdler.

George Borba (1944) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Issa Chetoui (1953) Libyan - long-distance runner.

Mohamed Abdulla Abdelaslam (1954) Libyan - long jumper.

Enemri Najem Al-Marghani (1955) Libyan - long-distance runner.

David Lavi (1956) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Salem El-Margini (1957) Libyan - sprinter.

Jacob Buzaglo (1957) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Rafi Tshuva (1957) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Mohamed El-Kamaa (1958) Libyan - cyclist.

El-Mehdi Sallah Diab (1958) Libyan - sprinter.

Mohamed Khamis Taher (1959) Libyan - long-distance runner.

Ahmed Mohamed Sallouma (1959) Libyan - sprinter.

Bashir Al-Fellah (1960) Libyan - sprinter.

Fawzi Al-Issawi (1960) Libyan - footballer.

Abdullah Ali Ahmed (1961) Libyan - sprinter.

Ali Al-Beshari (1962) Libyan - footballer.

Abdul-Hafeedh Arbeesh (1963) Libyan - footballer.

Said Masoud El-Agimi (1964) Libyan - judoka.

Fathi Aboud (1964) Libyan - triple jumper.

Jalal Damja (1966) Libyan - footballer.

Moshe Glam (1968) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Khaled Othman / Khaled Abdul Gasem Othman Feghi Saleh (1968) Libyan - sprinter.

Mustafa Ahshad (1970) Libyan - weightlifter.

Yahia Gregni (1970) Libyan - judoka.

Samir Aboud (1972) Libyan - footballer.

Avi Nimni (1972) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Tarek Ayad (1972) Libyan - judoka.

Felix Halfon (1972) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Kamal Abdulsalam (1973) Libyan - bodybuilder.

Adel Adili (1974) Libyan - long-distance runner.

Abdesalam Kames (1974) Libyan - footballer.

Moustafa Abdel Naser (1975) Libyan - sprinter.

Eliran Guetta (1975) Libyan Jewish - basketball player.

Osama Al Hamadi (1975) Libyan - footballer.

Guy Luzon (1975) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Mahmoud Maklouf (1975) Libyan - footballer.

Dudi Fadlon (1976) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Oren Zeitouni (1976) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Abdul-Wahed Mohammed (1977) Libyan - futsal player.

Tarik El Taib (1977) Libyan - footballer.

Khaled Hussein / Khaled Hussein Mohamed al Tarhouni (1977) Libyan - footballer.

Salem Ibrahim Al Rewani (1977) Libyan - footballer.

Meftah Ghazalla (1977) Libyan - footballer.

Walid Ali Osman (1977) Libyan - footballer.

Yaniv Lavi (1977) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Marei Al Ramly (1977) Libyan - footballer.

Nagi El-Tomi (1977) Libyan - futsal player.

Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi (1978) Libyan - long-distance runner.

Rami Glam (1978) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Osama Mohamed El Fezzani (1978) Libyan - footballer.

Jehad Muntasser (1978) Libyan - footballer.

Mohamed Mrsal (1978) Libyan - basketball player.

Guma Mousa (1978) Libyan - footballer.

Ahmed Saad Osman (1979) Libyan - footballer.

Reda Al Tawarghi (1979) Libyan - footballer.

Nader Al-Tarhouni (1979) Libyan - footballer.

Aymen Bouchhioua (1979) Libyan, Tunisian - footballer.

Samir Al Wahaj (1979) Libyan - footballer.

Ahmed Al Masli (1979) Libyan - footballer.

Hesham Shaban (1980) Libyan - footballer.

Riyadh al Laafi (1980) Libyan - footballer.

Hamza Abu-Ghalia (1980) Libyan - weightlifter.

Nader Kara (1980) Libyan - footballer.

Abubakr Suiueinei / Abubakr Al Abaidy (1981) Libyan - footballer.

Yaniv Luzon (1981) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Mohamed Ben Saleh (1981) Libyan - judoka.

Abdulnaser Slil (1981) Libyan - footballer.

Younes Al Shibani (1981) Libyan - footballer.

Naji Shushan (1981) Libyan - footballer.

Alamien Yagoub (1981) Libyan - basketball player.

Moataz Ben Amer (1981) Libyan - footballer.

Nabil Omran (1981) Libyan - futsal player.

Ahmed Al Alwani (1981) Libyan - footballer.

Mohammed Shahout (1982) Libyan - futsal player.

Arafa Nakuaa (1982) Libyan - footballer.

Kabila / Ahmed Zuway (1982) Libyan - footballer.

Ali Rahuma (1982) Libyan - footballer.

Yousef Mohammed (1982) Libyan - futsal player.

Asi Buzaglo (1982) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Éamon Zayed (1983) Libyan, Tunisian, Irish - footballer.

Mohammed Al-Sharif (1983) Libyan - futsal player.

Eslam El Karbal (1983) Libyan - basketball player.

Walid Al Sbaay (1983) Libyan - footballer.

Osama Abdusalam (1983) Libyan - footballer.

Rabe Al Msellati (1983) Libyan - footballer.

Mahamat / Djamal Mahamat (1983) Libyan - footballer.

Fathi Al-Khoga (1984) Libyan - futsal player.

Mohammed Rahoma (1984) Libyan - futsal player.

Abdelrahman Ramadan Fetori (1984) Libyan - footballer.

Mohamed Esnany (1984) Libyan - footballer.

Hamdi Eishwain (1984) Libyan - futsal player.

Mohamed Eshtiwi (1985) Libyan - weightlifter.

Tofaha / Walid Mhadeb El Khatroushi (1985) Libyan - footballer.

Ihaab Boussefi (1985) Libyan - footballer.

Muhammad Al Maghrabi (1985) Libyan - footballer.

Yahia Shakmak (1985) Libyan - basketball player.

Mansour Al Borki (1985) Libyan - footballer.

Akrem El-Twati (1985) Libyan - futsal player.

Mohamed Youssef Ben Elhaj (1985) Libyan - basketball player.

Rabie El-Hoti (1985) Libyan - futsal player.

Hussein al Idrissy (1985) Libyan - footballer.

Abdallah Sharif (1985) Libyan - footballer.

Mohamed Youssef (1986) Libyan - basketball player.

Lior Jean (1986) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Ahmed Abdelkader (1986) Libyan - footballer.

Yuval Shabtay (1986) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Khaled Belaid Abumdas (1987) Libyan - snooker player.

Maoz Samia (1987) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Tamir Kahlon (1987) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Mohamed Abulkhir (1987) Libyan - basketball player.

Ali Salama (1987) Libyan - footballer.

Mohamed El-Kawisah (1987) Libyan - judoka.

Khaled Ghezzawi (1987) Libyan - swimmer.

Mohamed Khouaja (1987) Libyan - sprinter.

Ahmed Belgasem (1987) Libyan - cyclist.

Mohamed Suleiman (1988) Libyan - futsal player.

Osama Chtiba (1988) Libyan - footballer.

Amir Lavi (1988) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Muhammad Nashnoush (1988) Libyan - footballer.

Snir Gueta (1988) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Wajdi Dawo (1988) Libyan - basketball player.

Maor Buzaglo (1988) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Al-Hussein Gambour (1989) Libyan - rower.

Marwan Mabrouk / Marwaan Mabrouk Mansour (1989) Libyan - footballer.

Hamed Snousi (1989) Libyan - footballer.

Khaled Matrud (1989) Libyan - basketball player.

Nebil Gahwagi (1989) Libyan / Hungarian - footballer.

Ahmed Krawa’a (1989) Libyan - footballer.

Mohamed Zubya (1989) Libyan - footballer.

Fatah Masoud (1989) Libyan - futsal player.

Ahmed Yousef Elkawiseh (1989) Libyan - judoka.

Mohamed Al-Gadi (1990) Libyan - footballer.

Faisal Al Badri (1990) Libyan - footballer.

Muataz Husayn / Moataz Al-Mehdi (1990) Libyan - footballer.

Mo Hrezi / Mohamed Hrezi (1991) Libyan - long-distance runner.

Salem Ablo (1991) Libyan - footballer.

Adi Nimni (1991) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Elmutasem Abushnaf (1991) Libyan - footballer.

Akram Ayyad (1991) Libyan - footballer.

Yousef Shriha (1991) Libyan - taekwondo practitioner.

Akram Zuway (1991) Libyan - footballer.

Rabea Al Laafi (1991) Libyan - footballer.

Ahmad Benali (1992) Libyan / British - footballer.

Mohamed El Monir / Mohammed El-Mounir Abdussalam (1992) Libyan - footballer.

Almog Buzaglo (1992) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Sofyan El Gadi (1992) Libyan - swimmer.

Ahmed El Trbi (1992) Libyan - footballer.

Sanad Al Ouarfali (1992) Libyan - footballer.

Mohamed Al Ghanodi (1992) Libyan - footballer.

Abdulaziz Belraysh (1992) Libyan - footballer.

Salem Roma / Salem Al-Musallati / Salem Elmslaty (1992) Libyan - footballer.

Abdelsalam Elfaitory (1993) Libyan - footballer.

Motasem Sabbou (1993) Libyan - footballer.

Ismael Tajouri-Shradi (1994) Libyan - footballer.

Hamdou Elhouni (1994) Libyan - footballer.

Sadiq El Fitouri (1994) Libyan - footballer.

Ahmad Atttellesey (1995) Libyan - swimmer.

Alaadeen Salman / Aladeen Younes (1996) Libyan - footballer.

Muaid Ellafi (1996) Libyan - footballer.

Ali Elmusrati / Ali Al Musrati / Almoatasembellah Ali Mohamed Elmusrati (1996) Libyan - footballer.

Ali El Ghrari (1997) Libyan - archer.

Zachary Elbouzedi (1998) Libyan / Irish - footballer.

Zakaria Alharaish (1998) Libyan - footballer.

Zakaria Aboukhlal (1998) Libyan / Moroccan - footballer.

Waleed Ashteebah (?) Libyan - paralympic javelin thrower.

Ahmed Ben Soueid (?) Libyan - footballer.

Nuri Kaheil (?) Libyan - cyclist.

Abdelrazik Baaba (?) Libyan - paralympic powerlifter.

Fahmi El-Shami (?) Libyan - footballer.

Mohamed Ganfud (?) Libyan - cyclist.

Ali Hamid El-Aila (?) Libyan - cyclist.

Rabee Allafi (?) Libyan - footballer.

Fawzi Abdussalam (?) Libyan - cyclist.

Abdulwahab Werfeli (?) Libyan - swimmer.

El-Munsif Ben Youssef (?) Libyan - cyclist.

Mohamed El-Naser (?) Libyan - swimmer.

Abdel Hakim Shelmani (?) Libyan - footballer.

Khalid Shebani (?) Libyan - cyclist.

Abdullah Badri (?) Libyan - cyclist.

Kamaluddin Badi (?) Libyan - volleyball player.

Adnan El-Khuja (?) Libyan - volleyball player.

Marzouk Mabrouk (?) Libyan - middle-distance runner.

Ahmed El-Faghei (?) Libyan - volleyball player.

Mustafa El-Musbah (?) Libyan - volleyball player.

Ahmed Zoubi (?) Libyan - volleyball player.

Samid Sagar (?) Libyan - volleyball player.

Awad Zakka (?) Libyan - volleyball player.

Jamal Zarugh (?) Libyan - volleyball player.

Abdel Hamed El-Hadi (?) Libyan - cyclist.

Miloud Zakka (?) Libyan - volleyball player.

NB:

Aja / Jay Rivera (1994) Libyan, Moroccan, Egyptian - Genderqueer (They/Them/Theirs) - rapper, drag performer, and reality tv personality.

Problematic:

Al-Saadi Gaddafi (1973) Libyan - footballer. - Murder charges.

Sharon Gal (1974) Libyan Jewish, Egyptian Jewish - tv personality and radio personality. - Sexual assault allegations.

Netta / Netta Barzilai (1993) Libyan Jewish, Moroccan Jewish / Polish Jewish - singer, guitarist, and looping artist. - Appropriation of box braids at Sofia Pride 2019, yellowface in her Eurovision 2018 performance, appropriation of Japanese culture in her Eurovision 2018 performance, and supports the IDF.

[antoine-roquentin]

the sabra and shatila people weren't phalangists, although they were probably mostly christian. but the most bullshit of all is you saying they were under israeli command - they fucking carried out a massacre inspite of the wishes of israel.

You probably looked at a list of Lebanese political parties and saw that Lebanese Forces were a separate party from Kataeb. In fact, LF was founded to unify all the Christian militias in Lebanon, of which Kataeb’s was the largest. They maintained control of LF until the late 80s, as seen when Amine Gemayel removed LF’s leader Fadi Frem from power in 84, or when Kataeb's backing assured Samir Geagea of victory over Elie Hobeika .

The Israelis didn’t want to be associated with the massacre themselves, that’s why they used militias to do it. They told them to go in and remove the PLO’s forces, knowing full well that the PLO had already withdrawn in early September. The attack literally started because the IDF Chief of Staff flew to Beirut, walked into the Phalangist military HQ, and told them what to do. For fuck sakes, haven’t you seen Waltz with Bashir? They fired flares into the air so that the killing could continue at night. Everybody knew it was a revenge operation, a punishment of the civilian populace.

[thena0315]

Would of been nice if we've gotten this squad lineup

[yourfaveismuslim]

So far the list of Muslims that will appear (in no particular order) are:

Nadiyah Jones (The Adventure Zone)

Mastani (Bajirao Mastani)

Shahara Hasan (Vertigo)

Nakia Bahadir (Marvel)

Kahina Eskandari (DC)

Josiah Al-Hajj (Marvel)

Monica Chang (Marvel)

Madina Matar (Sharp Zero)

Simon Baz (DC)

Jamilla Bikarim (Skam)

Bilal Asselah (DC)

Adena El-Amin (The Bold Type)

Zari Tomaz (Legends of Tomorrow)

Samirah Al-Abbas (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard)

Kamala Khan (Marvel)

Sana Bakkoush (Skam)

Sooraya Qadir (Marvel)

Monet St. Croix (Marvel)

Faiza Hussain (Marvel)

Abed Nadir (Community)

Azeem Edin Bashir Al Bakir (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves)

Samir (Today’s Special)

Huge thanks to everyone that’s contributed, but I do need 8 more!

[afriupdatenews]

Singing, dancing ahead of landmark Sudan peace deal

Singing, dancing ahead of landmark Sudan peace deal

FILE PHOTO: South Sudan’s Vice President Riek Machar attends the signing of a peace agreement between Sudan’s power-sharing government and five key rebel groups, a significant step towards resolving deep-rooted conflicts that raged under former leader Omar al-Bashir, in Juba, South Sudan August 31, 2020. REUTERS/Samir Bol/File Photo

Sudan’s government and rebel leaders gathered Saturday to…

[essadapress]

ترحيب عربي ودولي باتفاق السلام في السودان

ترحيب عربي ودولي باتفاق السلام في السودان

Sudan’s Sovereign Council Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir, and Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok lift copies of a signed peace agreement with the country’s five key rebel groups, a significant step towards resolving deep-rooted conflicts that raged under former leader Omar al-Bashir, in Juba, South Sudan August 31, 2020. REUTERS/Samir Bol

الصدى –…

[kupwaratimes-fan]

COVID-19: Advisor Bhatnagar takes stock of medical supplies, other health measures in Kashmir

Testing capacity increased, 747 samples taken in single day: DHSK

Srinagar, Apr 20: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, convened a meeting here today to review the overall health scenario of Kashmir division in order to contain the spread of pandemic COVID-19.

The meeting was attended by Director Health Services Kashmir (DHSK), Dr. Samir Mattoo, Deputy Director, Bashir Ahmad…