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some images from the cave homes of gharyan, libya. communities of jews who made their homes in underground caves have been known in the maghreb since before the 1st century. when spain invaded tripoli in 1510, tripolian jews, both toshavim and sephardic, fled to gharyan and dug out cave homes for themselves. the houses today are occupied by non-jewish libyans or rented out to tourists.
#libya#architecture#jewish#sephardic#amazigh#my posts#a bunch of tripolian jews were captured by the spanish and sold into slavery in sicily so i don't blame them for running away!#interestingly there's also non-jewish traditions of living inside caves throughout mena (i imagine bc of the heat and for protection)#this one just happened to have been built by jewish people#this is where the religion tags get murky#not everything in them is necessarily religious#(such as all the mausoleums i post)
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#genocide#gaza#hamas#slavery#slaves#african slaves#ethiopia#sudan#chine#congo#syria#qatar#libya#nigeria
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#ancona#migrants#migrant shipwreck survivors#libya#medecins sans frontieres#geo barents rescue ship#unaccompanied migrant minors#modern slavery#italy#migrant torture
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#modern slavery#slavery#libye#libya#christianity#judaism#human rights#immigration#migration#asylum seekers#european union#immigrants#migrants#justice#amnesty international
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I keep hearing that, as Muhammad's murderous jihadis crusaded their way across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, the Islamic overlords "respected and even protected their subjects' right to practice their own religion, especially the Jews." If this is respect, I'd hate to see what the bad side of Islamic ethnic cleansing looks like: 622 - 627: Ethnic cleansing of Jews (who comprised roughly 50% of the population of Medina) carried out by Muhammad and his Jihadis. Over 800 Jewish men and boys (based on a pubic hair check), were killed by beheading. Women were forced into sexual slavery, and the children were given to Islamic Jihadis as slaves. Mohammad force-married Safiyyah, after murdering her husband and father.
629: 1st Alexandria Massacres of Jews, Egypt.
622 - 634: Exterminations of Arabian Jewish tribes.
1033: 1st massacre of Jews in Fez, Morocco.
1066: Granada Massacre of Jews, Muslim-occupied Spain.
1106: Ali Ibn Yousef Ibn Tashifin of Marrakesh decrees death penalty for any local Jew, including his Jewish Physician, and as well as his Jewish military general.
1148: Almohadin of Morocco gives Jews the choice of converting to Islam, or expulsion.
1165 - 1178: Jews of Yemen given the choice (under new constitution) to either convert to Islam or die.
1165: Chief Rabbi of the Maghreb was publicly burnt alive. The Rambam (Maimonides, Moses ben Maimon), forced to flee Spain to Egypt.
1220: Tens of thousands of Jews massacred by Muslims Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and Egypt, after being blamed for Mongol invasion.
1270: Sultan Baibars of Egypt resolved to burn all the Jews, a ditch having been dug for that purpose; but at the last moment he repented, and instead exacted a heavy tribute, during the collection of which many perished.
1276: 2nd Fez Pogrom (massacre) against Jews in Morocco
1385: Khorasan Massacres against Jews in Iran
1438: 1st Mellah Ghetto massacres against Jews in Morocco
1465: 3rd Fez Pogrom against Jews in Morocco, leaving only 11 Jews left alive
1517: 1st Safed Pogrom in Muslim Ottoman controlled Judea
1517: 1st Hebron Pogrom in Muslim-controlled Judea, by occupying Ottomans
1517: Marsa ibn Ghazi Massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Libya
1577: Passover Massacre throughout the Ottoman Empire
1588 - 1629: Mahalay Pogroms of Jews in Iran
1630 - 1700: Yemenite Jews considered 2nd class citizens and subjugated under strict Shi'ite 'dhimmi' rules
1660: 2nd Judean Pogrom, in Safed Israel (Ottoman-controlled Palestine)
1670: Expulsion of Mawza Jews in Yemen
1679 - 1680: Massacres of Jews in Sanaa, Yemen
1747: Massacres of the Jews of Mashhad, Iran
1785: Pogrom of Libyan Jews in Ottoman-controlled Tripoli, Libya
1790 - 92: Tetuan Pogrom. Morocco (Jews of Tetuan stripped naked, and lined up for Muslim perverts)
1800: Decree passed in Yemen, criminalizing Jews from wearing clothing that is new or good, or from riding mules or donkeys. Jews were also rounded up for long marches naked through the Roob al Khali dessert
1805: 1st Algiers Massacre/Pogrom of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Algeria
1808: 2nd Ghetto Massacres in Mellah, Morocco
1815: 2nd Algiers massacres/pogroms of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Algeria
1820: Sahalu Lobiant Massacres of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Syria
1828: Baghdad massacres/pogroms of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Iraq
1830: 3rd massacre/pogrom of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Algiers, Algeria
1830: Ethnic cleansing of Jews in Tabriz, Iran
1834: 2nd massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Hebron, Judea
1834: Massacre/pogrom of Safed Jews in Ottoman-controlled Palestine/Judea
1839: Massacre of the Mashadi Jews in Iran
1840: Damascus Affair following first of many blood libels against Jews in Ottoman-controlled Syria
1844: 1st Cairo Massacres of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Egypt.
1847: Dayr al-Qamar massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Lebanon
1847: Ethnic cleansing of the Jews in Jerusalem, Ottoman-controlled Palestine
1848: 1st Damascus massacre/pogrom, in Ottoman-controlled Syria
1850: 1st Aleppo massacre/pogrom of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Syria
1860: 2nd Damascus massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Syria
1862: 1st Beirut massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Lebanon
1866: Massacre of Jews by Ottomans Kuzguncuk, Turkey
1867: Massacre of Jews by Ottomans in Barfurush, Turkey
1868: Massacre of Jews by Ottomans in Eyub, Turkey
1869: Massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Tunis, Tunisia
1869: Massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Sfax, Tunisia
1864 - 1880: Massacres of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Marrakesh, Morocco
1870: 2nd Alexandria Massacres of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Egypt
1870: 1st Istanbul massacre of Jews in Ottoman Turkey
1871: 1st Damanhur Massacres of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Egypt
1872: Massacre of Jews by Ottomans in Edirne, Turkey
1872: 1st Massacre of Jews by Ottomans in Izmir, Turkey
1873: 2nd Damanhur Massacres of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Egypt
1874: 2nd Izmir massacre of Jews in Turkey
1874: 2nd massacre of Jews in Istanbul Turkey
1874: 2nd massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Beirut, Lebanon
1875: 2nd massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Aleppo, Syria
1875: Massacre of Jews in Djerba Island, Ottoman-controlled Tunisia
1877: 3rd massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Damanhur, Egypt
1877: Massacres of Jews in Mansura, Ottoman-controlled Egypt
1882: Massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Homs, Syria
1882: 3rd Massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Alexandria, Egypt.
1890: 2nd massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Cairo, Egypt.
1890: 3rd massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Damascus, Syria.
1890: 2nd massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Tunis, Tunisia
1891: 4th massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Damanahur, Egypt.
1897: Targeted murder of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Tripolitania, Libya.
1903 &1907: Massacres of Hews in Ottoman-controlled Taza & Settat, Morocco.
1901 - 1902: 3rd set of massacres of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Cairo, Egypt.
1901 - 1907: 4th set of Massacres of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Alexandria, Egypt.
1903: 1st massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Port Sa'id, Egypt.
1903 - 1940: Series of massacres in Taza and Settat, Morocco.
1907: Massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Casablanca, Morocco.
1908: 2nd Massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Port Said, Egypt.
1910: Blood libel against Jews in Shiraz, Iran.
1911: Massacre of Jews by Muslims in Shiraz, Iran.
1912: 4th massacre in Ottoman-controlled Fez, Morocco.
1917: Baghdad Iraq Jews murdered by Ottomans.
1918 - 1948: Yemen passes a law criminalizing the raising of a Jewish orphan in Yemen.
1920: Massacres of Jews in Irbid Jordan (British mandate Palestine).
1920 - 1930: Arab riots resulting in hundreds of Jewish deaths, British mandate Palestine.
1921: 1st Jaffa (Israel) riots, British mandate Palestine.
1922: Massacres of Jews in Djerba, Tunisia.
1928: Jewish orphans sold into slavery, and forced to nvert to Islam by Muslim Brotherhood, Yemen.
1929: 3rd Hebron (Israel) massacre of Jews by Arabs in British mandate Palestine.
1929 3rd massacre of Jews by Arabs in Safed (Israel), British mandate Palestine.
1933: 2nd Jaffa (Israel) riots, British mandate Palestine.
1934: Massacre of Jews in Thrace, Turkey.
1936: 3rd riots by Arabs against Jews in Jaffa (Israel), British mandate Palestine.
1941: Massacres of Jews in Farhud, Iraq.
1942: Muslim leader Grand Mufti collaboration with the Nazis, playing a major role in the final solution.
1938 - 1945: Full alliance and collaboration by Arabs with the Nazis in attacking and murdering Jews in the Middle East and Africa.
1945: 4th massacre of Jews by Muslims in Cairo, Egypt.
1945: Massacre of Jews in Tripolitania, Libya.
1947: Massacre of Jews by Muslims in Aden, Yemen.
2023: Massacre, rape, torture and kidnapping of ~1,500 Israelis (mostly Jews) by Muslims in numerous towns throughout southern Israel.
#israel#secular-jew#jewish#judaism#israeli#jerusalem#diaspora#secular jew#secularjew#islam#ethnic cleansing#genocide#Islamic Jihad#jihad#MENA#Middle East#islamic colonialism#islamic Imperialism#antisemitism#massacres#pogroms#anti semitism#syria#turkiye#hate crime#Farhud#iraq#iran#iranian
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the same people who brought slavery back to Libya based on lies they knew were lies: we're losing because of misinformation. if people weren't #misinformed everything would be going our way.
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With a budget nearing $1 billion, Frontex is the EU’s best-funded government agency. [...] including by helping Libya’s EU-funded coast guard send hundreds of thousands of migrants back to be detained in Libya under conditions that amounted to torture and sexual slavery. In 2022, the agency’s director, Fabrice Leggeri, was forced out over a mountain of scandals, including covering up similar “pushback” deportations, which force migrants back across the border before they can apply for asylum.
[...] EU hopes to extend Frontex’s reach far beyond its territory, into sovereign African nations Europe once colonized, with no oversight mechanisms to safeguard against abuse. Initially, the EU even proposed granting immunity from prosecution to Frontex staff in West Africa. [...] 26 African countries have received taxpayer euros aimed at curbing migration through more than 400 discrete projects. Between 2015 and 2021, the EU invested $5.5 billion in such projects, with more than 80% of the funds coming from developmental and humanitarian aid coffers.
[...] Besides the surveillance tech the DNLT branches receive, migration data analysis systems have also been installed at each post, along with biometric fingerprinting and facial recognition systems. The stated aim is to create what eurocrats call an African IBM system: Integrated Border Management. [...] no European countries maintain databases with this level of biometric information.
[...] In Niger, for instance, the EU helped draft a law that criminalized virtually all movement in the north of the country, effectively making regional mobility illegal.
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Ancient Egyptians were African: Debunking Myths and Addressing Anti-African Narratives
For centuries, the identity of the ancient Egyptians has been hotly debated, with Eurocentric and anti-African narratives attempting to erase their African origins. Claims that ancient Egyptians were not African but rather European, Middle Eastern, or Mediterranean in origin are not only historically unfounded but also rooted in racism, colonialism, and a deliberate effort to disconnect African people from their cultural and historical achievements.
This analysis will explore why these claims are nonsensical, delve into their anti-African roots, and demonstrate that ancient Egyptians were fundamentally African, with no credible links to Europe or the Mediterranean as their cultural or racial origin.
1. The Geographic Reality: Egypt is in Africa
Africa’s Geography Is Non-Negotiable
Egypt is located in the northeastern corner of Africa, bordered by Sudan to the south, Libya to the west, and the Sinai Peninsula to the northeast. It is geographically part of the African continent.
The Nile River, which was the lifeline of ancient Egyptian civilization, flows through other African regions, linking Egypt with its sub-Saharan neighbours.
Cultural Context in African History
In ancient times, Egypt was deeply connected to the rest of the African continent. Trade, migrations, and cultural exchanges with Nubia, Kush, and other African regions were foundational to Egypt’s development.
The claim that Egypt is somehow "separate" from Africa is a modern fabrication rooted in Eurocentrism.
Garveyite Perspective
Marcus Garvey emphasized the unity of African peoples and their shared cultural heritage. To detach Egypt from Africa is to deny the historical contributions of African civilizations to global history.
2. Physical Anthropology: African Traits of the Ancient Egyptians
Skeletal and Cranial Studies
Anthropological studies of ancient Egyptian remains consistently demonstrate features characteristic of indigenous African populations, including cranial structures, nasal cavities, and other markers commonly found in East Africans and Nubians.
Mummified remains, including DNA analysis, confirm that the ancient Egyptian population had genetic ties to sub-Saharan Africa, particularly along the Nile corridor.
Depictions of Themselves
Ancient Egyptians depicted themselves in artwork with dark brown skin tones, distinct African features, and hairstyles like braids and cornrows—styles still prevalent in African communities today.
Garveyite Perspective
Garvey believed in reclaiming African identity and history. These physical and cultural markers of the ancient Egyptians reaffirmed their African roots, undermining attempts to Europeanize or de-Africanize their identity.
3. Cultural Continuity With Other African Civilizations
Connections with Nubia and Kush
Nubia (modern-day Sudan) was a close cultural and political partner of ancient Egypt. The Nubians shared linguistic, religious, and artistic traditions with the Egyptians.
Egypt’s earliest dynasties were heavily influenced by Nubian traditions, and Nubians often ruled Egypt (e.g., the 25th Dynasty).
Shared Religious and Spiritual Practices
Many ancient Egyptian religious beliefs—such as ancestor worship, reverence for the Nile, and solar worship—align with other African spiritual systems. These traditions reflect an African worldview, not a Mediterranean or European one.
Garveyite Perspective
Garvey emphasized Pan-African unity. Recognizing Egypt’s connections with other African civilizations strengthens the narrative of African greatness and shared cultural heritage.
4. Why the "Non-African Egypt" Narrative Exists
Colonialism and White Supremacy
European colonizers sought to portray Africa as uncivilized and incapable of high achievement. To justify slavery and colonialism, they disconnected Egypt from Africa to present African peoples as inferior.
Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt in 1798 marked a turning point where Europeans claimed Egyptian history as their own, deliberately misinterpreting evidence to align with white supremacist ideologies.
Pseudo-History and Egyptomania
During the 19th and 20th centuries, Western scholars promoted ideas that the Egyptians were white or Mediterranean, often citing flawed archaeological interpretations or cherry-picked data.
Popular culture reinforced these ideas, portraying ancient Egyptians as white in films, art, and media.
Anti-Blackness and Cultural Erasure
The denial of Egypt’s African identity is part of a broader trend of erasing Black contributions to history. By detaching Egypt from Africa, these narratives deprive African people of one of their most significant cultural legacies.
Garveyite Perspective
Garvey fought against colonial narratives that demeaned African peoples and erased their history. He would view the de-Africanization of Egypt as a deliberate attack on African pride and identity.
5. Ancient Egyptians Had No Links to Europeans or the Mediterranean
Minimal Contact With Europe
For most of its history, Egypt had little to no interaction with Europe. It was geographically and culturally oriented toward Africa and the Near East.
When Greeks and Romans did arrive in Egypt (around the 4th century BCE), they came as invaders or occupiers, not contributors to its development.
Distinct Cultural Traits
Ancient Egyptian art, language (hieroglyphics), and architecture show no foundational influence from Europe. These cultural markers are distinctly African and predate European civilizations like Greece and Rome.
Genetic Evidence
Studies of ancient Egyptian DNA reveal minimal genetic overlap with Europeans during the Pharaonic period. Most genetic links are with sub-Saharan and East African populations.
Garveyite Perspective
Garvey believed that African civilizations existed independently of Europe. The idea that Egypt is tied to European history is a colonial fantasy designed to undermine Africa’s achievements.
6. The Mediterranean Myth
Misrepresentation of the Mediterranean
The term “Mediterranean” is often misused to imply European influence in Egypt. While Egypt did trade with Mediterranean civilizations, this occurred primarily during the Late Period, long after its cultural foundations were established.
The Mediterranean was a crossroads for African, Asian, and European interaction. However, Egypt’s primary cultural influences were African, not Mediterranean.
Linguistic Evidence
The ancient Egyptian language is part of the Afroasiatic language family, connecting it to other African languages like Hausa, Berber, and Amharic. This linguistic link further cements Egypt’s African identity.
Garveyite Perspective
Garvey’s vision of African pride and independence rejects the Eurocentric framing of history. The Mediterranean myth is another attempt to obscure the truth of Egypt’s African heritage.
7. Why It Matters: Reclaiming African History
African Pride and Unity
Recognizing Egypt as an African civilization inspires pride in African heritage and counters centuries of colonial propaganda.
Egypt’s achievements—pyramids, medicine, mathematics, and governance—showcase the genius of African people.
Combatting Racism and Erasure
By reclaiming Egypt as African, we challenge the racist narratives that have historically dehumanized Black people and undermined their contributions to global history.
Garveyite Perspective
Garvey’s Pan-Africanism is rooted in the belief that African people must reclaim their history, culture, and identity to achieve true liberation. Egypt is a cornerstone of that history.
Conclusion: Ancient Egypt Was, Is, and Will Always Be African
The argument that ancient Egyptians were not African is nonsensical, unscientific, and rooted in anti-African bias. Egypt is geographically, culturally, and historically African, with no foundational ties to Europe or the Mediterranean.
From a Garveyite perspective, reclaiming Egypt as African is essential for restoring pride, unity, and identity among African people worldwide. As Marcus Garvey proclaimed:
"Africa for the Africans, at home and abroad."
It’s time to honour Egypt as part of Africa’s rich legacy and reject the colonial lies that seek to divide and diminish Black history.
#black people#black history#black#black tumblr#blacktumblr#pan africanism#black conscious#africa#black power#black empowering#ancient egypt#african history#african civilization#marcus garvey#african identity#black community#black pride#black diaspora#african diaspora#anti colonization#anti blackness#white supremacy#cultural reclamation#african people#african culture
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The term 'Sub-Saharan' Africa is a colonial language that was used to belittle African nations south of the Sahara and to separate the other countries from North Africa– Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Sudan due to them being Arab states.
Colored, Negro, Black, Nigger
Every one of these terms come from the mindset of Europeans not Africans. Indigenous African societies do not use the term black as a racial identity outside of influences brought by Western cultures.
Contemporary anthropologists and other scientists, while recognizing the reality of biological variation between different human populations, regard the concept of a unified, distinguishable "Black race" as socially constructed.
Black is a term developed in the Colonial Assembly of Maryland, after a rebellion called Bacon's Rebellion, fought from 1676 to 1677.
The alliance between European indentured servants and Africans (a mix of indentured, enslaved, and Free Negroes) disturbed the colonial upper class. They responded by hardening the racial caste of slavery in an attempt to divide the two races from subsequent united uprisings with the passage of the Virginia Slave Codes of 1705.
White took on the meaning "British, Christian and having rights. Black meaning not having rights.
These divided the two populations, by giving poor Europeans with no power, unprecedented power over all non-Europeans.
The laws were devised to establish a greater level of control over the rising African slave population of Virginia. It also socially segregated white colonists from black enslaved persons, making them disparate groups and hindering their ability to unite. Unity of the commoners was a perceived fear of the Virginia aristocracy, who wished to prevent repeated events such as Bacon's Rebellion, occurring 29 years prior.
By refusing to call you an African, it belittles you, no such thing as black names, black land or black languages. It is like calling a woman big lips or flat butt and refusing to call the woman by her actual name. "Hey colored girl, or black boy".
In social psychology, a stereotype is a generalized belief about a particular category of people.
African populations have the highest levels of genetic variation among all humans.
Why You Probably Shouldn't Say 'Eskimo'
People in many parts of the Arctic consider Eskimo a derogatory term because it was widely used by racist, non-native colonizers. Many people also thought it meant eater of raw meat, which connoted barbarism and violence. Although the word's exact etymology is unclear, mid-century anthropologists suggested that the word came from the Latin word excommunicati, meaning the excommunicated ones, because the native people of the Canadian Arctic were not Christian.
According to the Constitution of India, we are “the people of India that is Bharat”
In English language discourse, the word ‘India’ is used and in Hindi expressions, the word ‘Bharat’ is used. The Anglicised call it ‘India’, and the indigenous call it ‘Bharat’. Our ruling class calls it ‘India’, the others, the janata, call it ‘Bharat’. It has become a trend and fashion to prefer the word ‘India’ over ‘Bharat’. We converse with the country in Hindi and other vernaculars while we govern it in English.
Japanese people usually refer to their country as Nihon or Nippon
The name "Japan" in English is derived from the Portuguese word "Japão," which was used during the 16th century when Portuguese traders and explorers first arrived in Japan. The Portuguese term "Japão" likely evolved from the Malay word "Japang" or "Japang Pulau," which referred to the Japanese archipelago.
The Japanese people themselves refer to their country as "Nihon" (日本) or "Nippon" (日本), and these terms have been used in the Japanese language for centuries.
As European seen themselves as the elites of all races and god's chosen people. They took on the mindset of what I say makes the most sense.
Renaming essentially all populations they came in contact with, using their language as opposed to learning the language of the natives.
And whatever religion or spirituality people had Europeans demonized it and forced converted people to Christianity.
#african#afrakan#kemetic dreams#africans#brownskin#brown skin#afrakans#manifest destiny#colonization#colonialism#europeans#european#slavery#mindset#christianity#religion#spiritual#spirituality#asians#gujarat#gujarati people#india#bharat#nippon#nihon#english#eskimo#yupik#inuit#bacons rebellion
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There are many shameful periods in American history. The genocide we carried out against indigenous peoples. Slavery. The violent suppression of the labor movement that saw hundreds of workers killed. Lynching. Jim and Jane Crow. Vietnam. Iraq. Afghanistan. Libya. The genocide in Gaza, which we fund and support, is of such monstrous proportions that it will achieve a prominent place in this pantheon of crimes. History will not be kind to most of us. But it will bless and revere these students.
Chris Hedges
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What do i think about when a country is mentioned or what do I associate it with
Algeria - Sahara desert
Angola - thumb pianos, Luanda being an incredibly expensive place to live
Benin - dahomey, voodoo
Botswana - diamonds and the fact that it has been called the success story of Africa
Burkina Faso - Ouagadougou formerly called upper volta.
Burundi - drums used during a revolution there. Gorillas
Cabo Verde - the shape of the country is like a ring of islands all around another island
Cameroon - soccer, limnically active lakes
Central African Republic - the French language
Chad - Lake Chad, Taureg People particularly the blue headscarves
Comoros - Anjouan Moheli and Grand Comore. Has had lots of coups
Congo DRC - my sister is into epidemiology so she talks about it a lot.
Congo - across a river from Brazzaville is Kinsasha
Cote d'Ivoire - Chocolate and the flag is the reverse of ireland
Djibouti - Lake Assal
Egypt - the pyramids
Equatorial Guinea - Spanish speaking, usually the country I use to explain why GDP per capita can be skewed.
Eritrea - architecture influenced by italy
Eswatini - I once got it confused with Switzerland, there's a holiday called Incwala
Ethiopia - a book I read a kid called "children just like me" also pizza hut, weddings, raw beef.
Gabon - oil and the fact that they have places called ogooue
Gambia - the shape and Yaya Jammeh
Ghana - also soccer, Elmina Castle
Guinea - One of the countries my sister knows a lot about
Guinea-Bissau - hippos
Kenya - Jeff
Lesotho - mountains
Liberia - my sister does a great impression of the I'm Liberian meme. Ebola, Ebola in town, don't touch your friend
Libya - Gaddafi, Has a much better flag now. A transit point in human smuggling.
Madagascar - vanilla
Malawi - perch
Mali - Houses built out of mud, west African Islamic architecture.
Mauritania - slavery, I watched a lot of videos during quarantine about modern day slavery.
Mauritius - hinduism
Morocco - markets and tangines
Mozambique - Cabo Delgado
Namibia - San People
Niger - The coup, the orange dot on the flag
Nigeria - Boko Haram
Rwanda - Rwandan Genocide
Sao Tome and Principe - water access for some reason
Senegal - I think this one YouTuber I watch is from there
Seychelles - Hetalia
Sierra Leone - Civil War
Somalia - it's shaped like a music note
South Africa - Vuvuzelas
South Sudan - Francis Bok
Sudan - There are more pyramids here than in Egypt
Tanzania - zanzibar
Togo - for here or Togo meme. I'm sorry Togo I know nothing about you
Tunisia - Arab spring
Uganda - Mr. Moseby
Zambia - the shape of the country reminds me of a fetus. There is also some really cool waterfalls I think, not sure.
Zimbabwe - Mugabe
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i'm convinced that the recent lauren southern article going around is just to build up sympathy for her inevitable pivot to being "center-right" since she has only been turning into a more contentious figure within far-right circles in recent years (for reasons besides being a woman). believe it or not, domestic violence is rarely a surprise to conservative women in "trad" relationships. the gains cultivated from the mutual political goals between these women and their husbands self-justifies any personal dissatisfaction within the relationship in their eyes. seeing the public respond positively to your bleating about white genocide makes crying because your husband yelled at you feel like a small concession. being praised as aspirational by your network of white supremacists and subsequently having your voice elevated in the community makes your husband locking you out of the house after an argument something that "just" has to be avoided next time (because even he understands how important it is to maintain a good image, right). hearing stories like this don't inspire pity or schadenfreude in me, just apathy. "naturally, as a matter of course" and such. I imagine that the fact she is actually open about it is signaling that she's ready to shed the more abrasive members of her audience and assume the role of the dime a dozen contrite, weepy political commentator who "loves America" and is "just concerned 😟" for all the physical abuse being imported by beastly immigrant men, assuming she can actually roll back the act that far.
it is amusing to think about how she might attempt to reel in more sympathy from this point to achieve that, though. she's too much of a true believer to sell herself as reformed. people remember you shooting flares at boats of Africans fleeing slavery in Libya in an attempt to sink them, lauren! people remember you following Doctors Without Borders around the coast of Italy to prevent them from rescuing immigrants from boats that had potentially capsized! the new zealand mosque shooter was inspired by you! I'm positive that she would vaporize instantly if she had to grit her teeth and cede any ideological ground in the name of positive press.
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#migrants#migrant detention#deportation#libya#international organization for migration#libyan coast guard#migrant interceptions#slavery#human rights abuse#extortion#detention
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believing every imperialist news piece about why a foreign government is a big bad totalitarian state of wickedness and that it's your moral duty as the advanced white westerner to bomb that country into freedom is the reason libya went from one of the most prosperous countries not just in africa but in the world, to the global hub of human slavery post gaddafi.
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**The Suffering of Migrants and Refugees in Libya**
Migrants and refugees in Libya endure extremely difficult humanitarian conditions due to several complex factors. Since the fall of Gaddafi's regime in 2011, Libya has become a major transit point for migrants seeking to reach Europe. However, with the deterioration of security, economic, and political conditions in the country, this group faces additional hardships, including:
**Exposure to Violence and Exploitation**: Many migrants and refugees in Libya are exploited by human traffickers and are detained in illegal detention centers where they suffer from inhumane conditions. In these centers, they are tortured, held in overcrowded spaces, and endure poor sanitation and lack of medical care.
**Forced Labor and Slavery**: Many migrants are exploited by employers who force them to work in poor conditions for extremely low wages, with some being coerced into working as slaves.
**Conflict and Security Chaos**: Armed conflicts between militias and various forces in Libya exacerbate the suffering of migrants. These conflicts make it difficult for migrants to find safe places or leave the country.
**Deportation**: The Libyan authorities, with support from the European Union, sometimes deport migrants to their home countries under unsafe conditions, which exposes them to new risks if their countries are unstable.
**Lack of Humanitarian Aid**: Although some international organizations try to provide aid, access to migrants and refugees in Libya is hindered by various challenges, including security restrictions and bureaucracy.
**Lack of Legal Protection**: There are no effective legal mechanisms to protect the rights of migrants in Libya, making them vulnerable to exploitation and unjust practices, with no courts or institutions to ensure their rights.
Some humanitarian organizations strive to improve conditions, but the situation in Libya remains complicated due to the political crisis and internal divisions.
This phenomenon of migrants and refugees in Libya reflects a serious humanitarian crisis that requires urgent international action to ensure their protection and provide them with basic rights. A solution might lie in supporting local organizations that can raise awareness and offer legal assistance, either with international support or from within.
Lastly, as Jean-Jacques Rousseau said, “Man is born free.”
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While there were periods of coexistence with Jews in the Levant, let this brief history disavow you of the notion, being promulgated all over the internet (and especially my inbox) that Jews were treated "well" by Muslims.
Similar in many ways to the dehumanization and murder at the hands of European Christianity, the Jews in Muslim-controlled lands, starting with Muhammad (exemplified in Islam as not just a prophet, but the "perfect example of human being") suffered continuous waves of ethnic-cleansing pogroms and massacres, culminating in the Massacres in southern Israel on October 7th.
This is a short list:
622 - 627: Ethnic cleansing of Jews literally from Mecca and Medina, (Jewish boys with pubic hair were executed along with the men). Over 800 adult males were killed by beheading. Women were forced into sexual slavery, and the children were given to Islamic Jihadis as slaves. Mohammad force-married Safiyyah, after murdering her husband and father.
629: 1st Alexandria Massacres of Jews, Egypt.
622 - 634: Exterminations of Arabian Jewish tribes.
1106: Ali Ibn Yousef Ibn Tashifin of Marrakesh decrees death penalty for any local Jew, including his Jewish Physician, and as well as his Jewish military general.
1033: 1st massacre of Jews in Fez, Morocco.
1148: Almohadin of Morocco gives Jews the choice of converting to Islam, or expulsion.
1066: Granada Massacre of Jews, Muslim-occupied Spain.
1165 - 1178: Jews of Yemen given the choice (under new constitution) to either convert to Islam or die.
1165: Chief Rabbi of the Maghreb was publicly burnt alive. The Rambam (Maimonides, Moses ben Maimon), forced to flee Spain to Egypt.
1220: Tens of thousands of Jews massacred by Muslims Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and Egypt, after being blamed for Mongol invasion.
1270: Sultan Baibars of Egypt resolved to burn all the Jews, a ditch having been dug for that purpose; but at the last moment he repented, and instead exacted a heavy tribute, during the collection of which many perished.
1276: 2nd Fez Pogrom (massacre) against Jews in Morocco
1385: Khorasan Massacres against Jews in Iran
1438: 1st Mellah Ghetto massacres against Jews in Morocco.
1465: 3rd Fez Pogrom against Jews in Morocco, leaving only 11 Jews left alive.
1517: 1st Safed Pogrom in Muslim Ottoman controlled Judea
1517: 1st Hebron Pogrom in Muslim-controlled Judea, by occupying Ottomans.
1517: Marsa ibn Ghazi Massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Libya.
1577: Passover Massacre throughout the Ottoman Empire.
1588 - 1629: Mahalay Pogroms of Jews in Iran.
1630 - 1700: Yemenite Jews considered 2nd class citizens and subjugated under strict Shi'ite 'dhimmi' rules.
1660: 2nd Judean Pogrom, in Safed Israel (Ottoman-controlled Palestine).
1670: Expulsion of Mawza Jews in Yemen.
1679 - 1680: Massacres of Jews in Sanaa, Yemen.
1747: Massacres of the Jews of Mashhad, Iran.
1785: Pogrom of Libyan Jews in Ottoman-controlled Tripoli, Libya.
1790 - 92: Tetuan Pogrom. Morocco (Jews of Tetuuan stripped naked, and lined up for Muslim perverts).
1800: Decree passed in Yemen, criminalizing Jews from wearing clothing that is new or good, or from riding mules or donkeys. Jews were also rounded up for long marches naked through the Roob al Khali dessert.
1805: 1st Algiers Massacre/Pogrom of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Algeria.
1808: 2nd Ghetto Massacres in Mellah, Morocco.
1815: 2nd Algiers massacres/pogroms of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Algeria.
1820: Sahalu Lobiant Massacres of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Syria.
1828: Baghdad massacres/pogroms of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Iraq.
1830: 3rd massacre/pogrom of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Algiers, Algeria.
1830: Ethnic cleansing of Jews in Tabriz, Iran.
1834: 2nd massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Hebron, Judea.
1834: Massacre/pogrom of Safed Jews in Ottoman-controlled Palestine/Judea.
1839: Massacre of the Mashadi Jews in Iran.
1840: Damascus Affair following first of many blood libels against Jews in Ottoman-controlled Syria.
1844: 1st Cairo Massacres of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Egypt.
1847: Dayr al-Qamar massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Lebanon.
1847: Ethnic cleansing of the Jews in Jerusalem, Ottoman-controlled Palestine.
1848: 1st Damascus massacre/pogrom, in Ottoman-controlled Syria.
1850: 1st Aleppo massacre/pogrom of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Syria.
1860: 2nd Damascus massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Syria.
1862: 1st Beirut massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Lebanon.
1866: Massacre of Jews by Ottomans Kuzguncuk, Turkey.
1867: Massacre of Jews by Ottomans in Barfurush, Turkey.
1868: Massacre of Jews by Ottomans in Eyub, Turkey.
1869: Massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Tunis, Tunisia.
1869: Massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Sfax, Tunisia.
1864 - 1880: Massacres of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Marrakesh, Morocco.
1870: 2nd Alexandria Massacres of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Egypt.
1870: 1st Istanbul massacre of Jews in Ottoman Turkey.
1871: 1st Damanhur Massacres of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Egypt.
1872: Massacre of Jews by Ottomans in Edirne, Turkey.
1872: 1st Massacre of Jews by Ottomans in Izmir, Turkey.
1873: 2nd Damanhur Massacres of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Egypt.
1874: 2nd Izmir massacre of Jews in Turkey.
1874: 2nd massacre of Jews in Istanbul Turkey.
1874: 2nd massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Beirut, Lebanon.
1875: 2nd massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Aleppo, Syria.
1875: Massacre of Jews in Djerba Island, Ottoman-controlled Tunisia.
1877: 3rd massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Damanhur, Egypt.
1877: Masaacres of Jews in Mansura, Ottoman-controlled Egypt
1882: Masacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Homs, Syria.
1882: 3rd Massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Alexandria, Egypt.
1890: 2nd massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Cairo, Egypt.
1890: 3rd massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Damascus, Syria.
1890: 2nd massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Tunis, Tunisia
1891: 4th massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Damanahur, Egypt.
1897: Targeted murder of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Tripolitania, Libya.
1903 &1907: Masaacres of Hews in Ottoman-controlled Taza & Settat, Morocco.
1901 - 1902: 3rd set of massacres of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Cairo, Egypt.
1901 - 1907: 4th set of Massacres of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Alexandria, Egypt.
1903: 1st massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Port Sa'id, Egypt.
1903 - 1940: Series of massacres in Taza and Settat, Morocco.
1907: Massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Casablanca, Morocco.
1908: 2nd Massacre of Jews in Ottoman-controlled Port Said, Egypt.
1910: Blood libel against Jews in Shiraz, Iran.
1911: Masaacre of Jews by Muslims in Shiraz, Iran.
1912: 4th massacre in Ottoman-controlled Fez, Morocco.
1917: Baghdad Iraq Jews murdered by Ottomans.
1918 - 1948: Yemen passes a law criminalizing the raising of a Jewish orphan in Yemen.
1920: Massacres of Jews in Irbid Jordan (British mandate Palestine).
1920 - 1930: Arab riots resulting in hundreds of Jewish deaths, British mandate Palestine.
1921: 1st Jaffa (Israel) riots, British mandate Palestine.
1922: Massacres of Jews in Djerba, Tunisia.
1928: Jewish orphans sold into slavery, and forced toonvert to Islam by Muslim Brotherhood, Yemen.
1929: 3rd Hebron (Israel) massacre of Jews by Arabs in British mandate Palestine.
1929 3rd massacre of Jews by Arabs in Safed (Israel), British mandate Palestine.
1933: 2nd Jaffa (Israel) riots, British mandate Palestine.
1934: Massacre of Jews in Thrace, Turkey.
1936: 3rd riots by Arabs against Jews in Jaffa (Israel), British mandate Palestine.
1941: Masaacres of Jews in Farhud, Iraq.
1942: Muslim leader Grand Mufti collaboration with the Nazis, playing a major role in the final solution.
1938 - 1945: Full alliance and collaboration by Arabs with the Nazis in attacking and murdering Jews in the Middle East and Africa.
1945: 4th massacre of Jews by Muslims in Cairo, Egypt.
1945: Masaacre of Jews in Tripolitania, Libya.
1947: Masaacre of Jews by Muslims in Aden, Yemen.
2023: Massacre, rape, torture and kidnapping of ~1,500 Israelis (mostly Jews) by Muslims in numerous towns throughout southern Israel.
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