#thawra

[metamatar]

highly highly rec the ongoing series 'thawra' about arab radicalism on the dig podcast. it features palestinian and arab history scholar Abdel Razzaq Takriti. the spotify playlist includes the 13 episodes released so far.

the first episode opens with the changing social forces in the ottoman and european imperialism in the arab mashriq from the late 18th century through the early 20th. scene setting includes understanding notions of modernisation, the relationship between a new intellectual class and the small working class, and the context of palestinian resistance to a late colonisation project and its relationship with algeria.

[the-garbanzo-annex-jr]

According to Arabic language media, a leader in the Iranian-backed Houthi group in Yemen  called for the murder of members of the Jewish community in Yemen or their subjugation. Abd al-Rahman al-Ahnoumi, the editor-in-chief of the official Al-Thawra newspaper, which is controlled by the Houthis, said: "The appropriate and legitimate dealings with the Jews of Yemen is that they either die by the sword or become dhimmis to the state." He also referred to a Jew's criticism of him: "What you expect from them, are the most despicable creatures and the most cursed of people." I couldn't find the original tweet, so it might have been deleted. But the antisemitism of the Shiite Houthis is undeniable - after all, their slogan includes "Curse the Jews." 

[totallyhussein-blog]

#Iraq20: “Where Do You Live?” Artists bridge the gap between the US and Iraq

On March 5 at 12 p.m. Boston Playwrights Theater will be the home for a very special event, Where Do You Live? Creative Dialogue between Iraqi and American Women. 

The afternoon gathering will showcase ongoing work in poetry, theater, and the visual arts from members of Her Story Is, a collective of women based in Iraq and the US that is committed to peaceful dialogue and creative partnerships. 

In addition to presenting collaborations between women of both countries, the event will be dedicated to remembering the 20th anniversary of the March 2003 US invasion and occupation of Iraq as well as the 16th anniversary of the 2007 bombing of Al-Mutannabi Street, in the cultural district of Baghdad.

[feluka]

the way "thawra" also means revolution or uprising but linguistically implies more extremity than "intifada" (because "thawra" comes from the root word for "rage") but "intifada" is the one getting all of this flak because it's specifically associated with palestinian liberation. make no mistake that's what that's about. yes they generally love to demonize every arabic word they can get their white hands on, but this one is very specifically rooted in zionism and hatred for palestinians.

[soon-palestine]

’m pleased to tell you that our second Food Aid Kitchen in Omdurman is now up and running. Located in District 4 of Al Thawra opposite the only functioning Children’s hospital remaining in Omdurman. We chose this location primarily because families that need to buy medicines are regularly foregoing food to pay for their children’s treatment. A pregnant woman who came to the kitchen yesterday said this was the only meal she would be having that day. In addition to the needs of those visiting the Children’s hospital the residents of the area have been significantly impacted by the war and hunger and malnutrition are extremely common. In order to sustain the important work of our Kitchen’s we rely on donations. So please give what you can.

[eurevision]

Eurevision category: Taqwacore

Broadly, Taqwacore is punk music with an Islamic bent. After an extra day for submissions (and a broadened category-- now you don't have to just submit taqwacore, rather, any Arab punk), you all came through and posted some great stuff. Thank you. The result is this bloody, messy, fun mix. Vote for which song fights its way out of the mosh pit and onto the stage with the other winners. You have until Saturday night.

The songs:

Jihadi, Jihadi, by Haram

Layla, by The Kominas

Sma3, by Taqbir

There Their They're, by The Muslims

School Revolution, by Voice of Baceprot

Burn the Witch, by Pinkshift

Forced Down Your Throat, by Fearless Iranians from Hell

Anti-Israel, by Troublesome

Twist That Knife, by The Kominas

American Police, by Haram

Aisha Qandisha, by Taqbir

Truth's Eternal Sun, by Al-Thawra

The poll says 'one week,' only because 'three days' is not an option.

[kissingcullens]

The Dig: Thawra

Thawra (Revolution) 20th Century Arab history series with Abdel Razzaq Takriti- a professor and scholar of Arab and Palestinian Revolutionary movements.

Ep 1: Europe’s Imperial Juggernaut

Ep 2: Birth of Arab Nationalism

Ep 3: The Post-Colonial Arab State System

Ep 4: From the Nakba to Nasser

Ep 5: The Struggle for Syria

[eternallybeirut]

“إلى من لم ت/ييأس: الحبّ مقاومة”

“To he/she whom did not despair: love is resistance”

October 17 (thawra) graffiti from the streets of Beirut

[riseofthecommonwoodpile]

another round down. good round! lotta bangers! i especially recommend Yuta Orisaka's Heisei, hadn't heard much about it besides "people into music from japan speak highly of this" and they are right to, it's simply some of the best popular music instrumentation and arrangement i've heard in years.

Actress- Ghettoville (8.5/10)

Agoraphobic Nosebleed- Frozen Corpse Stuffed With Dope (6.5/10)

Aice room- Dreamy Planet (7.0/10)

Al-Thawra- Who Benefits from War? (7.0/10)

Ami Yoshida- Tiger Thrush (9.5/10)

Angel Hair- Pregnant With The Senior Class (8.5/10)

Ash-B- Up (8.0/10)

Bed In (ベッド・イン)- RICH (8.5/10)

Burial- Rodent (7.5/10)

Carly Rae Jepsen- Dedicated (8.5/10)

Caspar Brötzmann Massaker- Home (7.5/10)

Chris & Cosey- Exotika (7.0/10)

Cub- Betti-Cola (8.0/10)

Cybotron- Enter (8.0/10)

Emmylou Harris- Pieces of the Sky (7.5/10)

f(x)- Pink Tape (7.5/10)

The Field Mice- Where Did You Learn To Kiss That Way (9.5/10)

G-Schmitt- Garnet (8.0/10)

Galaxie 500- On Fire (9.0/10)

The Gerogerigegege- Tokyo Anal Dynamite (10/10)

Hammerhead- Into the Vortex (8.0/10)

Jan Garbarek Quartet- Afric Pepperbird (8.0/10)

Kilhi+Ice- Le 7e ART (8.5/10)

Killing Joke- Killing Joke (8.5/10)

Lamb of God- Ashes Of The Wake (8.5/10)

The Locust- Plague Soundscapes (7.5/10)

Nicole Dollanganger- Natural Born Losers (8.0/10)

Nina Simone- Wild is the Wind (8.0/10)

osno1- REMIXES 2017 (8.5/10)

PLASTIC GIRL IN CLOSET- A.Y.A. (8.0/10)

Roman Candle- Discount Fireworks (8.5/10)

Rustie- Glass Swords (6.0/10, deleted from library)

Sabbat- Envenom (7.5/10)

Seiko Matsuda- Touch Me Seiko (7.5/10)

Seiko Oomori (大森靖子)- 絶対少女 (Zettai Shōjo) (8.5/10)

Spacemen 3- Playing With Fire (8.0/10)

Trash Talk- Trash Talk (7.0/10)

Watain- Casus Luciferi (6.0/10, deleted from library)

X-Ray Spex- Germ Free Adolescents (9.0/10)

Yuta Orisaka- Heisei (9.5/10)

[alanshemper]

“The war on piracy the 19th century was equivalent to the war on terror, now. It really [was] not about piracy, but it was it was about geopolitics. They used this excuse to basically wage a huge expansion campaign across the Gulf.”

Thawra Ep. 1 – Europe’s Imperial Juggernaut

The Dig Radio, 21 Feb 2024

[zvaigzdelasas]

The Pentagon has confirmed to Newsweek that the Russian military conducted its second known strike in two months near a U.S. base in Syria, as multiple rival powers in the divided nation ramp up efforts to push competing agendas. [...] "This terrorist group is based in the Al-Tanf zone, supplied and trained by instructors from the US Army Special Operations Forces," the Russian Defense Ministry said. "Operating from the desert, the Liwa Shuhada al-Qaryatayn militants carried out acts of sabotage against the civilian population and civilian infrastructure in Syria." [...] Liwa Shuhada al-Qaryatayn was once part of a network of rebel groups that received direct support from the United States, which first backed insurgents against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and then the Islamic State militant group (ISIS). However, the U.S.-led coalition against the jihadis announced in 2017 that it would cut support for Liwa Shuhada al-Qaryatayn, and local outlets reported the following year the group was relocating to opposition-held areas in the north. [...] Newsweek also reached out to the Maghawir al-Thawra, another insurgent group that still receives U.S. backing in Al-Tanf. A representative of the group said the strike still "appears to be rumors." [...] Maghawir al-Thawra was targeted in June by airstrikes in Al-Tanf that U.S. officials have reportedly attributed to Russia, which was said to have given the U.S. warning of the strike and to have targeted the group in response to roadside bombings. The Al-Tanf garrison, located near the southeastern borders with Iraq and Jordan, is surrounded by a 34-mile exclusion zone declared unilaterally by the U.S. around 2016.[...] Ankara has continued to back opposition groups with a primary focus of challenging Kurdish presence that the Turkish government considers to be an extension of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and has threatened in recent months to conduct a fourth major intervention in Syria.

5 Aug 22

[xnewsinfo]

The assaults goal Hodeidah airport and the area north of Sanaa, Al Masirah TV says, because the Houthis proceed assaults within the Pink Sea.The USA and the UK have carried out six airstrikes towards targets in Yemen, a Houthi-run tv station stories, because the Yemeni group assaults transport lanes within the Pink Sea. 4 assaults had been carried out on the airport in Hodeidah, a serious port metropolis on the Pink Sea, and the seaport of Salif north of it, Al Masirah TV mentioned. Based on the media outlet, two airstrikes additionally hit the Al-Thawra area, north of the Yemeni capital, Sanaa. There have been no instant stories of casualties and the US and UK militaries haven't confirmed the assaults. Friday's assaults observe US and UK strikes on Hodeidah province that the Houthis say killed 16 individuals final week. The Houthis, who management Sana'a and current themselves because the official Yemeni armed forces, have been attacking transport lanes within the Pink Sea and firing missiles and drones at Israeli targets for months in a present of assist for Palestinians in Gaza. The Yemeni group's operations have angered the USA and different Western nations. The USA and its allies have been bombing Houthi targets in Yemen since January, however the army marketing campaign has not deterred Houthi assaults. The US army periodically broadcasts interceptions of Houthi assaults. On Thursday, it mentioned it destroyed eight Houthi drones launched over the Pink Sea. That very same day, the Yemeni group mentioned it launched two joint army operations with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq towards ships within the Israeli port of Haifa in response to “massacres by the Israeli enemy in Rafah” within the southern Gaza Strip. Greater than 36,700 individuals have been killed in Israel's battle on Gaza since October 7. Houthi chief Abdul Malik al-Houthi mentioned the group's operations towards Israel with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a coalition of Iraqi armed teams backed by Iran, would intensify. The assaults by the Houthis, the USA and the UK have raised fears of an enlargement of the battle in Gaza, in addition to issues about efforts to finish Yemen's personal civil battle. Since 2014, the Houthis have been preventing forces loyal to the internationally acknowledged authorities, backed by Saudi Arabia. Since 2022 there was a fragile truce. Based on a Bloomberg Information report revealed Thursday, Washington is in search of to dam main elements of a United Nations peace plan that fighters in Yemen adopted in December except the Houthis stop their assaults on worldwide transport.

[yousef-al-amin]

Turkey funds Liwa Derea al-Thawra for provocations against Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham

Reliable sources report that Turkey is secretly funding the formation of Liwa Derea Al-Thawra in Syria with the aim of committing provocations against Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham. This step was taken in response to the growing independence of Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham and its reluctance to submit to Turkish dictates.

Turkey has long supported Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham, viewing it as a tool to advance its interests in Syria. However, recently Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham has become more independent and has begun to pursue its own agenda, which does not always coincide with the goals of Turkey. In particular, Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham refused to cooperate with Turkey in a military operation against Kurdish forces in northern Syria. This has angered Ankara, which sees the Kurds as a threat to its national security.

To weaken the influence of Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham in the region and restore loyalty to Turkish interests, Ankara financed Liwa Derea Al-Thawra, a rival Syrian rebel formation.

In addition, provoking armed clashes between these formations will allow the Turkish side to get rid of two formations that are gaining strength in the region. The scheme may be part of Turkey's broader strategy to maintain control over the Syrian opposition and prevent the emergence of independent forces that could challenge its interests.

[totallyhussein-blog]

Stories are vital in a commonwealth of equals

Since the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, we've been hearing allot about Paddington Bear, who arrived in London from Peru. As the Queen was also head of the Commonwealth of Nations, which is made up of independent countries and represents around 2.5 billion people -"with more than 60 per cent aged 29 or under"- let's remember that another famous friend of the Queen, was the Canadian-British bear Winnie the Pooh.

While many are familiar with some of the countries represented in the Commonwealth, we may be unfamiliar with some of the stories which come from Aboriginal Australians or New Zealand's Maori's. As journalist Dominic Oliver said; "Isn’t it fascinating the amount of indigenous cultures across the globe that place animals and nature as a fundamental part of human existence rather than something abstracted from it?"

Like the adventures of Paddington Bear and Winnie the Pooh, there are many stories from the vibrant cultures within the Commonwealth, which are equally precious and which we could also benefit from. As the Royal Family support a number of education inspired charities, learning such stories are a good example that we in Britain can uphold, if we are going to learn anything from our second Elizabethan age.

[kaartkijker]

9C5F+PH5, Thawra St, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq

[rain-grapefruits-and-anarchy]

found this from more than a year ago. might be just copied from wikipedia

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Oldest known remains of lentils found in Greece. And then next oldest in parts of what is now Syria. However its agreed that the cultivation of lentils began in the middle east, in the fertile crescent.

Lentil remains dating back to around 8000 BC were found at Mureybet in Northern Syria. Mureybet is a tell, coming from the arabic word تَل meaning ‘mound’ or small hill. Tells are artificial topographical features composed of a build up of earth and debris from consecutive settlement on the same site. An ancient settlement mound.

Mureybet was sunk underwater after the construction of Sad al Thawra, daming the Euphrates an pooling enormous amounts of water into a resavoir now called Lake Assad.