🌸 Thread of Palestinian GoFundMes that haven’t reached their goals. 🌸
I’ve received many over the past few months, and though I try to help as much as I can, I don’t feel comfortable ignoring those I can’t get to, so I’m amplifying them instead and sharing their stories.
Colonialism is and has always been an inherently patriarchal enterprise where colonised women are fetishised, dehumanised, and stripped of their dignity. If you’re feminist but not actively anti-colonialist, you bely a deep sense of hypocrisy.
Gaza’s Christian community, one of the oldest in the world, is on the verge of extinction. The churches of Bethlehem took the decision to tone down the celebrations this year because Palestinian Christians are literally going through GENOCIDE, you dumb fuck.
Perennial reminder that Viking was a job, kinda like pirate, not a race or ethnic identity. The association with race is heavily steeped in white supremacist ideology.
*taps mic*
Palestinians are also the descendants of those jewish people who lived in Palestine during biblical times, because guess what? People convert. Muslims didn’t exist out of nothing.
They’ve posted this same image like five times in the past three years, and no matter how many times we tell them that’s not how Muslims pray, they don’t listen.
I feel people should clarify who was killed by the french police. It was a North African Muslim boy. He was killed because he was North African & Muslim. Black & brown people are inherently more likely to face fatal police brutality in France & the rest of Europe. Let’s be clear.
If protesting is banned, BDS is banned, holding a Palestinian flag or wearing a keffiyeh gets you harassed or fined, expressing your pro-palestine views on media platforms gets you shadowbanned or worse, affects your livelihood—What nonviolent resistance do y’all want?
The vast majority of white americans have absolutely no revolutionary potential whatsoever. They’ve never had to fight for anything, and our deaths under their imperialism is nothing but an abstract idea to them.
“fuck the boycott”
when starbucks asks you for a name on the cup remember the children in gaza writing their names on their arms or foot to be identified for after they’ve been killed.
There is nothing Suzanne Collins can say about the current political climate that hasn’t already been said by Palestinians, scholars, & analysts the past eight months. Ask yourself why you’re waiting for a white woman to repeat everything Palestinians have said in order to listen
The islamophonia reeks under the comments & QRTs. The girl is mixed. She wishes she grew up in a traditional Muslim household—that doesn’t mean conservative—surrounded by her people & not just stuck up Hollywood celebrities who would sell out her homeland in a heartbeat.
You literally can’t look one inch deeper into European folklore and the history of the catholic church without seeing a mountain of antisemitism but somehow it’s us Muslims with the “ancient desire to kill jewish people.”
Queen Victoria wore a white wedding dress for her wedding, and now nearly the whole world is convinced it’s an integral part of their culture that they can’t go without lest they be shunned by society. 😂
Notice how while the Palestinian protest was large and extremely diverse with people of all races and ethnicities and faiths marching, this one is almost exclusively white? 💀 When your cause only hits with the fascists, you know you did something wrong.
It’s Palestine, not Israel, that prizes olive trees. Israelis only tear them out in spite & plant some invasive European flora that is destroying the indigenous landscape.
But besides all that, the olive tree pictured here is the Olive tree of Vouves in … Crete, Greece.
The world's oldest Olive Tree is found in Jerusalem, Israel 🇮🇱
The Olive is estimated to be over 3000 years old and STILL produces olives.
VIA: METEORO
A good rule of thumb:
Sudan 🇸🇩 green triangle
Palestine 🇵🇸 red triangle
Jordan 🇯🇴 red triangle with a star in the middle
Western Sahara 🇪🇭 red triangle with a star and crescent in the white band
Arabs are not a fucking monolith. Palestinians are Palestinians. I, a north african, am not indigenous to Palestine. I don’t speak Palestinian Arabic, I don’t wear thobes, none of my ancestors did tatreez and I don’t partake in Palestinian culture.
Nobody even knows what genocide means anymore
Every war is not a genocide
Palestinians are Arabs. Who are all over. You'll never wipe out Arabs by decimating a small place like Gaza or Palestine.
How many times do we have to tell islamophobes that Jesus in Islam is a revered prophet, much like Moses and Muhammad? This is blasphemous to us. In fact, it’s almost always just muslims getting offended by irreligious westerners’ jokes about jesus lmao.
Yes, this! There are so many examples of this in North African architecture. We not only have homes w/central courtyards that allow air to circulate but also underground homes. We whitewash the walls & use ceramic tiles (zellij) which would help keep the walls & floors cool.
Houses were built differently.
I’ve been in 100+ degree weather in my home country of Portugal in the country side and was absolutely cool inside without fans or ac. Local stone is used and the vegetation/ trees all around help. Concrete and metal create more heat.
Agh I’m so angry, I could scream. A child. A fucking child. I can’t even imagine the sickening grief his parents or loved ones were struck with when they found him killed by this monstrous occupation.
If you’re wondering why this article is pure venom and absolutely disgusting, the author, Zoe Strimpel, is a rabid zionist. She’s taking stabs at Nicola Coughlan because of the actress’ vocal support of Palestine.
You’re welcome 🫶🏻
‼️attention‼️
we need your help to report an article that directly attacks Nicola Coughlan.
the idea is to ask shonda and nic's agent to take action about this.
we cannot allow people to continue talking in 2024 about the appearances of others or despising them.
When Palestinians & other people from the Global South suffering occupation or war criticise the hypocrisy of the west, they’re not criticising you for showing empathy. They’re criticising world leaders & governments for continuously proving that Brown & Black lives mean nothing.
During a genocide, there’s a systematic attempt at destroying even the memory of a people and their culture. So, in between your advocacy, pepper your day with Palestinian culture, food, music. Celebrate their life & share it with others, in the hopes that they may be victorious.
Of course, colonisers would think a free Palestine—from the river to the sea—equates to genocide, because they can’t comprehend a pluralistic world where life, not death, triumphs. Where people are liberated from the chains of ethnonationalism and white supremacy.
If a restaurant is Mediterranean but refuses to be more specific than that, chances are it’s Israeli / owned by someone who isn’t Mediterranean at all, because one thing about us Mediterraneans is that we are extremely patriotic & take way too much pride in our cultures 😭
yellow flag: when a restaurant is mediterranean but refuses to be more specific than that. It could be greek, it could be north african, it could be white people food, it could be the worst falafel you've ever had.
They really want us to believe the same army that shot four pregnant women and used a bulldozer to run over their bodies “rushed towards” an Arab woman and her children to “help.” 🥴
Okay, a lot of you want this, so here we go, a list of names used in the MENA/SWANA region, particularly in Arabic-speaking countries. Some may be of Persian or Turkish origin, as many Arabic names are because …cultural exchange.
To my mutuals, stop falling for this liberal zionist bullshit. The problem is and HAS ALWAYS BEEN the occupation. Not Netanyahu or his batshit admin. Israel has been murdering, ethnically cleansing, and bombing Palestinians before Netanyahu could WALK. Jfc.
I will keep saying this. Netanyahu does not represent the majority of Israelis, much less the majority of Jews.
This is not about Jews vs Muslims: it is about a far-right regime and a militant counter-insurgency, with millions of civilians paying the price. We must strive for a
“This paper contends that cultural destruction during genocidal campaigns is a dimension of genocide itself and is evidence of the intent to completely erase the targeted group from existence.”
There’s literally a banner saying “Doctors Against Genocide.” If you read anything about this march, you’d know the people marching are healthcare workers who work for this institution and were discriminated against and/or fired for their pro-Palestine and anti-genocide views.
Not a good look as pro-Palestinian protestors target a cancer hospital on New York’s Upper East Side. The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center also houses a paediatric day hospital…
“Make sure they hear you, they’re in the windows”.
Zionists rn: “you don’t hate timothee Chalamet because he’s zionist, you hate him because he’s jewish”
No, actually, I hated him when I thought he was just french too. I’m an OG hater.
The Holocaust DID seep into North Africa but these policies were adopted by our colonial rulers, since we were under colonial rule at the time. Libya under Fascist Italy & the rest of the Maghreb under Vichy France. The Fascists also committed genocide against Libyan muslims lol.
The holocaust was NOT just in Europe.
9,600+ Jews from Tunisia, Libya, & Algeria were sent to concentration camps.
Nazi policies were adopted in North Africa like making Jews wear a star or putting Jews in labor camps where most died of starvation (ex. Giado camp in Libya).
Allah is just Arabic for “God”. It’s not the name of a specific Muslim God or whatever. Christian Arabs and Jews also use it. By opposing the word, you’re really just being bigoted towards the Arabic Language and Arabs as an ethnic group. 🙃
Newsmax panel melts down over a high school student saying “Allah” during the Pledge of Allegiance
"It's un-American, it's unpatriotic, and it's, quite frankly, upsetting"
After years of studying the occupations of my own countries, I’ve learned that regardless of the outcome of the intellectual debates westerns liberals have on here, it will be Palestinians who liberate themselves by any means necessary, as colonised people always do.
I really really really hate how Romani people are always erased from the conversation on Nazi genocides. But it’s oh so convenient for the Europeans who want to continue persecuting and racially discriminating against Roma without the burden of shame or taboo.
Too often online discourse contributes to the state’s erasure of North Africa’s indigenous Imazighen, despite this win for Morocco being the perfect time for the world to get to know one of the region’s largest ethnic group & its struggle for linguistic & cultural recognition.
Video of Sabiri explaining that he finds it difficult to express himself in Darija (Moroccan Arabic) because he speaks mainly in Berber in his house.
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I love how islamophobes think muslims would chant “judah, judah, you can’t hide” at a pro-Palestine rally when that’s a very explicitly Christian flavour of antisemitism that simply does not make any sense outside of a specific religious context.
We simply don’t have enough monstrous women in fiction. I need monstrous women, women who do anything to survive, thrive, succeed. Women who are happy to throw the world into utter chaos, set cities aflame, make deals with devils and threaten all of Christendom.
Truly fascinating seeing so many white westerners so valiantly defending authentic casting. The entire SWANA region would like to talk now. Persians, in particular.
And if anyone is to blame for the dwindling number of Palestinian Christians living in Palestine, it’s Israel who ethnically cleansed them from their villages and towns during the Nakba and who is currently ethnically cleansing Armenian Palestinians.
As much as I love Ramadan, I’m glad Eid is coming because I just want to be able to be productive all day & not rely on the five hour window where my energy is just right. Also, being able to sleep a full 8 hours feels like luxury right now. Capitalism & Islam are incompatible 😭
I love how she remained steadfast in her advocacy for Palestine, even as career opportunities were torn from her and a barrage of zionist harassment targeted her. Not once did she back down or retract her statements or make ‘both sides’ arguments like a lot of cowards I know.
Palestinian folk music is just stunning. Dana Salah, a Palestinian artist from Jordan is working on the full version of this beautiful song incorporating folk music 🖤🫶🏻
What’s one thing you’ve learned about Palestinian culture (art, food, clothing, poetry, music, faith, etc.)—in Palestine or within the Palestinian diaspora—in the past few months that you have an appreciation/love for?
Zionists amaze me with their conviction that a non-Palestinian Arab will, by default, side with them. You really expected an Iraqi-American woman to NOT be pro-palestine? Bruh. 😭
Look, I’m from North Africa so I know HEAT, but what makes heatwaves in the U.K. way more dangerous is how unsuitable the infrastructure is. You could literally have a heatstroke indoors bc the buildings are made of concrete & metal w/limited number of windows & poor ventilation
@BenAdamicExcp
No, the western white wedding dress never had anything to do with virginity or purity. That’s a misogynistic add-on over time. Most people believe Queen Victoria wore it to natch her orange blossom bouquet and because it was expensive.
People keep making the false assumption that Europeans fighting fascism would have stood up for Palestine. That’s not the case. European colonisation was going on at the same time during WWII & nazi occupation. The French massacred 45k Algerians immediately after the armistice.
I think mostly it’s because she wishes she’d grown up around her dad, immersed in her culture. Something many mixed kids with separated parents tend to gravitate towards, let alone one with celebrity status.
Hijabi sisters, stay safe. You’re the most vulnerable to islamophobic hate crime, being so visibly muslim. Everyone else, protect and support your hijabi & jewish friends. This is a scary time for everyone visibly muslim & jewish, as hateful people take any opportunity.
This is absolutely horrific - a hijab wearing Muslim woman has had a paving slab thrown at her head by a white man in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.
Violent Islamophobia is on the increase.
Le ministre de l'Éducation nationale évalue à «autour d'un millier» le nombre de mineurs qui sont suivis et veut les accueillir dans des «structures spécialisées» pour les élèves radicalisés
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On this international women’s day, let’s remember ‘White Feminism’ is an oppressive force just as bad as the patriarchy. Not taking into account a woman’s values and background, not seeing the racial and ethnic differences between women, is yet another form of misogyny.
After his death, Josie Fanon was also responsible for removing Sartre’s preface to the subsequent copies of Wretched of the Earth, as she felt his support for Israel in the 6-day-war of 1967 went against her husband’s anti-colonial and anti-imperialist stance and work.
You can molest children, assault your partner, and incite genocide but god forbid you ask people on social media to donate to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. Hollywood is pathetic.
Melissa Barrera is once again under fire over a series of new social media posts involving the Israeli-Gaza conflict, prompting her representatives at WME and Sugar23 to explore dropping the actress as a client.
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The French’s obsession with what people choose to cover their body with is straight up perversion. It’s perverted. They’re literally asking underaged girls if they wear a long dress because it hides the suggestive shape of their bodies like wtf man. Country of pedophiles fr.
It’s always hilarious to me when the whitest mfing Israelis claim food like falafel, hummus etc because you bet your ass they can’t even pronounce it properly
OH and let us not forget: if you would like to cast Cleopatra, you must only ever cast Greek and Egyptian women, now that you care so much about authenticity.
If it was possible to gain the liberation of Algeria via non-violent means, believe me, our ancestors would have taken it. They tried, again & again, from 1830 to 1954. But the occupiers refused to relent. & in the end, Algerians paid the heavier price. As did Vietnam, Haiti etc
@jrschlosberg
Yes, Algeria was famously liberated from France through hugs and kisses. Over a million Algerians didn’t lose their lives fighting an 8 year war in order to end a 130+ year occupation that everyone believed would be eternal.
Arabic is truly a poetic language, & the word “intifada” epitomises that. It comes from a root that translates “to shake off” & essentially means uprising. Imagine a people kept in chains rising up to shake off their shackles & break free from their oppressors. That’s an intifada
Some people think tearing down a statue representative of genocide and systemic oppression somehow deserves more discussion than the legacy of said genocide and systemic oppression.
And it absolutely disgusts me that these men who degrade, rape, and assault colonised women then return home to their waiting families, embracing their daughters, their sisters, their wives, their mothers. It makes me sick to my stomach.
“I am an arab woman, I can go to university and become a doctor because I live in Israel”
lmao wait until they find out that not only can arab women do that in every single Arabic-speaking country but medicine in particular is a field that is dominated by women in our countries
There is no apartheid in Israel and they treat Muslims equally. That’s why they couldn’t get a real Palestinian Muslim woman for their poster and resorted to using a shutterstock image.
I’m calling out my own culture too tho don’t worry 😂 I once said I wanted a colourful wedding dress and my mum nearly ate me.
We’re North Africans, and not even from a former British colony.
And ALL OF THAT is just the resistance WE can do to support Palestinians & the repercussion WE face. Palestinian in Gaza and the West Bank have even more limited options of resistance. When they protest, they get put in israeli jail for years, shot, tortured, maimed, or killed.
-stan is a persian suffix used exclusively for countries that had once been under Persian cultural influence (Persianate), not Arab. This is so comically racist and orientalist, I genuinely thought this tweet was from the Netanyahu parody account. 😭
The colonisers of today want you to believe colonialism should be relegated to the past so they can continue exploiting, plundering, and murdering their way across the globe in peace.
Ethan Bronner, The New York Times' Jerusalem bureau chief, lives in a home that zionist colonists stole from Palestinian linguist and BBC journalist Hasan Karmi and his family in 1948.
My blood does not carry the heritage of thousands of years of levantine arab ancestors. Just because we speak a common language does not mean we’re the same people.
Idk who needs to hear this but the Mediterranean isn’t just Europe lmao. It’s also Africa snd the Levant and the various islands in between, and the rich history of Islamic empires spanning the Mediterranean are just as part of Med history as the Romans and Ancient Greeks were.