Yahia Lababidi

Egyptian author of 11 books: aphorisms, poetry, essays & conversations.

✨ New book, QUARANTINE NOTES :

https://www.fomitepress.com/quarantine-notes.html

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#fedi22 #wisdom #inspiration #books #writing #poetry #Egypt #Art #Islam #spirituality #faith #activism #meditation #politics #photography #Nature #quotes

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Last Notes

2024-08-28 15:50:16

Statue of 'David' by Michelangelo - wrapped In bricks to prevent bomb damage in World War 2
#art #history #War
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2024-06-14 15:47:58

Not thinking exactly, but touching the thought of thought, as one would touch the tender, buzzing edges of a wound.
John Banville

2024-06-13 13:33:13

‘Thus it is #love and fecundity or it is nothing at all.
At the end of this tunnel of darkness, however, there is inevitably a #light, which we already divine and for which we only have to fight to ensure its coming.
All of us, among the ruins, are preparing a renaissance beyond the limits of nihilism.
But few of us know it.’
— Albert Camus, The Rebel
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2024-06-12 12:15:29

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@npub1set…xfnn Fix it how?

2024-06-10 21:23:13

Appalled to learn of the moral depravity of Michel Foucault:
“He would make love there on the gravestones with young boys [8-10 years old] The question of consent wasn’t even raised.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/4/16/reckoning-with-foucaults-sexual-abuse-of-boys-in-tunisia
#philosophy #sex #lgbtq #news #tunisia

2024-06-09 18:25:32

A lesson to bullies, big & small:
Controlling others is a spiritual impossibility.
Those who try, must exist in a state of agitated insecurity.

2024-06-08 20:55:29

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At what cost…
#hostages #israel
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2024-06-08 20:36:38

About the 4 #hostages in #israel …
#palestine #Gaza #news
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2024-06-07 20:30:11

Cruel Sexual Torture By Israeli Army ❗️
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/06/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-detention-base.html
#israel #Gaza #warcrimes
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2024-06-07 19:13:53

The #art of Egon Schiele
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2024-06-07 14:56:17

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@npub1uud…4kdc That, too :)

2024-06-07 14:33:32

Poets are prophets

2024-06-07 13:38:03

Close-up of a 10 minute sketch —
by talented friend, Sanjay Monie 🙏🏽
#art #artist #drawing #illustration
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2024-06-07 11:34:18

Courage, Faith, Hope
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2024-06-04 17:05:15

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@npub1hz7…26xr Thank you, for listening, with an open heart 🙏🏼

2024-06-04 16:40:15

Sigh
Mother tongue of the soul
a sigh needs no translation
universal breath
Past words
over their heads
quietly heard
noble air
Melancholy music
played by the spirit
on the harp strings
of the heart
Sighs escape
unguarded
Proofs of endurance
evidence of excess luggage
plaintive protests
wrapped in acceptance
wistful winds on wings
From the depths
to the heights
https://youtube.com/shorts/ltoo5jpMZYc?si=Ebtfdl1cn-t1DSy3
#poetry #writing #WritingCommunity

2024-06-01 15:19:02

🤍 Hearts 💔
We must not play with hearts
for who can calculate
what they are capable of,
or what they might become
How they slip, change shape
practice forgetfulness and purge, surrendering pleasure with pain
as unsteady burdens of memory
Or how they grow wayward, wild
the wounded become wounding
and, in order to keep alive,
treacherous in the trenches…
https://youtube.com/shorts/ZIxC0RBLFZY?si=--3YDxTnWKOM5XHj
#love #poetry #writing #WritingCommunity

2024-05-31 01:14:20

#IDF the most moral army in the world
https://youtube.com/shorts/w0BKHy5RkHo?si=7jY-jY7KtHxb1Nk0
#israel #warcrimes
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2024-05-30 15:32:41

Sculpture by Hiram Powers
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2024-05-29 15:45:53

The Egyptian
by Picasso
(1953)
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2024-05-28 12:29:59

Keep boycotting #israel
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2024-05-27 13:53:41

Palestinians search for food among burnt debris in the aftermath of an Israeli strike on an area designated for displaced people, in #Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, May 27, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
© Thomson Reuters
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2024-05-24 09:45:20

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@npub1ezn…5el5 a peek between the book covers : https://dawnmena.org/author/yahia-lababidi/
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2024-05-24 09:44:02

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@npub1ezn…5el5 You’re so right, brother. It does feel like a kind of soul violence & I believe I must walk away. If you can direct me to a more suitable publisher, I’d be grateful. Peace ✌🏼

2024-05-18 13:27:36

Perks of being a writer
#writing #WritingCommunity #humor #funny #life
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2024-04-30 14:26:01

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@npub1lut…jsj9 I, respectfully, disagree. Politics do. True faith heals.

2024-04-23 11:38:58

At #columbia #University 🇵🇸
https://youtu.be/_DbMYcfqCRc?si=8-I8OVsb6YiqHJ2G
#usa #palestine #Gaza #genocide #War #warcrimes #israel #ceasefirenow #news #politics
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2024-03-29 19:44:36

Statuette of alabaster standing nude goddess, from Babylon, circa first century BCE-first century CE (with movable arms, and ruby eyes and navel).
#art #history
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2024-02-09 18:34:22

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@npub1ccn…czwu Know your enemy, know yourself. He’s not wrong about the Russian soul, even if his own is spiritually corrupt…

2023-12-08 05:36:39

From a Palestinian musician friend:
#palestine #palestinians #genocide #israel #War #truth #news
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2023-11-05 14:26:08

#Israeli Minister says dropping a nuclear bomb on #Gaza is an option:
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-minister-says-dropping-nuclear-bomb-on-gaza-is-option-/3044272
#israel #war #warcrimes #palestine #news
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2023-11-02 13:56:58

Vogue Arabia
#palestine #gaza #fashion #arab #news
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2023-11-01 23:12:50

Watching #Egyptian comedian & #activist, Bassem Youssef back on Piers Morgan Uncensored:
https://youtu.be/rqjO5Z9Lt_M?si=6R-kLph-WrzYjerO
#comedy #activism #comics #comic #politics #palestine #israel #usa #show #interview #Gaza #IsraelPalestineconflict

2023-10-30 20:49:39

Maybe, crises are self-induced,
a last-ditch effort we gift ourselves to, finally, transform.
https://youtube.com/@Yahia.Lababidi?si=Xic6HoMScmUrCdic
#meditation #transformation
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2023-10-24 18:35:14

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@npub14qt…4ml2 It’s all over the internet, you just have to do a basic search: https://www.democracynow.org/2023/10/24/shalom_hamas_hostage_release_handshake_video

2023-10-22 18:09:37

It's always been a multi-ethnic area. Here is a coin from the British Mandate era. Both languages are on it. Both groups wanted a state on the land.
#palestine #israel #history #war #peace #culture #ceasefirenow
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2023-10-21 22:51:51

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@npub14qt…4ml2 @npub14qt…4ml2 I hold Sufism in very high regard & aspire to it :
https://frontline.thehindu.com/arts-and-culture/literature/essay-is-sufi-poetry-the-new-religion-yahia-lababidi-works-in-review/article66210255.ece/amp/

2023-10-21 21:58:53

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@npub14qt…4ml2 Thank you ✌🏼

2023-10-21 21:18:47

Live & Learn 🇵🇸
#palestine #palestinians #palestinian #MiddleEast
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2023-10-20 18:07:04

‬New #painting, by
Safia Latif‬⁩ , a source of Hope & Inspiration:
‎“If the hour comes upon you when you are planting a tree, finish planting it.” 🌱
‎— Prophet Mohammed ﷺ
#art #artist #tree #hope #gaza #hope #palestine #israel #news #inspiration
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2023-09-18 17:43:24

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@npub1ezn…5el5 I don’t see why… The feeding frenzy has begun.

2023-08-18 15:22:25

#Today's #meditation :
Each day whispers,
to those who listen:
This, is what
is being asked
of you, now.
https://www.fomitepress.com/quarantine-notes.html
#poetry #spirituality #life
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2023-07-14 14:00:05

'The whole socioeconomic apparatus which seems geared for nothing but global destruction...'
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2023-06-23 12:05:19

‘ #Titan & Adriana are 2 vessels recently lost at sea, 4 days and 4,000 miles apart.
The 5 men who lost their lives on the Titan have been getting wall-to-wall coverage in the media worldwide.
Meanwhile, the estimated 700 who died when the Adriana sank off the coast of #Greece, mostly women and children, have been essentially forgotten.’
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/6/22/a_titanic_disparity_in_how_the
#news #refugees #humanrights

2023-06-19 22:03:05

My 1st #garden -grown zucchini, from seed :)
Before and...
after!
(sautéed, with a sharp, nutty Wisconsin cheese)
#food #gardening #recipe #nature #photography
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2023-04-27 15:43:32

#goodnews from #Egypt 🇪🇬
‘Dear Mr. Lababidi,
I am Associate Professor at Ain Shams #University جامعة عين شمس , Cairo.
I'm planning to write a paper about some of your #poems & #aphorisms. I intend to focus on your admirable use of metaphor within the conceptual metaphor #theory.
I was wondering if you could update me about your most recent poems after those published in Balancing Acts
Looking forward to working on your enjoyable production’
#[0] #books #WritingCommunity
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2023-04-26 13:28:19

Chehel Sotoun is a palace located in Isfahan, #Iran, built by Shah Abbas II & is considered one of the urban indicators of Isfahan.
#Architecture of the palace is a combination of #Chinese, Iranian & #French.
Chehel Sotoun is among the 9 Iranian Gardens which are collectively registered as one of Iran's 23 registered #world #heritage Sites under the name of the Persian #Garden.
#photography: Alex Reza Shams
#art #Islam #[0] #history #histodons #culture #Tuesday #beauty #photo
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2023-04-25 12:11:39

Some encouraging news:
President #[0] thanks #[1] lawmakers for 'standing up' for gun reform
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/president-joe-biden-thanks-tennessee-lawmakers-for-standing-up-for-gun-reform/ar-AA1ah23L
#[2] #[3] #[4] #[5] #[6] #[7] #[8] #[9] #[10]
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2023-02-03 11:23:12

“The fact that you are seeking God means you’ve already found God or you would not be seeking God… deeper still God has already found you.”
— James Finley on Thomas Merton, Turning to the Mystics Podcast
Echoes of Rumi:
✨What you seek is seeking you.✨
#mysticism #spirituality #faith #religion #theology #inspiration #light #ThrowbackThursday #thursday #quotes #meditation #Islam #Muslim
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